Butting in vs. being a friend: Cultural differences and similarities in the evaluation of imposed social support

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 493-509

  Chentsova Dutton, Yulia E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

imposed support; interpersonal motives; Russian culture; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RUSSIA; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861793957     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2011.642025     Document Type: Article

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