Culture, emotion, and well-being: Good feelings in Japan and the United States

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-124

  Kitayama, Shinobu ^a   Markus, Hazel Rose ^b   Kurokawa, Masaru ^b  

^a Faculty of Integrated Human Studies   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034113139     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026999300379003     Document Type: Review

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