Culture and counterfactuals: On the importance of life domains

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-84

  Chen, Jing ^a,b   Chiu, Chi Yue ^a,b   Roese, Neal J ^b   Tam, Kim Pong ^c   Lau, Ivy Yee Man ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; Counterfactuals; Cultural differences; Life domains

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444437020     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022105282296     Document Type: Review

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