The effects of personal and collective mortality salience on individualism: Comparing Australians and Japanese with higher and lower self-esteem

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 384-392

  Kashima, Emiko S ^a   Halloran, Michael ^a   Yuki, Masaki ^b   Kashima, Yoshihisa ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Culture; Individualism; Japan; Personal and collective mortality; Self esteem; Terror management

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342485109     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2003.07.007     Document Type: Article

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