Mutual and Non-Mutual Social Support: Cultural Differences in the Psychological, Behavioral, and Biological Effects of Support Seeking

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 916-929

  Wang, Shu Wen ^a   Lau, Anna S ^b  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Asian American; cortisol; culture; social support; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936762272     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022115592967     Document Type: Article

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