Desired emotions across cultures: A value-based account

• Main Authors: TAMIR, Maya, SCHWARTZ, Shalom H., CIECIUCH, Jan, RIEDIGER, Michaela, TORRES, Claudio, SCOLLON, Christie N., DZOKOTO, Vivian, ZHOU, Xiaolu, VISHKIN, Allon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Culture; Emotion; Emotion regulation; Motivation; Values; Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2074
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Values reflect how people want to experience the world; emotions reflect how people actually experience the world. Therefore, we propose that across cultures people desire emotions that are consistent with their values. Whereas prior research focused on the desirability of specific affective states...