Cross-cultural Continuities and Discontinuities in Shame, Guilt, and Pride: A Study of Children Residing in Japan, Korea and the USA

Self and Identity

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-113

  Furukawa, Emi ^a   Tangney, June ^b   Higashibara, Fumiko ^c  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEITOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture; Guilt; Pride; Self conscious emotions; Shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855495623     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2010.512748     Document Type: Article

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