Pancultural Self-Enhancement

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-79

  Sedikides, Constantine ^a   Gaertner, Lowell ^c   Toguchi, Yoshiyasu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 85047689236     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.1.60     Document Type: Article

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