Schouten, Anna, Boiger, Michael, Kirchner-Häusler, Alexander, Uchida, Yukiko, Mesquita, Batja (2019) Cultural Differences in Emotion Suppression in Belgian and Japanese Couples: A Social Functional Model. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 . pp. 1-12. ISSN 1664-1078. (doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01048) (KAR id:82023)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01048 |
Abstract
Emotion suppression has been found to have negative psychological and social consequences in Western cultural contexts. Yet, in some other cultural contexts, emotion suppression is less likely to have negative consequences; relatedly, emotion suppression is also more common in those East-Asian cultural contexts. In a dyadic conflict study, we aim to (a) conceptually replicate cultural differences found in previous research with respect to the prevalence and consequences of emotion suppression,and (b) extend previous research by testing whether cultural differences are larger for some than for other types of negative emotions. We postulate that cultural differences in suppression are less pronounced for socially engaging emotions (e.g., guilt) than socially
disengaging emotions (e.g., anger), because the former foster the relationship, whereas the latter emphasize individual goals. Belgian (N = 58) and Japanese (N = 80) couples
engaged in a 10-min conflict interaction followed by video-mediated recall, during which participants rated their emotions and emotion suppression every 30 s. As predicted, Japanese participants reported more suppression than their Belgian counterparts, but the cultural difference was more pronounced when participants experienced more socially disengaging emotions than when they experienced more socially engaging emotions. These results suggest that the type of emotion should be considered when describing cultural differences in emotion suppression. Finally, and consistent with previous research, emotion suppression was negatively associated with interaction outcomes (i.e., conflict resolution) in Belgian couples, but not in Japanese couples.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01048 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | culture, close relationships, emotion suppression, emotion, conflict resolution |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF41 Psychology and philosophy |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | Alexander Kirchner Hausler |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2020 17:08 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 12:48 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/82023 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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