Commonalities and differences in close relationships among the Americans and Japanese: A comparison by the individualism/collectivism concept

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 453-465

  Takahashi, Keiko ^a   Ohara, Naomi ^a   Antonucci, Toni C ^b   Akiyama, Hiroko ^c  

^a University of the Sacred Heart   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; INDIVIDUALITY; JAPAN; MALE; MOTHER; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036739287     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250143000418     Document Type: Review

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