Convergence in feeling, divergence in physiology: How culture influences the consequences of disgust suppression and amplification among European Americans and Asian Americans

Psychophysiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 41-51

  Soto, José A ^a   Lee, Elizabeth A ^b   Roberts, Nicole A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Asian Americans; Cultural differences; Emotion regulation; Psychophysiology; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICAN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONTROL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-CONTROL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952685083     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12579     Document Type: Article

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