Study Suh (1994): study ZZ East-West pairs 1989
- Public
- College students, Korea, China, and USA, 198?
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 217
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Positive emotion desirability
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Mean: China=5.43, S-Korea=5.15, USA=6.12
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Participants were asked to rate how desirable or undesirable it is to experience or express each positive emotions when she/he is with a stranger or a friend average situation;
a joy
b happiness
c friendliness
d satisfaction
rated on a 7 point scale
1 extremely undesirable and inappropriate … 7 extremely desirable and appropriate
The order of the judgements was counterbalanced
An overall index of positive emotion desirability was obtained by averaging the ratings of the four positive emotions