The "Me" I Claim to Be: Cultural Self-Construal Elicits Self-Presentational Goal Pursuit

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-102

  Lalwani, Ashok K ^a   Shavitt, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

independent prime; interdependent prime; self affirmation; self construal; self presentational goals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT;

ATTENTION; CULTURE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 67650364847     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014100     Document Type: Article

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