Do between-culture differences really mean that people are different? A look at some measures of cultural effect size

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 478-490

  Matsumoto, David ^a   Grissom, Robert J ^a   Dinnel, Dale L ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035631057     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022101032004007     Document Type: Article

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