A comparison of four causal factors of embarrassment in public and private situations

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-406

  Higuchi, Masataka ^a   Fukada, Hiromi ^b  

^a Matsuyama Shinonome College   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Causal factors; Embarrassment; Mediating mechanism; Public and private situations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0039490262     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980209604166     Document Type: Article

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