Standing out in Canada and Japan

Journal of Personality

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 785-814

  Tafarodi, Romin W ^a,c   Marshall, Tara C ^a,c   Katsura, Haruko ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOKKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Psychology ^*  (Canada)

^d Faculty of Humanities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INDIVIDUATION; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 3142770353     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3506.2004.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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