Influencing and adjusting in daily emotional situations: A comparison of European and Asian American action styles

Emotions are for action, but action styles in emotional episodes may vary across cultural contexts. Based on culturally different models of agency, we expected that those who engage in European-American contexts will use more influence in emotional situations, while those who engage in East-Asian co...

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Published inCognition and emotion Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 332 - 340
Main Authors Boiger, Michael, Mesquita, Batja, Tsai, Annie Y., Markus, Hazel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hove Taylor & Francis Group 01.02.2012
Psychology Press
Subjects
Adult
Affectivity. Emotion
Agency
American people
Asian American people
Asian Americans - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cultural differences
Culture
Emotion
Emotions
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Experience sampling
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Influence/adjustment
Leadership
Life satisfaction
Male
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social Adjustment
Undergraduate students
United States
North America
America
Social environment
Human
Affect affectivity
Crosscultural study
Asiatic
Agency
Influence/adjustment
Experience sampling method
Experience sampling
Cognition
Emotion emotionality
Ethnic group
Emotion
Caucasoid
Comparative study
Culture
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Summary:Emotions are for action, but action styles in emotional episodes may vary across cultural contexts. Based on culturally different models of agency, we expected that those who engage in European-American contexts will use more influence in emotional situations, while those who engage in East-Asian contexts will use more adjustment. European-American (N=60) and Asian-American (N=44) college students reported their action style during emotional episodes four times a day during a week. Asian Americans adjusted more than European Americans, whereas both used influence to a similar extent. These cultural differences in action style varied across types of emotion experienced. Moreover, influencing was associated with life satisfaction for European Americans, but not for Asian Americans.
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ISSN:0269-9931
1464-0600
DOI:10.1080/02699931.2011.572422