Positive illusions in Japanese students

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 329-335

  Toyama, Miki ^a   Sakuran, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture; Japanese students; Negative illusion; Positive illusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JAPAN; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035496432     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.72.329     Document Type: Article

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