Relationships among individualism-collectivism, gender, and ingroup/outgroup status, and responses to conflict: A study in China and the United States

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-314

  Forbes, Gordon B ^a   Collinsworth, Linda L ^a   Zhao, Peiling ^a   Kohlman, Stephanie ^a   Leclaire, Jessica ^a  

^a MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Direct aggression; Gender; Indirect aggression; Ingroup

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHINA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956197920     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20395     Document Type: Article

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