Emotion and support perceptions in everyday social interaction: Testing the "less is more" hypothesis in two cultures

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-184

  Kafetsios, Konstantinos ^a   Nezlek, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; culture; emotion; social interaction; social support; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857409610     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407511420194     Document Type: Review

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