Parenting stress and anger: the Hong Kong experience

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 337-346

  Lam, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anger; Hong Kong; parent; PSI; STAXI; stress

Indexed keywords

ANGER MANAGEMENT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLAME (PSYCHOLOGY); CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTING STRESS INDEX-SHORT FORM; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELIABILITY; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT INDEX; STATE-TRAIT ANGER EXPRESSION INVENTORY;

EID: 84937185716     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.1999.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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