Making sense of East Asian self-enhancement

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 596-602

  Heine, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; East Asia; Japan; Self enhancement; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041761635     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103256481     Document Type: Review

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