On the risk of being a cultural chameleon: Variations in collective self-esteem across social interactions

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 527-540

  Downie, Michelle ^a   Mageau, Genevieve A ^b   Koestner, Richard ^a   Liodden, Tone ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective self esteem; Cultural chameleonism; Interaction record; Sociometer theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMMIGRANT; INHERITANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 33747469522     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.3.527     Document Type: Article

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