The construction of emotion in interactions, relationships, and cultures

Emotion Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-229

  Boiger, Michael ^a   Mesquita, Batja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

culture; emotion; relationships; social construction; social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863572576     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073912439765     Document Type: Review

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