Perceptions of Emotional Functionality: Similarities and Differences Among Dignity, Face, and Honor Cultures

Maitner, A.T.; DeCoster, J.; Andersson, P.A.; Eriksson, K.; Sherbaji, S.; Giner-Sorolla, R.; Mackie, D.M.; Aveyard, M.; Claypool, H.M.; Crisp, R.J.; Gritskov, V.; Habjan, K.; Hartanto, A.; Kiyonari, T.; Kuzminska, A.O.; Manesi, A.; Molho, C.; Munasinghe, A.; Peperkoorn, L.S.; Shiramizu, V.; Smallman, R.; Soboleva, N.; Stivers, A.W.; Summerville, A.; Wu, B.; Wu, J.

doi:10.1177/00220221211065108

Perceptions of Emotional Functionality: Similarities and Differences Among Dignity, Face, and Honor Cultures

Maitner, A.T.; DeCoster, J.; Andersson, P.A.; Eriksson, K.; Sherbaji, S.; Giner-Sorolla, R.; Mackie, D.M.; Aveyard, M.; Claypool, H.M.; Crisp, R.J.; Gritskov, V.; Habjan, K.; Hartanto, A.; Kiyonari, T.; Kuzminska, A.O.; Manesi, A.; Molho, C.; Munasinghe, A.; Peperkoorn, L.S.; Shiramizu, V.; Smallman, R.; Soboleva, N.; Stivers, A.W.; Summerville, A.; Wu, B.; Wu, J.

Authors

A.T. Maitner

J. DeCoster

P.A. Andersson

K. Eriksson

S. Sherbaji

R. Giner-Sorolla

D.M. Mackie

M. Aveyard

H.M. Claypool

Professor Richard Crisp richard.j.crisp@durham.ac.uk
Professor

V. Gritskov

K. Habjan

A. Hartanto

T. Kiyonari

A.O. Kuzminska

A. Manesi

C. Molho

A. Munasinghe

L.S. Peperkoorn

V. Shiramizu

R. Smallman

N. Soboleva

A.W. Stivers

A. Summerville

B. Wu

J. Wu

Abstract

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.

Citation

Maitner, A., DeCoster, J., Andersson, P., Eriksson, K., Sherbaji, S., Giner-Sorolla, R., …Wu, J. (2022). Perceptions of Emotional Functionality: Similarities and Differences Among Dignity, Face, and Honor Cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53(3-4), 263-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221211065108

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 2, 2021
Online Publication Date	Jan 22, 2022
Publication Date	Apr 1, 2022
Deposit Date	Nov 5, 2021
Publicly Available Date	Apr 25, 2022
Journal	Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Print ISSN	0022-0221
Electronic ISSN	1552-5422
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	53
Issue	3-4
Pages	263-288
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221211065108

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Maitner, A. T., DeCoster, J. Andersson, P. A., Eriksson, K., Sherbaji, S., Giner-Sorolla, R., Mackie, D. M., Aveyard, M. Claypool, H. M. Crisp, R. J., Gritskov, V. Habjan, K. Hartanto, A. Kiyonari, T. Kuzminska, A. O., Manesi, A., Molho, C. Munasinghe, A., Peperkoorn, L. S. Shiramizu, V., Smallman, R., Soboleva, N., Stivers, A. W. Summerville, A. Wu, B. & Wu, J., Perceptions of Emotional Functionality: Similarities and Differences Among Dignity, Face, and Honor Cultures, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (53:3-4) pp. 263-288. Copyright © 2022 (The Authors). DOI: 10.1177/00220221211065108.