Grounding cultural syndromes: Body comportment and values in honor and dignity cultures

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 456-467

  Ijzerman, Hans ^a,b   Cohen, Dov ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Dignity; Embodiment; Grounded cognition; Honor; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959260480     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.806     Document Type: Article

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