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  • David Matsumoto
  • Seung Hee Yoo
  • Johnny Fontaine
  • Ana Maria Anguas-Wong
  • Monica Arriola
  • Bilge Ataca
  • Michael Harris Bond
  • Hale Bolak Boratav
  • Seger M. Breugelmans
  • Rosa Cabecinhas
  • Jeeyoung Chae
  • Wu Hui Chin
  • Anna Laura Comunian
  • Dawn N. Degere
  • Achmad Djunaidi
  • Hung Kit Fok
  • Wolfgang Friedlmeier
  • Anjali Ghosh
  • Mihajlot Glamcevski
  • Hans Groenvynck
  • Charles Harb
  • Fatimah Haron
  • Renuka Joshi
  • Hisako Kakai
  • Emiko Kashima
  • Waheeda Khan
  • Jenny Kurman
  • Catherine T. Kwantes
  • Shamsul H. Mahmud
  • Mario Mandaric
  • George Nizharadze
  • Joseph O.T. Odusanya
  • Feggy Ostrosky-Solis
  • Ananda Kumar Palaniappan
  • Dona Papastylianou
  • Saba Safdar
  • Kusdwiratri Setiono
  • Eri Shigemasu
  • Theodore M. Singelis
  • Poláčková Šolcováiva
  • Erika Spiess
  • Stanislaw Sterkowicz
  • Diane Sunar
  • Piotr Szarota
  • Berta Vishnivetz
  • Neharika Vohra
  • Colleen Ward
  • Sowan Wong
  • Rongxian Wu
  • Samar Zebian
  • Alfred Zengeya
  • Jeanette Altarriba
  • Lisa M. Bauer
  • Andrew Mogaji
  • Roomana N. Siddiqui
  • Márta Fülöp
  • Luciana de Melo Garcia Bley
  • Alexandre Jose
  • Fabiano Melo Garcia
  • Elvair Grossi

Despite the importance of the concept of cultural display rules in explaining cultural differences in emotional expression and despite the fact that it has been more than 30 years since this concept was coined, there is yet to be a study that surveys display rules across a wide range of cultures. This article reports such a study. More than 5,000 respondents in 32 countries completed the Display Rule Assessment Inventory. The authors examined five hypotheses concerning the relationship between display rules and individualism-collectivism (IC). The findings indicated the existence of several universal effects, including greater expression toward in-groups versus out-groups, and an overall regulation effect. Individualistic and collectivistic cultures differed on overall expressivity endorsement and in norms concerning specific emotions in in-group and out-group situations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)55-74
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Volume39
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2008

    Research areas

  • Cultural norms, Display rules, Emotion, Expression, Individualism-collectivism

    Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology
  • Cultural Studies
  • Anthropology

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