Cross-cultural discrepancies in self-appraisals

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1175-1188

  Ross, Michael ^a   Heine, Steven J ^b   Wilson, Anne E ^c   Sugimori, Shinkichi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Gakugei University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture; Self appraisals; Self enhancement; Social comparisons; Temporal comparisons

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION; RECALL; SELF EVALUATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENTAL RECALL; OBSERVER VARIATION; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 24344497941     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204274080     Document Type: Article

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