Since the publication of Markus and Kitayama's pivotal article on culture and the self, the
concepts of independent, relational, and interdependent self-construal have become …

In this paper, I critically evaluate the logic underlying Markus and Kitayama's (1991) theory
of independent and interdependent self‐construals, and examine the evidence that directly …

As Self and Identity enters its third year of publication, I continue to be impressed by the way
in which ''self''has emerged from the hinterlands of social and behavioral science to become …

Cross-cultural perspectives have brought renewed interest in the social aspects of the self
and the extent to which individuals define themselves in terms of their relationships to others …

Major advances in science often occur when the work of a large number of researchers
begins to converge on a single unifying construct. Within psychology, for example,“learning” …

This edited volume addresses key issues relating to the concept of self, an increasingly
researched area of social psychology. The self-concept consists of three fundamental self …

This study investigated whether self-concepts that arise from participation in interdependent
cultural contexts, in this case the self-concepts of Japanese students, will be relatively more …

Following concepts introduced by Markus and Kitayama, this study describes the theoretical
and empirical development of a scale to measure the strength of an individual's …

What is the nature of the'self', how do everyday experiences shape it, and how does it
influence our thinking, judgements and behaviors? Such questions constitute enduring …

The individual self, relational self, and collective self are important and meaningful aspects
of identity. However, they plausibly differ in their relative importance such that one self lies …