Unpackaging culture's influence on self-esteem and embarrassability: The role of self-construals

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-341

  Singelis, Theodore M ^a   Bond, Michael H ^a   Sharkey, William F ^a   Lai, Chris Siu Yiu ^a  

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EID: 0001574239     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022199030003003     Document Type: Article

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