Vignoles, Vivian L., Kirchner-Häusler, Alexander, Uskul, Ayse K., Cross, Susan E., Rodriguez-Bailón, Rosa, Bossom, Isabella R. L., Castillo, Vanessa A., Gezici-Yalçın, Meral, Harb, Charles, Ishii, Keiko, and others. (2024) Are Mediterranean societies “cultures of honor?”: Prevalence and implications of a cultural logic of honor across three world regions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, . ISSN 0146-1672. E-ISSN 1552-7433. (doi:10.1177/01461672241295500) (KAR id:108359)
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Abstract
Mediterranean societies are often labeled as “honor cultures,” in contrast with presumed “dignity” and “face” cultures of Anglo-Western and East Asian societies. We measured these cultural logics in two large-scale surveys (Studies 1 & 3: N = 2,942 students from 11 societies; Study 2: N = 5,471 adults from 14 societies). Middle Eastern and North African groups perceived honor values as the most normative in their societies, followed by Southeast European, and then Latin-European groups (who were comparable to Anglo-Western and East-Asian groups). East-Asian and Anglo-Western groups, respectively, perceived face and dignity values as most normative. Culture-level variation in perceived normative honor values, but not personal values, accounted for previously reported differences between Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean samples in several (but not all) measures of social cognitive tendencies. We conclude that a cultural logic of honor plays a role in Mediterranean societies, but labeling these societies as “honor cultures” is oversimplistic.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1177/01461672241295500 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | Mediterranean region; honor; face; dignity; cognitive style; social orientation |
| Subjects: |
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Institutional Unit: | Schools > School of Psychology > Psychology |
| Former Institutional Unit: |
Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
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| Funders: | Conseil européen de la recherche (https://ror.org/0472cxd90) |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
| Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2025 12:58 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2025 09:21 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/108359 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Uskul, Ayse K..
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