Dialectical emotions. How cultural epistemologies influence the experience and regulation of emotional complexity

Handbook of Motivation and Cognition Across Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 517-539

  Goetz, Jennifer L ^a   Spencer Rodgers, Julie ^b   Peng, Kaiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84882491555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373694-9.00022-2     Document Type: Chapter

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