Further Evidence for the Cultural Norm Hypothesis: Positive Emotion in Depressed and Control European American and Asian American Women

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 284-295

  Chentsova Dutton, Yulia E ^a   Tsai, Jeanne L ^b   Gotlib, Ian H ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; culture; depression; facial expression; positive emotions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 77952105473     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017562     Document Type: Article

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