Self-construals across cultures: Beyond independence-interdependence

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-197

  Harb, Charles ^a   Smith, Peter B ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab; Culture; Self Construal Scale; Self construals

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149124777     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022107313861     Document Type: Article

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