Mainstreaming culture in psychology

American Psychologist

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 721-730

  Cheung, Fanny M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese personality assessment inventory; Combined emic etic approach; Cross cultural psychology; International psychology; Mainstreaming culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84874002781     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029876     Document Type: Article

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