Culture moderates the relationship between emotional fit and collective aspects of well-being

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue AUG, 2018, Pages

  Cho, Sinhae ^a   Van Doren, Natalia ^a   Minnick, Mark R ^a   Albohn, Daniel N ^a   Adams, Reginald B ^a   Soto, José A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Collective self esteem; Cultural fit; Culture; Emotional fit; Group identification; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052231272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01509     Document Type: Article

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