Perceptions of Americans and the Iraq invasion: Implications for understanding national character stereotypes

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 695-710

  Terracciano, Antonio ^a,b   McCrae, Robert R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto and hetero stereotype agreement; Cross cultural; National character stereotypes; Personality traits; Stereotype change

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348816694     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022107308586     Document Type: Article

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