Deception and emotion: The effects of motivation, relationship type, and sex on expected feelings of guilt and shame following acts of deception in United States and chinese samples

Communication Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Seiter, John S ^a   Bruschke, Jon ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural Differences; Deception; Emotion; Guilt; Intercultural; Motivation; Relationships; Shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350784520     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970601168624     Document Type: Article

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