The Cultural Construction of Self and Well-Being: A Tale of Two Cities

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1644-1658

  Plaut, Victoria C ^a   Markus, Hazel Rose ^b   Treadway, Jodi R ^c   Fu, Alyssa S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; mutual constitution; region; self; well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BOSTON; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERMISSIVENESS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870209057     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212458125     Document Type: Article

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