Terms of abuse as expression and reinforcement of cultures

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-185

  Van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^a   de Raad, Boele ^a   Askevis Leherpeux, Francoise ^b   Boski, Pawel ^c   Brunborg, Geir Scott ^d   Carmona, Carmen ^e   Barelds, Dick ^a   Hill, Charles T ^f   Mlačić, Boris ^g   Motti, Frosso ^h   Rammstedt, Beatrice ⁱ   Woods, Stephen ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IVO PILAR   (Croatia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

ⁱ GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Survey Design and Methodology   (Germany)

^j ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Abuse across countries; Abuse terms; Emics; Etics; Normative values

Indexed keywords

EID: 41249097760     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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