Future time perspective in sociocultural contexts: A discussion paper;Concepto de futuro en contextos socioculturales: Una proposición para el debate.

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 761-778

  Phan, Huy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Future time perspective; Historical origin; Pacific context; Sociocultural identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951957077     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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