Placing the face in context: cultural differences in the perception of facial emotion.
- T. Masuda, P. Ellsworth, B. Mesquita, J. Leu, Shigehito Tanida, Ellen Van de Veerdonk
- PsychologyJournal of Personality and Social Psychology
- 1 March 2008
Findings on East-West differences in contextual sensitivity generalize to social contexts, suggesting that Westerners see emotions as individual feelings, whereas Japanese see them as inseparable from the feelings of the group.
Cultural affordances and emotional experience: socially engaging and disengaging emotions in Japan and the United States.
- S. Kitayama, B. Mesquita, Mayumi Karasawa
- Psychology, SociologyJournal of Personality and Social Psychology
- 2006
Japan showed a pervasive tendency to reportedly experience engaging emotions more strongly than they experienced disengaging emotions, but Americans showed a reversed tendency, and Japanese subjective well-being was more closely associated with the experience of engaging positive emotions than with that of disengaged emotions.
The experience of emotion.
- L. F. Barrett, B. Mesquita, K. Ochsner, J. Gross
- PsychologyAnnual Review of Psychology
- 21 December 2007
This chapter outlines an emerging scientific agenda for understanding what experiences of emotion feel like and how they arise, and the role of such experiences in the economy of the mind and behavior.
Cultural variations in emotions: a review.
- B. Mesquita, N. Frijda
- PsychologyPsychological bulletin
- 1992
Both cross-cultural differences and similarities were identified in each phase of the emotion process; similarities in 1 phase do not necessarily imply similarities in other phases.
Emotions in collectivist and individualist contexts.
- B. Mesquita
- Psychology, SociologyJournal of Personality and Social Psychology
- 2001
Emotions in collectivist cultures were more grounded in assessments of social worth and of shifts in relative social worth, and belonged to the self-other relationship rather than being confined to the subjectivity of the self.
The social roles and functions of emotions
- N. Frijda, B. Mesquita
- Sociology, Psychology
- 1994
(from the chapter) discuss the ways in which the sociocultural environment can be expected to influence the emotional processes, the roles and functions of these processes in social interaction, and…
Sentimental Stereotypes: Emotional Expectations for High-and Low-Status Group Members
- L. Tiedens, P. Ellsworth, B. Mesquita
- Psychology
- 1 May 2000
Three vignette studies examined stereotypes of the emotions associated with high-and low-status group members. In Study 1a, participants believed that in negative situations, high-status people feel…
Is Perceived Emotional Support Beneficial? Well-Being and Health in Independent and Interdependent Cultures
- Y. Uchida, S. Kitayama, B. Mesquita, J. A. S. Reyes, B. Morling
- PsychologyPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- 14 March 2008
The evidence underscores the central significance of culture as a moderator of the effectiveness of perceived emotional support in midlife with respect to multiple indicators of well-being and physical health.
Cultural differences in emotions: a context for interpreting emotional experiences.
- B. Mesquita, R. Walker
- PsychologyBehaviour Research and Therapy
- 1 July 2003
Beyond the emotional event: Six studies on the social sharing of emotion
- B. Rimé, B. Mesquita, P. Philippot, S. Boca
- Psychology, Sociology
- 1991
Abstract We argue that emotion cannot only be conceived of as a short-lived and intrapersonal phenomenon. Rather, based on five theoretical arguments, we propose that the social sharing of an…
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