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Perceptions of Emotional Functionality : Similarities and Differences Among Dignity, Face, and Honor Cultures. / Maitner, Angela T.; DeCoster, Jamie; Andersson, Per A.; Eriksson, Kimmo; Sherbaji, Sara; Giner-Sorolla, Roger; Mackie, Diane M.; Aveyard, Mark; Claypool, Heather M.; Crisp, Richard J.; Gritskov, Vladimir; Habjan, Kristina; Hartanto, Andree; Kiyonari, Toko; Kuzminska, Anna O.; Manesi, Zoi; Molho, Catherine; Munasinghe, Anudhi; Peperkoorn, Leonard S.; Shiramizu, Victor; Smallman, Rachel; Soboleva, Natalia; Stivers, Adam W.; Summerville, Amy; Wu, Baopei; Wu, Junhui.
In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 53, No. 3-4, 00220221211065108, 01.04.2022, p. 263-288.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of Emotional Functionality
T2 - Similarities and Differences Among Dignity, Face, and Honor Cultures
AU - Maitner, Angela T.
AU - DeCoster, Jamie
AU - Andersson, Per A.
AU - Eriksson, Kimmo
AU - Sherbaji, Sara
AU - Giner-Sorolla, Roger
AU - Mackie, Diane M.
AU - Aveyard, Mark
AU - Claypool, Heather M.
AU - Crisp, Richard J.
AU - Gritskov, Vladimir
AU - Habjan, Kristina
AU - Hartanto, Andree
AU - Kiyonari, Toko
AU - Kuzminska, Anna O.
AU - Manesi, Zoi
AU - Molho, Catherine
AU - Munasinghe, Anudhi
AU - Peperkoorn, Leonard S.
AU - Shiramizu, Victor
AU - Smallman, Rachel
AU - Soboleva, Natalia
AU - Stivers, Adam W.
AU - Summerville, Amy
AU - Wu, Baopei
AU - Wu, Junhui
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/4/1
Y1 - 2022/4/1
N2 - Emotions are linked to wide sets of action tendencies, and it can be difficult to predict which specific action tendency will be motivated or indulged in response to individual experiences of emotion. Building on a functional perspective of emotion, we investigate whether anger and shame connect to different behavioral intentions in dignity, face, and honor cultures. Using simple animations that showed perpetrators taking resources from victims, we conducted two studies across eleven countries investigating the extent to which participants expected victims to feel anger and shame, how they thought victims should respond to such violations, and how expectations of emotions were affected by enacted behavior. Across cultures, anger was associated with desires to reclaim resources or alert others to the violation. In face and honor cultures, but not dignity cultures, shame was associated with the desire for aggressive retaliation. However, we found that when victims indulged motivationally-relevant behavior, expected anger and shame were reduced, and satisfaction increased, in similar ways across cultures. Results suggest similarities and differences in expectations of how emotions functionally elicit behavioral responses across cultures.
AB - Emotions are linked to wide sets of action tendencies, and it can be difficult to predict which specific action tendency will be motivated or indulged in response to individual experiences of emotion. Building on a functional perspective of emotion, we investigate whether anger and shame connect to different behavioral intentions in dignity, face, and honor cultures. Using simple animations that showed perpetrators taking resources from victims, we conducted two studies across eleven countries investigating the extent to which participants expected victims to feel anger and shame, how they thought victims should respond to such violations, and how expectations of emotions were affected by enacted behavior. Across cultures, anger was associated with desires to reclaim resources or alert others to the violation. In face and honor cultures, but not dignity cultures, shame was associated with the desire for aggressive retaliation. However, we found that when victims indulged motivationally-relevant behavior, expected anger and shame were reduced, and satisfaction increased, in similar ways across cultures. Results suggest similarities and differences in expectations of how emotions functionally elicit behavioral responses across cultures.
KW - cultural logic
KW - anger
KW - shame
KW - behavior regulation
KW - norm violation
KW - UNITED-STATES
KW - SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
KW - SELF
KW - COLLECTIVISM
KW - APPRAISAL
KW - RESPONSES
KW - CONFLICT-MANAGEMENT
KW - SHAME
KW - AGGRESSION
KW - ANGER
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e73326b2-50e2-364b-a30d-64929735d1f0/
U2 - 10.1177/00220221211065108
DO - 10.1177/00220221211065108
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85123483606
VL - 53
SP - 263
EP - 288
JO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
SN - 0022-0221
IS - 3-4
M1 - 00220221211065108
ER -
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