Culture-specific appraisal biases contribute to emotion dispositions

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-288

  Scherer, Klaus R ^a   Brosch, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appraisal bias; Culture effects; Emotion responses; Emotional personality dispositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649418242     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.714     Document Type: Article

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