American and Japanese beliefs about self-esteem

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-299

  Brown, Robert A ^a,b,c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BUNKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

America; Beliefs; Japan; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349108231     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2008.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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