Inferring the Emotions of Friends Versus Strangers: The Role of Culture and Self-Construal

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 933-945

  Ma Kellams, Christine ^a   Blascovich, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

close relationships; culture; emotions; empathic accuracy; the self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862016745     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212440291     Document Type: Article

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