Culture and the role of exchange vs. communal norms in friendship

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-93

  Miller, Joan G ^a   Bland, Chloe ^a,d   Källberg Shroff, Malin ^a   Tseng, Chiung Yi ^a,e   Montes George, Jazmin ^a   Ryan, Katelin ^a,f   Das, Rekha ^b   Chakravarthy, Sharmista ^c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^d Department of Foods and Nutrition   (United States)

^e MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Communal norms; Culture; Exchange norms; Friendship; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896974160     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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