Cultural differences in self-evaluation Japanese readily accept negative self-relevant information

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 434-443

  Heine, Steven J ^a   Kitayama, Shinobu ^b   Lehman, Darrin R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0035588850     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022101032004004     Document Type: Article

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