Explaining self-esteem differences between Chinese and North Americans: Dialectical self (vs. self-consistency) or lack of positive self-regard

Self and Identity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-128

  Kim, Young Hoon ^a   Peng, Siqing ^b   Chiu, Chi Yue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 40549104139     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860601063437     Document Type: Article

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