Abstract
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
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 769–781 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 4 May 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2016 |
Keywords
- Values
- Cultural values
- Self Concept
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
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