Going for the gold models of agency in Japanese and American contexts

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-112

  Markus, Hazel Rose ^a   Uchida, Yukiko ^b   Omoregie, Heather ^c   Townsend, Sarah S M ^d   Kitayama, Shinobu ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOSHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; SEMANTICS; SPORT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NARRATION; SEMANTICS; SPORTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645055677     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01672.x     Document Type: Article

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