Feeling close and doing well: The prevalence and motivational effects of interpersonally engaging emotions in Mexican and European American cultural contexts

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 682-694

  Savani, Krishna ^a   Alvarez, Ayme ^b   Mesquita, Batja ^c   Markus, Hazel Rose ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Culture; Emotion; Latin America; Mexico; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881596372     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2012.688131     Document Type: Article

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