期刊论文

Zhang, Ning;Ji, Li-Jun

英文

Emotion

1528-3542

2018

18

1

46-57

10.1037/emo0000385

The studies reported in this article were supported by Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Grants 435-2012-1279). We thank members of the Culture and Cognition Lab at Queen’s University for help with data collection and Samantha Drover, Ivy Fong, Emily Hong, Mark Khei, and Suhui Yap for comments on earlier drafts of this article.

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We investigated consequences of receiving thanks in close relationships across cultures. Chinese reported more negative feelings than Euro-Canadians after a close other said thanks to them. Likewise, Chinese participants predicted, more than Euro-Canadians did, that a close other would experience negative feelings after receiving thanks from them. No cultural difference was found when receiving thanks from an acquaintance. On the other hand, when not receiving thanks from close others after helping them, Euro-Canadians experienced more negative...