Acceptability of favor requests in the United States and Japan

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-285

  Niiya, Yu ^a   Ellsworth, Phoebe C ^b  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

amae; closeness; control; culture; request

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855567583     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110383426     Document Type: Article

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