Not all collectivisms are equal: Opposing preferences for ideal affect between East Asians and Mexicans

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1206-1209

  Ruby, Matthew B ^a   Falk, Carl F ^a   Heine, Steven J ^a   Villa, Covadonga ^b   Silberstein, Orly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Affect; Collectivism; Culture; Individualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; JAPANESE; MALE; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874435100     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029118     Document Type: Article

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