Ethnic differences in social anxiety between individuals of Asian Heritage and European Heritage: A meta-analytic review

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-80

  Krieg, Alexander ^a   Xu, Yiyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian heritage; ethnic differences; European heritage; meta analysis; social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925723384     PISSN: 19481985     EISSN: 19481993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036993     Document Type: Article

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