Figure 2.

Mediation scheme of dialectical thinking in the association between culture and mixed emotional experience (MIN, NAM, and discomfort) in the predominantly positive situation. Illustrated values depict the standardized path parameters of mediation model in predominantly pleasant situations. Chinese participants were coded as 0; American participants were coded as 1; culture served as the independent variable; dialectical thinking as the mediation variable; MIN, NAM, and discomfort in predominantly pleasant situation as the outcome variables; sex and age were control variables. Values in brackets depict the indirect effects of culture on three different predictors. ^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001.