Emotion and culture: A meta-analysis

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 913-943

  van Hemert, Dianne A ^a   Poortinga, Ype H ^b,c   van de Vijver, Fons J R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARAB; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASIAN; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL BIAS; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GERMANY; HAPPINESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDEPENDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; NEGRO; NETHERLANDS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE;

EID: 34547504793     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701339293     Document Type: Article

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