Cultural Similarities and Differences in the Conceptualization of Emotion

• Main Authors: SCOLLON, Christie N., TOV, William
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Culture; emotion; affect; measurement; Emotions; Cross cultural studies; Language and emotions; Multicultural Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1150; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2406/viewcontent/2012_TovScollon.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Research on emotional experiences across cultures is reviewed from a cultural psychological perspective. Psychometric approaches to evaluating the structure of emotions has consistently replicated two broad dimensions (positive and negative affect) in several countries. Nevertheless, there are cultu...