Cultural Bases for Self-Evaluation: Seeing Oneself Positively in Different Cultural Contexts

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 657-675

  Becker, Maja ^a   Vignoles, Vivian L ^a   Owe, Ellinor ^a   Easterbrook, Matthew J ^a   Brown, Rupert ^a   Smith, Peter B ^a   Bond, Michael Harris ^b   Regalia, Camillo ^c   Manzi, Claudia ^c   Brambilla, Maria ^c   Aldhafri, Said ^d   González, Roberto ^e   Carrasco, Diego ^e   Paz Cadena, Maria ^e   Lay, Siugmin ^e   Schweiger Gallo, Inge ^f   Torres, Ana ^g   Camino, Leoncio ^g   Özgen, Emre ^h   Güner, Ülkü E ⁱ   Yamakoǧlu, Nil ⁱ   Silveira Lemos, Flávia Cristina ^j   Trujillo, Elvia Vargas ^k   Balanta, Paola ^k   Macapagal, Ma Elizabeth J ^l   Cristina Ferreira, M ^m   Herman, Ginette ⁿ   de Sauvage, Isabelle ⁿ   Bourguignon, David ^o   Wang, Qian ^p   Fülöp, Márta ^q   Harb, Charles ^r   Chybicka, Aneta ^s   Mekonnen, Kassahun Habtamu ^t   Martin, Mariana ^u   Nizharadze, George ^v   Gavreliuc, Alin ^w   Buitendach, Johanna ^x   Valk, Aune ^y   Koller, Silvia H ^z   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^h YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^k UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^l ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^m SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^p CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^q INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^r AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^s UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^t ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^v FREE UNIVERSITY OF TBILISI   (Georgia)

^w WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^x UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^z FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

culture; identity; self esteem; self evaluation; values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84898677507     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214522836     Document Type: Article

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