The inner self in three countries

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-117

  Tafarodi, Romin W ^a   Lo, Christopher ^a   Yamaguchi, Susumu ^b   Lee, Wincy W S ^c,e   Katsura, Haruko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d HOKKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Canada; Hong Kong; Japan; Personal identity; Self continuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347603951     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103260462     Document Type: Article

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