Emotional experience in Italy, Spain, and Cuba: A cross-cultural comparison

Psychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 268-287

  Galati, Dario ^a   Schmidt, Susanna ^a   Sini, Barbara ^a   Tinti, Carla ^a   Mayra, Manzano ^b   Roca, Miguel ^b   Estaún Ferrer, Santiago ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b University of La   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Emotional experience; Emotional facets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646071865     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2005.268     Document Type: Article

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