The individual-oriented and social-oriented chinese bicultural self: Testing the theory

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-374

  Lu, Luo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese bicultural self; Individual orientation; Social orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049113972     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.148.3.347-374     Document Type: Article

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