Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies

• Main Authors: Andersson, Per A., HARTANTO, Andree, et al
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3925; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5183/viewcontent/s41598_024_55815_x_pvoa_cc_by.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

When someone violates a social norm, others may think that some sanction would be appropriate. We examine how the experience of emotions like anger and disgust relate to the judged appropriateness of sanctions, in a pre-registered analysis of data from a large-scale study in 56 societies. Across the...