Culture and subjective well-being: A dynamic constructivist view

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-31

  Tam, Kim Pong ^a   Lau, Hi Po Bobo ^b   Jiang, Da ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bicultural; culture; dynamic constructivist approach; language; subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655192470     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110388568     Document Type: Article

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