Running away from unwanted feelings: Culture matters

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1313-1327

  Su, Jenny C ^a   Wei, Meifen ^b   Tsai, Hsiao Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Emotion regulation; Emotional self control; Experiential avoidance; Expressive suppression

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905125030     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.881322     Document Type: Article

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