The more (social group memberships), the merrier: Is this the case for Asians?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Chang, Melissa X L ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^a   Cruwys, Tegan ^a   Haslam, Catherine ^a   Praharso, Nurul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Multiple group membership; Social identity; Social support; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982295518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01001     Document Type: Article

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