Stereotypes of Emotional Expressiveness of Northerners and Southerners: A Cross-Cultural Test of Montesquieu's Hypotheses

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 372-380

  Pennebaker, James W ^a,c   Rimé, Bernard ^b   Blankenship, Virginia E ^a  

^a Department of Psychology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

ADULT; CLIMATE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030077888     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.2.372     Document Type: Article

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