Experimentally detecting how cultural differences on social anxiety measures misrepresent cultural differences in emotional well-being

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-327

  Norasakkunkit, Vinai ^a   Kalick, S Michael ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural priming; Fear of negative evaluation scale; Independence; Japan; Japanese; Self construal; Social anxiety; Social avoidance and distress scale; Social phobia; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549100102     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-007-9082-1     Document Type: Article

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