Move the body, change the self: Acculturative effects on the self-concept

The Psychological Foundations of Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 305-331

  Heine, Steven J ^a   Lehman, Darrin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410608994     Document Type: Chapter

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