Culture and personality among European American and Asian American men

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 630-643

  Eap, Sopagna ^a   DeGarmo, David S ^b   Kawakami, Ayaka ^a   Hara, Shelley N ^c   Hall, Gordon C N ^a   Teten, Andra L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian Americans; Big Five personality; Loss of face

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649102366     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022108321310     Document Type: Article

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