Measuring the influence of culture on mental processes and behaviour? A conceptual and empirical introduction of a multidimensional questionnaire on cultural variables;Wie lässt sich der Einfluss von Kultur auf Erleben und Verhalten messen? Konzeptuelle und empirische Einführung einer multidimensionalen Kultur-Fragebogenbatterie

Diagnostica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 53-63

  Freund, Henning ^a   Zimmermann, Johannes ^b   Pfeiffer, Nils ^b   Conradi, Ania ^a   Hunger, Christina ^b   Riedel, Fanja ^a   Boysen, Folke ^a   Schwinn, Lisa ^b   Rost, Rebekka ^b   Cierpka, Manfred ^b   Kämmerer, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Mediator; Self Construal Scale (SCS); Sex Role Ideology Scale (SRIS); Tightness Looseness Scale (TLS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859222949     PISSN: 00121924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0012-1924/a000045     Document Type: Article

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