Changes in Pronoun Use in American Books and the Rise of Individualism, 1960-2008

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 406-415

  Twenge, Jean M ^a   Campbell, W Keith ^b   Gentile, Brittany ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; beliefs; cultural psychology; language; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874438774     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112455100     Document Type: Article

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