Perceptions of emotional functionality: Similarities and differences among dignity, face, and honor cultures

• Main Authors: 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., Andree HARTANTO, Kiyonari T., Kuzminska A.O., Manesi Z., Molho C., Munasinghe A., Peperkoorn L.S., Shiramizu V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: anger; behavior regulation; cultural logic; norm violation; shame; Multicultural Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3543; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4801/viewcontent/PerceptionsEmotionalFunctionality_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...