Personality and life satisfaction in China: The birth order effect under the influence of national policy

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 536-541

  Shao, Yi ^a   Yao, Xiang ^b   Li, Yixuan ^b   Huang, Zheng ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Birth order; China; Ecological perspective; Life satisfaction; Only child; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027918549     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.29012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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