Validation of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire in Turkey and its relation to cultural schemas of individualism and collectivism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 99, Issue , 2016, Pages 149-154

  Yilmaz, Onurcan ^a   Harma, Mehmet ^b   Bahçekapili, Hasan G ^a   Cesur, Sevim ^c  

^a DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ALTINBAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Cultural prime; Individualism; Moral foundations; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967285872     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.090     Document Type: Article

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