Cultural differences in the dialectical and non-dialectical emotional styles and their implications for health

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-39

  Miyamoto, Yuri ^a   Ryff, Carol D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Dialectical emotion; Health; Positive and negative emotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651255387     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931003612114     Document Type: Article

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