Equivalence of serufuesutei-mu (self-esteem) and jisonshin in Japan

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-304

  Brown, Robert A ^a,b,c  

^a BUNKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural equivalence; Japan; Jisonshin; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349139360     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2008.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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