Children's socioemotional functioning and adjustment in the changing Chinese society

Social Change and Human Development: Concept and Results

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 227-244

  Chen, Xinyin ^a   Chen, Hiuchang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446252161.n10     Document Type: Chapter

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