Some tests of the distinction between the private self and the collective self.
Trafimow, David, Triandis, Harry C., Goto, Sharon G.·1991·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Abstract
On the bases of Greenwald and Pratkanis's (1984) distinction between private and collective aspects of the self and on Triandis's (1989) theory about individualistic and collectivistic cultures, 2 competing theories concerning the organization of self-cognitions were proposed. Findings from 2 experi
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