Proud Americans and lucky Japanese: Cultural differences in appraisal and corresponding emotion

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-345

  Imada, Toshie ^a   Ellsworth, Phoebe C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive appraisal; Culture; Emotion; Self enhancement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JAPAN; JUDGMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955140625     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022855     Document Type: Article

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