Influencing and adjusting in daily emotional situations: A comparison of European and Asian American action styles

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 332-340

  Boiger, Michael ^a   Mesquita, Batja ^a   Tsai, Annie Y ^b   Markus, Hazel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Culture; Emotion; Experience sampling; Influence adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 84857261202     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.572422     Document Type: Article

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