Where is the evidence for pancultural self-enhancement? A reply to Sedikides, Gaertner, and Toguchi (2003)

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 531-538

  Heine, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 26844464467     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.4.531     Document Type: Review

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