Culture, method, and the content of self-concepts: Testing trait, individual-self-primacy, and cultural psychology perspectives

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1119-1160

  del Prado, Alicia M ^a   Timothy Church, A ^a   Katigbak, Marcia S ^a   Miramontes, Lilia G ^a   Whitty, Monica T ^b   Curtis, Guy J ^c   Vargas Flores, José de Jesús ^d   Ibáñez Reyes, Joselina ^d   Ortiz, Fernando A ^a   Reyes, Jose Alberto S ^e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Cultural psychology; Culture; Implicit theories; Individualism collectivism; Self concept; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 35848966150     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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