Relationships between individualism-collectivism, gender, and direct or indirect aggression: A study in China, Poland, and the US

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-30

  Forbes, Gordon ^a   Zhang, Xiaoying ^b   Doroszewicz, Krystyna ^c   Haas, Kelly ^a  

^a MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

China; Cross cultural; Indirect and direct aggression; Individualism collectivism; Poland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLAND; RACE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349099485     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20292     Document Type: Article

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