Selective exposure: The impact of collectivism and individualism

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 745-763

  Kastenmüller, Andreas ^a   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^b   Jonas, Eva ^c   Fischer, Peter ^d   Frey, Dieter ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ASIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650128357     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466609X478988     Document Type: Article

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