Emotional well-being and sociability: crosscultural aspect

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Abstract

This work presents a hypothesis about negative correlation between individual's emotional well-being and his/her sociability, as possible in societies with negatively-asymmetrical emotional-expressive normative communication system. This hypothesis was supported by research carried out in Poland. Moreover, study shows that this relation concerns firstly positive emotions. Having positive emotions may lead an individual to limited communication.

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Keywords: emotions balance, positive emotions, negative emotions, emotional well-being, sociability

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Gorbatkov A.A. Emotional well-being and sociability: crosscultural aspect. Kul'turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2008. Vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 33–38. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

A. A. Gorbatkov, PhD in Psychology, Assistant professor at the Institute of Education and Psychology, Sventokshisk Academy, Poland, e-mail: a.gorbatkow@pu.kielce.pl

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