Cultural Narratives of Individualism and Collectivism: A Content Analysis of Textbook Stories in the United States and Japan

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 576-591

  Imada, Toshie ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Content analysis; Cultural value; Individualism; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859828306     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110383312     Document Type: Article

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