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Cross-cultural study on emotion regulation
Psychologist, Counselling Psychology, Rajasthan University, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Psychologist, Counselling Psychology, Rajasthan University, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.085/20210901
DOI: 10.25215/0901.085
ABSTRACT
Emotions are several subjectively experienced, affect-laden states, the ontological status of each being established by a label, and the meaning of which is arrived at by simple consensus. Emotions are the cornerstones of our social worlds, affecting our interaction with others in countless ways. The following research seeks to explain different patterns of emotional regulation in a cross-cultural context. Culture provides meaning to the intent and the demonstrated behavior. The study has established significant differences amongst two cultures: collectivistic and individualistic using various questionnaires. In this cross-cultural study, variables like expressive suppression, negative emotions, emotional clarity, impulse strength of emotions, goal-directedness, and acceptance of emotional responses are studied. The study makes use of quantitative methods to establish the relationships between the variables and the cultural contexts of the participants (N=60). Significant differences were observed between the two cultures and the possible reasons for their existence have been explored.
Keywords
Cross-Cultural Study, Emotional Regulation, Individualistic Culture, Collectivistic Culture, Quantitative Analysis
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2021, Sheerha A. & Kumbhare K.A.
Received: December 15, 2020; Revision Received: February 27, 2021; Accepted: March 23, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.085/20210901
10.25215/0901.085
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 1, January-March, 2021