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Correlational findings

Study Suh (1994): study ZZ East-West pairs 1989

Public
College students, Korea, China, and USA, 198?
Sample
Respondents
N = 217
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class

Correlate

Authors's Label
Ambivalence over emotional expressiveness
Our Classification
Distribution
Mean: China=3.84, S-Korea=4.13,  USA=3.36
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Ambivalence over Emotional expressiveness Questionnaire(AEQ, King& Emmons, 1990): 28 items which address ambivalent emotional conditions such as "I want to express my emotions honestly but I am afraid that it may cause me embarrassment or hurt"

rated on a 7 point scale
1 never feel that way...7 always feel that way

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-BD3-cm-mqr-v-7-a r = -.17 ns China A-BD3-cm-mqr-v-7-a r = -.34 p < .001 S-Korea A-BD3-cm-mqr-v-7-a r = -.05 ns USA