Language and the Bicultural Dialectical Self

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-216

  Boucher, Helen C ^a   O'Dowd, Meghan C ^a  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biculturalism; Culture; Dialecticism; Self concept; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BELIEF; THINKING;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MULTILINGUALISM; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79957657389     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023686     Document Type: Article

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