Hypocrisy or maturity? Culture and context differentiation

We introduce a new construct called Context Differentiation (CD), and describe how it functions on both the individual and cultural levels. We derive several measures of it from a multi‐context measure of cultural display rules for emotional expressions obtained from 33 countries, and examine countr...

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Published inEuropean journal of personality Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 251 - 264
Main Authors Matsumoto, David, Yoo, Seung Hee, Fontaine, Johnny
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.05.2009
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
context
Cultural differences
Cultural values
Culture
Differentiation
display rules
emotion
Emotions
Hypocrisy
Maturity
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Summary:We introduce a new construct called Context Differentiation (CD), and describe how it functions on both the individual and cultural levels. We derive several measures of it from a multi‐context measure of cultural display rules for emotional expressions obtained from 33 countries, and examine country and cultural differences on it, and relate those differences to cultural value dimensions associated with context. Findings indicated that cultures were reliably associated with measures of CD. The framework and findings provide a platform for new research in the future examining how individuals differentiate their behaviours across contexts, and how cultures facilitate that differentiation. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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ISSN:0890-2070
1099-0984
DOI:10.1002/per.716