Emotional fit with culture: A predictor of individual differences in relational well-being

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-245

  De Leersnyder, Jozefien ^a   Mesquita, Batja ^a   Kim, Heejung ^b   Eom, Kimin ^b   Choi, Hyewon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Culture; Emotion; Fit; Relationships; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL FIT; EMOTIONAL PATTERN QUESTIONNAIRE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIONAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897958756     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035296     Document Type: Article

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