Wanting to maximize the positive and minimize the negative: Implications for mixed affective experience in American and Chinese contexts

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 292-315

  Sims, Tamara ^a   Tsai, Jeanne L ^a   Jiang, Da ^b   Wang, Yaheng ^a   Fung, Helene H ^b   Zhang, Xiulan ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Culture; Dialecticism; Ideal affect; Mixed emotions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933574723     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0039276     Document Type: Article

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