Self-esteem and culture: Differences in cognitive self-evaluations or affective self-regard?

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-170

  Cai, Huajian ^a   Brown, Jonathon D ^b,c   Deng, Ciping ^c   Oakes, Mark A ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Culture; Self esteem; Self love

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547773589     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2007.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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