It Takes Two to Mimic: Behavioral Consequences of Self-Construals

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1093-1102

  Van Baaren, Rick B ^a   Maddux, William W ^b   Chartrand, Tanya L ^b   De Bouter, Cris ^a   Van Knippenberg, Ad ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b University of Nijmegen ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JAPAN; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141642016     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.5.1093     Document Type: Article

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