Experiencing Emotion: A Cross-Cultural Study (European Monographs in Social Psychology) - Softcover

 
9780521155014: Experiencing Emotion: A Cross-Cultural Study (European Monographs in Social Psychology)

Synopsis

This book describes a large-scale, cross-cultural study of emotional experience and emotional reaction which was conducted in Israel and seven European countries: the UK, West Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain. Until the publication of this book in 1986, most research on emotion has been conducted under laboratory conditions, but the contributors to this study used a questionnaire approach to gather material covering a wide range of topics. Do certain situations elicit emotion-specific responses? Do emotion-specific symptom and reaction patterns exist? Do the common stereotypes of Northern and Southern emotional responses reflect the existence of real cross-cultural differences in emotional experiences and responses? Four emotions were studied - joy, sadness, fear and anger - and the results provide not only a wealth of quantitative data, but also, at the descriptive level, a fascinating overview of the ways in which people experience emotion.

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This 1986 book describes a large-scale, cross-cultural study of emotional experience and emotional reaction which was conducted in seven European countries and Israel. A questionnaire approach resulted in a wealth of quantitative data that dealt with the emotions of joy, sadness, fear and anger.

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ISBN 10:  052130427X ISBN 13:  9780521304276
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1986
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