Cultural Differences in the Subjective Experience of Emotion: When and Why They Occur

• Main Authors: SCOLLON, Christie N., KOH, Sharon, AU, Evelyn Wing Mun
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Multicultural Psychology; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1078
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Cross-cultural comparisons of subjective emotional experience are common, and virtually any comparison of nations or different ethnic groups is bound to yield some differences and some similarities. While nobody doubts the considerable intercultural variability in subjective or self-reports of emoti...