Action, culture and development: Points of convergence

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-352

  Brandtstädter, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action theory; Cultural constraints on development; Cultural psychology; Intentional self development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031286283     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X9733007     Document Type: Article

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