Nation-Level Moderators of the Extent to Which Self-Efficacy and Relationship Harmony Predict Students’ Depression and Life Satisfaction: Evidence From 10 Cultures

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 818-834

  Smith, Peter B ^a   Ahmad, Abd Halim ^b   Owe, Ellinor ^a   Celikkol, Göksu Cagil ^c   Ping, Hu ^d   Gavreliuc, Alin ^e   Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit ^f   Rizwan, Muhammad ^g   Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua ^h   Teh, Hui Bee ⁱ   Vignoles, Vivian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b University of North Malaysia ^*  (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^f THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^h HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ Klinik Pakar Au Tong   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

clinical abnormal; emotion; interpersonal relationships

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MODEL; SAMPLING; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

EID: 84973464860     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022116648210     Document Type: Article

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