Are we really that different from each other? The difficulties of focusing on similarities in cross-cultural research

Peace and Conflict

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 525-534

  Lalonde, Richard N ^a   Cila, Jorida ^a   Lou, Evelina ^a   Cribbie, Robert A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural methods; Cultural diversity; Equivalence testing; Intergenerational conflict; Mate selection

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84947433957     PISSN: 10781919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pac0000134     Document Type: Article

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