Interesting and somewhat surprising read: Brooding Russians: Less Distressed Than Americans
Apparently Russians can distance themselves better from negative feelings, even though they brood more over their problems. Hmmm... I wonder how true this really is...
Thanks for sharing. I'll forward it to Clive, who keeps on laughing at Russian gloom & doom attitude :-)
ReplyDeleteHa! I was surprised to see in the article that the Russians would "blame the other side less". Surely the only way to get over a bad experience is to blame the other person? That just doesn't ring true. Don't know many people who go "my manager sucks, but it must be me".
ReplyDeletemaybe it's a difference in expectations. Russian EXPECT unpleasant and difficult things to happen, and are therefore less fazed by them when they do.
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