Asian and European American Cultural Values and Communication Styles Among Asian American and European American College Students

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-56

  Park, Yong S ^a   Kim, Bryan S K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; Asian Americans; communication styles; cultural values; enculturation; high context communication; low context communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL VALUE; EMOTION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 38949190967     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.14.1.47     Document Type: Article

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