Culture, self, and subjective well-being: Cultural psychological and social change perspectives

Psychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-303

  Lu, Luo ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culture; Self; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957791732     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2008.290     Document Type: Article

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