How do Japanese perceive individualism?: Examination of the meaning of individualism in Japan

Psychologia

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 213-223

  Ogihara, Yuji ^a   Uchida, Yukiko ^b   Kusumi, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discrepancy between own attitude and predicted others' attitude; Independence; Individualism; Interpersonal relationships; Meaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936149371     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2014.213     Document Type: Article

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