Interpreting a Helping Hand: Cultural Variation in the Effectiveness of Solicited and Unsolicited Social Support

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-99

  Mojaverian, Taraneh ^a   Kim, Heejung S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; social support; solicited support; support receipt; unsolicited support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871016517     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212465319     Document Type: Article

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