Cultural differences in response styles: The role of dialectical thinking

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 932-942

  Hamamura, Takeshi ^a   Heine, Steven J ^a   Paulhus, Delroy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Culture; Dialecticism; Moderacy; Response style

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349118572     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.10.034     Document Type: Article

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