Are cultural differences in emotion regulation mediated by personality traits?

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-437

  Matsumoto, David ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b San Francisco State University ^*

Author keywords

Culture; Emotion; Emotion regulation; Mediation; Personality; Unpackaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744787601     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022106288478     Document Type: Review

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