Minimalist in style: Self, identity, and well-being in Japan

Self and Identity

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 300-317

  Kan, Chiemi ^a   Karasawa, Mayumi ^a   Kitayama, Shinobu ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Expanded positivity; Independence; Interdependence; Minimalist well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249147646     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860802505244     Document Type: Article

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