Cultural variations in developing a sense of knowing your own mind: A comparison between British and Japanese children

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-258

  Mitchell, Peter ^a   Teucher, Ulrich ^b   Kikuno, Haruo ^c   Bennett, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c and Cultural Studies   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Independent; Interdependent; Self knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77951430067     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025409350958     Document Type: Article

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