Wisdom as self-transcendence: What's love (& individualism) got to do with it?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-457

  Le, Thao N ^a   Levenson, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Individualism; Love; Self transcendence; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 23644450894     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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