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Cultural differences in values as self-guides

Cultural differences in values as self-guides
Cultural differences in values as self-guides
Three studies tested whether individualism–collectivism moderates the extent to which values are endorsed as ideal self-guides and ought self-guides, and the consequences for regulatory focus and emotion. Across Studies 1 and 2, individualists endorsed values that are relatively central to the self as stronger ideals than oughts, whereas collectivists endorsed them as ideals and oughts to a similar degree. Study 2 found that individualists justified central values using reasons that were more promotion-focused than prevention-focused, whereas collectivists used similar amount of prevention-focused and promotion-focused reasons. In Study 3, individualists felt more dejected after violating a central (vs. peripheral) value and more agitated after violating a peripheral (vs. central) value. Collectivists felt a similar amount of dejection regardless of values centrality and more agitation after violating central (vs. peripheral) values. Overall, culture has important implications for how we regulate values that are central or peripheral to our self-concept.
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Cheung, Wing
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Cheung, Wing, Maio, Gregory R., Rees, Kerry J., Kamble, Shanmukh and Mane, Sangeetha (2016) Cultural differences in values as self-guides. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42 (6), 769-781. (doi:10.1177/0146167216643932).

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Three studies tested whether individualism–collectivism moderates the extent to which values are endorsed as ideal self-guides and ought self-guides, and the consequences for regulatory focus and emotion. Across Studies 1 and 2, individualists endorsed values that are relatively central to the self as stronger ideals than oughts, whereas collectivists endorsed them as ideals and oughts to a similar degree. Study 2 found that individualists justified central values using reasons that were more promotion-focused than prevention-focused, whereas collectivists used similar amount of prevention-focused and promotion-focused reasons. In Study 3, individualists felt more dejected after violating a central (vs. peripheral) value and more agitated after violating a peripheral (vs. central) value. Collectivists felt a similar amount of dejection regardless of values centrality and more agitation after violating central (vs. peripheral) values. Overall, culture has important implications for how we regulate values that are central or peripheral to our self-concept.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 February 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 4 May 2016
Published date: June 2016
Organisations: Psychology

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Local EPrints ID: 391304
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/391304
ISSN: 0146-1672
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Author: Wing Cheung
Author: Gregory R. Maio
Author: Kerry J. Rees
Author: Shanmukh Kamble
Author: Sangeetha Mane

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