Cultural values and happiness: An east-west dialogue

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 477-493

  Lu, Luo ^a   Gilmour, Robin ^b   Kao, Shu Fang ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British university students; Eastern cultural values; Happiness; Taiwanese university students; Western cultural values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035434262     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540109600566     Document Type: Article

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