Culture and beliefs about time: Comparisons among black americans, black africans, and white americans

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 443-461

  Hill, Oliver W ^a   Block, Richard A ^b   Buggie, Stephen E ^c  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0040566914     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980009598228     Document Type: Article

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