TY - JOUR
AU - Kelman, Herbert C.
AB -  1 Paper prepared for the symposium on “Intercultural contact and the image of America at home and abroad” at the meetings of the American Psychological Association (Cincinnati, Ohio, September 5, 1959). The study reported in this paper is part of a research program on social influence and behavior change, supported by grant M-2516 from the National Institute of Mental Health. The writers are especially grateful to Lee Campbell Reich who participated in the development, conduct, and analysis of the interviews reported here. SELF-IMAGE OF SCANDINAVIANS in which he relates himself to the new people, the new groups, the new patterns of behavior that he encounters; the ways in which he involves himself in American life; the ways in which he keeps himself open or closed to new experiences. For each pattern of reaction, we are also concerned with the temporal course of the changes (or failures to change) that it produces. We shall examine the depth and durability of these changes, particularly after the individual returns to his home setting. A fruitful investigation of such reactions requires the selection of specific substantive areas within which the occurrence of change may be observed. We specified three components of self-imagery 
TI - The Effects of a Year's Experience in America on the Self‐Image of Scandinavians: A Preliminary Analysis of Reactions to a New Environment
JF - Journal of Social Issues
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1962.tb02569.x
DA - 1962-01-01
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SP - 30
VL - 18
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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