Managing two cultural identities: The malleability of bicultural identity integration as a function of induced global or local processing

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-246

  Mok, Aurelia ^a   Morris, Michael W ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

bicultural; identity integration; perception; priming; processing style

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ASSOCIATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CUES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; THINKING;

EID: 84856207660     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211426438     Document Type: Article

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