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Akutsu, S., Yamaguchi, A., Kim, M. S., & Oshio, A. (2017). Self-construals, anger regulation, and life satisfaction in the United States and Japan. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Article 768.
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Allende, S., & Bayley, P. J. (2024). Estimating survival in data-driven phenotypes of mental health symptoms and peripheral biomarkers: A prospective study. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 39, Article 100815.
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Andersson, M. A. (2015). How do we assign ourselves social status? A cross-cultural test of the cognitive averaging principle. Social Science Research, 52, 317-329.
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Bertele, N., Karabatsiakis, A., Buss, C., & Talmon, A (2021). How biomarker patterns can be utilized to identify individuals with a high disease burden: A bioinformatics approach towards predictive, preventive, and personalized (3p) medicine. EPMA Journal, 12, 507-516.
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Boylan, J. M., Coe, C. L., & Ryff, C. D. (2018). Social inequalities, psychological risk and resilience, and health. In C. D. Ryff & R. F. Krueger (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of integrative health science. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Boylan, J. M., Tsenkova, V. K., Miyamoto, Y., & Ryff, C. D. (2017). Psychological resources and glucoregulation in Japanese adults: Findings from MIDJA. Health Psychology, 36(5), 449-457.
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Caille, P., Stephan, Y., Sutin, A. R., Luchetti, M., Canada, B., Heraud, N., & Terracciano, A. (2024). Personality and change in physical activity across 3-10 years. Psychology & Health, 39(5), 670-690.
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Choi, H., & Oishi, S. (2023). Cultural variations in perceived partner responsiveness: The role of self-consistency. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(2), 303-318.
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Choi, J. H., & Miyamoto, Y. (2022). Cultural differences in self-rated health: The role of influence and adjustment. Japanese Psychological Research, 64(2), 156-169.
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Choi, J. H., Miyamoto, Y., & Ryff, C. D. (2020). A cultural perspective on functional limitations and well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(9), 1378-1391.
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Chopik, W. J., & Kitayama, S. (2018). Personality change across the lifespan: Insights from a cross-cultural longitudinal study. Journal of Personality, 86(3), 508-521.
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Clobert, M., Sims, T. L., Yoo, J., Miyamoto, Y., Markus, H. R., Karasawa, M., & Levine, C. S. ( (2020). Feeling excited or taking a bath: Do distinct pathways underlie the positive affect-health link in the U.S. and Japan? Emotion, 20(2), 164-178.
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Coe, C. L., Love, G. D., Karasawa, M., Kawakami, N., Kitayama, S., Markus, H. R., Tracy, R. P., & Ryff, C. D. (2011). Population differences in proinflammatory biology: Japanese have healthier profiles than Americans. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 25(3), 494-502.
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Coe, C. L., Miyamoto, Y., Love, G. D., Karasawa, M., Kawakami, N., Kitayama, S., & Ryff, C. D. (2020). Cultural and life style practices associated with low inflammatory physiology in Japanese adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 90, 385-395.
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Coe, C. L., Tsenkova, V., Love, G. D., Kawakami, N., Karasawa, M., Kitayama, S., Markus, H. R., & Ryff, C. D. (2020). Age-related trends in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among Japanese and White and Black American adults. Archives of Epidemiology, 4(2), Article 142.
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Cooper, K. L., Harris, P. E., Relton, C., & Thomas, K. J. (2013). Prevalence of visits to five types of complementary and alternative medicine practitioners by the general population: A systematic review. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 19(4), 214-220.
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Cornman, J. C., Glei, D. A., Goldman, N., Ryff, C. D., & Weinstein, M. (2015). Socioeconomic status and biological markers of health: An examination of adults in the United States and Taiwan. Journal of Aging and Health, 27(1), 75-102.
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Costello-White, R., Ryff, C. D., & Coe, C. L. (2015). Aging and low-grade inflammation reduce renal function in middle-aged and older adults in Japan and the USA. Age, 37(4), Article 75.
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Curhan, K. B., Levine, C. S., Markus, H. R., Kitayama, S., Park, J., Karasawa, M., Kawakami, N., Love, G. D., Coe, C. L., Miyamoto, Y., & Ryff, C. D. (2014). Subjective and objective hierarchies and their relations to psychological well-being: A US /Japan comparison. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5(8), 855-864.
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Curhan, K. B., Sims, T., Markus, H. R., Kitayama, S., Karasawa, M., Kawakami, N., Love, G. D., Coe, C. L., Miyamoto, Y., & Ryff, C. D. (2014). Just how bad negative affect is for your health depends on culture. Psychological Science, 25(12), 2277-2280.
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Dunkel, C.S. (2013). Evidence for the role of the general factor of personality (GFP) in enculturation: The GFP and self-construal in Japanese and American samples. Personality and Individual Differences, 55(4), 417-421.
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Echeverria, G., Tiboni, O., Berkowitz, L., Pinto, V., Samith, B., von Schultzendorff, A., Pedrals, N., Bitran, M., Ruini, C., Ryff, C. D., Del Rio, D., & Rigotti, A. (2020). Mediterranean lifestyle to promote physical, mental, and environmental health: The case of Chile. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), Article 8482.
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Freilich, C. D., Mann, F. D., & Krueger, R. F. (2023). Comparing associations between personality and loneliness at midlife across three cultural groups. Journal of Personality, 91(3), 653-666.
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Glei, D. A., Goldman, N., Ryff, C. D., & Weinstein, M. (2017). Can we determine whether physical limitations are more prevalent in the US than in countries with comparable life expectancy? SSM - Population Health, 3, 808-813.
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Glei, D. A., Goldman, N., Ryff, C. D., & Weinstein, M. (2019). Physical function in U.S. Older adults compared with other populations: A multinational study. Journal of Aging and Health, 31(7), 1067-1084.
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Glei, D. A., Goldman, N., Shkolnikov, V. M., Jdanov, D., Shkolnikov, M., Vaupel, J. W., & Weinstein, M. (2013). Perceived stress and biological risk: Is the linkage stronger in Russians than in Taiwanese and Americans? Stress, 16(4), 411-420.
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Gnambs, T., Stiglbauer, B., & Selenko, E. (2015). Psychological effects of (non)employment: A cross-national comparison of the United States and Japan Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 56(6), 659-669.
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Haas, B. W., & Omura, K. (2022). Cultural differences in susceptibility to the End of History Illusion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(9), 1331-1348.
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Haas, B. W., & vanDellen, M. R. (2020). Culture is associated with the experience of long-term self-concept changes. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(8), 1047-1056.
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Haas, B. W., Hoeft, F., & Omura, K. (2021). The role of culture on the link between worldviews on nature and psychological health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 170, 110336.
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Hartanto, A., Yee-Man Lau, I., & Yong, J. C. (2020). Culture moderates the link between perceived obligation and biological health risk: Evidence of culturally distinct pathways for positive health outcomes. Social Science & Medicine, 244, Article 112644.
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Hayakawa, K., Watabe, M., Horikawa, H., Sato-Kasai, M., Shimokawa, N., Nakao, T., & Kato, T. A. (2022). Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol is a possible blood biomarker of schizoid personality traits among females. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 12, Article 131.
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Hong, J. H., Charles, S. T., Lee, S., & Lachman, M. E. (2019). Perceived changes in life satisfaction from the past, present and to the future: A comparison of U.S. and Japan Psychology And Aging, 34(3), 317-329.
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Ishii, K. (2019). Cultural influences in somatosensory amplification and their association with negative affective states. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 22(1), 106-112.
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Jankowsky, K., & Schroeders, U. (2022). Validation and generalizability of machine learning prediction models on attrition in longitudinal studies. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46(2), 169-176.
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Jiao, C., & Grzywacz, J. G. (2024). Understanding marital stability through work-family experiences in proximal and distal contexts: Comparing United States and Japan. Family Relations, 73(5), 3073-3088.
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Joshanloo, M. (2018). Longitudinal associations between subjective and psychological well-being in Japan: A four-year cross-lagged panel study. Personality and Individual Differences, 134, 289-292.
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Joshanloo, M., & Bakhshi, A. (2016). The factor structure and measurement invariance of positive and negative affect: A study in Iran and the USA. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 32, 265-272.
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Joshanloo, M., & Weijers, D. (2019). A two-dimensional conceptual framework for understanding mental well-being. PLOS ONE, 14(3), Article e0214045.
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Juchem, C. M., Bendau, A., Bandurski, L. C., Reich, N. J., Baumgardt, S., & Asselmann, E. (2024). Personality changes related to presence and treatment of substance use (disorders): A systematic review. Psychological Medicine, 54(9), 1905-1929.
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Kan, C., Kawakami, N., Karasawa, M., Love, G. D., Coe, C. L., Miyamoto, Y., Ryff, C. D., Kitayama, S., Curhan, K. B., & Markus, H. R. (2014). Psychological resources as mediators of the association between social class and health: Comparative findings from Japan and the U.S. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 21(1), 53-65.
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Kapoulea, E. A., Ready, R. E., & Ginn, J. C. (2023). Loneliness and risk for cardiovascular disease in the United States and Japan: The effects of nationality, collectivism, and gender. Social Science and Medicine, 337, Article 116299.
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Karasawa, M. (2012). Ageing and well-being: Cross-cultural perspective. Japanese Psychological Review, 55(1), 137-151.
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Karasawa, M., Curhan, K. B., Markus, H. R., Kitayama, S. S., Love, G. D., Radler, B. T., & Ryff, C. D. (2011). Cultural perspectives on aging and well-being: A comparison between Japan and the US. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 73(1), 73-98.
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Kaveladze, B., Diamond Altman, A., Niederhausen, M., Loftis, J. M., & Teo, A. R. (2022). Social relationship quality, depression and inflammation: A cross-cultural longitudinal study in the United States and Tokyo, Japan. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 68(2), 253-263.
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Kitayama, S., & Park, J. (2017). Emotion and biological health: The socio-cultural moderation. Current Opinion in Psychology, 17, 99-105.
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Kitayama, S., & Park, J. (2021). Is conscientiousness always associated with better health? A US - Japan cross-cultural examination of biological health risk. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(3), 486-498.
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Kitayama, S., Berg, M. K., & Chopik, W. J. (2020). Culture and well-being in late adulthood: Theory and evidence. American Psychologist, 75(4), 567-576.
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Kitayama, S., Karasawa, M., Curhan, K. B., Ryff, C. D., & Markus, H. R. (2010). Independence and interdependence predict health and wellbeing: Divergent patterns in the United States and Japan. Frontiers in Psychology, 1(Article 163), 1-10.
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Kitayama, S., Park, J., Boylan, J., Miyamoto, Y., Levine, C., Markus, H. R., Karasawa, M., Coe, C., Kawakami, N., Love, G., & Ryff, C. (2015). Expression of anger and ill health in two cultures: An examination of inflammation and cardiovascular risk Psychological Science, 26(2), 211-220.
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Kitayama, S., Park, J., Miyamoto, Y., Date, H., Boylan, J. M., Markus, H. R., Karasawa, M., Kawakami, N., Coe, C. L., Love, G. D., & Ryff, C. D. (2018). Behavioral adjustment moderates the link between neuroticism and biological health risk: A U.S.-Japan comparison study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(6), 809-822.
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Lee, C., Gao, M., & Ryff, C. D. (2020). Conscientiousness and smoking: Do cultural context and gender matter? Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 1593.
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Lee, D. S., Ybarra, O., Gonzalez, R., & Ellsworth, P. (2018). I-through-we: How supportive social relationships facilitate personal growth. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(1), 37-48.
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Levine, C. S., Miyamoto, Y., Markus, H. R., Rigotti, A., Boylan, J. M., Park, J., Kitayama, S., Karasawa, M., Kawakami, N., Coe, C. L., Love, G. D., & Ryff, C. D. (2016). Culture and healthy eating: The role of independence and interdependence in the United States and Japan. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(10), 1335-1348.
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Li, A., Robustelli, B. L., & Whisman, M. A. (2016). Marital adjustment and psychological distress in Japan. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 33(7), 855-866.
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Long, L. J., Lu, Q., Walker, R. L., & Gallagher, M. W. (2020). Examining the measurement invariance of the LOT-R measure of optimism in the United States and Japan. Journal of Well-Being Assessment, 4, 447-462.
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Lua, V. Y. Q., Majeed, N. M., Hartanto, A., & Leung, A. K.-y. (2022). Help-seeking tendencies and subjective well-being: A cross-cultural comparison of the United States and Japan. Social Psychology Quarterly, 85(2), 164-186.
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Ma, A., Savani, K., Liu, F., Tai, K., & Kay, A. C. (2023). The mutual constitution of culture and psyche: The bidirectional relationship between individuals' perceived control and cultural tightness-looseness Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124(5), 901-916.
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Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (2003). Models of agency: Sociocultural diversity in the construction of action. In G. Berman & J. Berman (Eds.), Cross-cultural differences in perspectives on self (Vol. 49 of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, pp. 2-57). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
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McKinnon, L., Samson, D. R., Nunn, C. L., Rowlands, A., Salvante, K. G., & Nepomnaschy, P. A. (2022). Technological infrastructure, sleep, and rest-activity patterns in a Kaqchikel Maya community. PLoS ONE, 17(11), Article e0277416.
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McKinnon, L., Shattuck, E. C., & Samson, D. R. (2023). Sound reasons for unsound sleep: Comparative support for the sentinel hypothesis in industrial and nonindustrial groups. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 11(1), 53-66.
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Miyamoto, Y., & Ryff, C. D. (2010). Cultural differences in the dialectical and non-dialectical emotional styles and their implications for health. Cognition & Emotion, 25(1), 22-39.
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Miyamoto, Y., & Ryff, C. D. (2022). Culture and health: Recent developments and future directions. Japanese Psychological Research, 64(2), 90-108.
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Miyamoto, Y., Boylan, J. M., Coe, C. L., Curhan, K. B., Levine, C. S., Markus, H. R., Park, J., Kitayama, S., Kawakami, N., Karasawa, M., Love, G. D., & Ryff, C. D. (2013). Negative emotions predict elevated interleukin-6 in the United States but not in Japan. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 34, 79-85.
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Miyamoto, Y., Yoo, J., Levine, C. S., Park, J., Boylan, J. M., Sims, T., Markus, H. R., Kitayama, S., Kawakami, N., Karasawa, M., Coe, C. L., Love, G. D., & Ryff, C. D. (2018). Culture and social hierarchy: Self- and other-oriented correlates of socioeconomic status across cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(3), 427-445.
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Narisada, A. (2023). Work stressors and the buffering functions of the sense of control in the United States and Japan: A test of the diminished buffering hypothesis. Society and Mental Health, 13(2), 131-150.
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Ng, M. H. S., Lua, V. Y. Q., Majeed, N. M., & Hartanto, A. (2022). Does trait self-esteem serve as a protective factor in maintaining daily affective well-being? Multilevel analyses of daily diary studies in the US and Singapore. Personality and Individual Differences, 198, Article 111804.
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Novin, S., Tso, I. F., & Konrath, S. H. (2014). Self-related and other-related pathways to subjective well-being in Japan and the United States. Journal of Happiness Studies, 15(5), 995-1014.
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Oh, V. Y. S., Yu, Z., & Tong, E. M. W. (2022). Objective income but not subjective social status predicts short-term and long-term cognitive outcomes: Findings across two large datasets. Social Indicators Research, 162, 327-349.
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Ong, A. D., Graham, E. K., Jackson, K., Atherton, O. E., Luo, J., Willroth, E. C., Beck, E. D., Yoneda, T., Cintron, D. W., Mroczek, D. K., & Steptoe, A. (2024). Associations between generativity and social asymmetry among older adults in Japan. Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79(2), Article gbad183.
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Park, J., & Kitayama, S. (2018). Anger expression and health: The cultural moderation hypothesis. In C. D. Ryff & R. F. Krueger (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of integrative health science. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Park, J., Kitayama, S., & Miyamoto, Y. (2024). When high subjective social status becomes a burden: A Japan-U.S. Comparison of biological health markers. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50(7), 1098-1112.
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Park, J., Kitayama, S., Karasawa, M., Curhan, K., Markus, H. R., Kawakami, N., Miyamoto, Y., Love, G.D., Coe, C.L., Ryff, C. D. (2013). Clarifying the links between social support and health: Culture, stress, and neuroticism matter. Journal of Health Psychology, 18(2), 226-235.
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Park, J., Kitayama, S., Markus, H. R., Coe, C. L., Miyamoto, Y., Karasawa, M., Curhan, K. B., Love, G. D., Kawakami, N., Boylan, J. M., & Ryff, C. D. (2013). Social status and anger expression: The cultural moderation hypothesis. Emotion, 13(6), 1122-1131.
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Park, J., Kitayama, S., Miyamoto, Y., & Coe, C. L. (2020). Feeling bad is not always unhealthy: Culture moderates the link between negative affect and diurnal cortisol profiles. Emotion, 20(5), 721-733.
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Payne, C. F., Kohler, I. V., Bandawe, C., Lawler, K., & Kohler, H.-P. (2018). Cognition, health, and well-being in a rural sub-saharan African population. European Journal of Population, 34(4), 637-662.
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Robustelli, B. L., & Whisman, M. A. (2018). Gratitude and life satisfaction in the United States and Japan. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19(1), 41-55.
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Ryff, C. D. (2014). Psychological well-being revisited: Advances in the science and practice of eudaimonia. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 83(1), 10-28.
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