Investigating implicit trait theories across cultures

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 476-496

  Church, A Timothy ^a   Katigbak, Marcia S ^a   Ortiz, Fernando A ^a   Del Prado, Alicia M ^a   De Jesús Vargas Flores, José ^b,f   Ibáñez Reyes, Joselina ^b,f   Reyes, Jose Alberto S ^c   Pe Pua, Rogelia ^d   Cabrera, Helena F ^e,g  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g Budapest Business School   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cultural psychology; Implicit theories; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144453253     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022105275963     Document Type: Article

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