Dialectical self-esteem and east-west differences in psychological well-being

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1416-1432

  Spencer Rodgers, Julie ^a   Peng, Kaiping ^a   Wang, Lei ^b   Hou, Yubo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudinal ambivalence; Cross cultural differences; East Asians; Self concept; Self esteem; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 7544231799     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204264243     Document Type: Review

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