Anger elicitation in Tonga and Germany: The impact of culture on cognitive determinants of emotions

The cognitive appraisal of an event is crucial for the elicitation and differentiation of emotions, and causal attributions are an integral part of this process. In an interdisciplinary project comparing Tonga and Germany, we examined how cultural differences in attribution tendencies affect emotion...

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Main Authors: Andrea eBender, Hans eSpada, Annelie eRothe, Simone eTraber, Karsten eRauss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00435/full