Consequences of Divorce on the Adjustment of Children in China

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-110

  Dong, Qi ^a   Wang, Yanping ^b   Ollendick, Thomas H ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIVORCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIVORCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85047688093     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3101_12     Document Type: Article

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