Divergent consequences of success and failure in Japan and North America: An investigation of self-improving motivations and malleable selves

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 599-615

  Heine, Steven J ^a   Lehman, Darrin R ^a   Ide, Eugene ^d   Leung, Cecilia ^d   Kitayama, Shinobu ^b   Takata, Toshitake ^c   Matsumoto, Hisaya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNITED STATES;

CREATIVENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047685107     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.4.599     Document Type: Article

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