Familial Self as a Potent Source of Affirmation: Evidence From China

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 529-537

  Cai, Huajian ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^b   Jiang, Lixin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; familial self; individual self; relational self; self affirmation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881240441     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612469039     Document Type: Article

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