Emotional aperture across east and west : How culture shapes the perception of collective affect
Journal article
Yang, Ying, Hong, Ying-yi and Sanchez-Burks, Jeffrey. (2019). Emotional aperture across east and west : How culture shapes the perception of collective affect. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 50(6), pp. 751-762. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022119846412
Authors | Yang, Ying, Hong, Ying-yi and Sanchez-Burks, Jeffrey |
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Abstract | Quickly and accurately recognizing emotional cues in a collective, referred to as emotional aperture, has been posited to be important for navigating social contexts. This ability, therefore, may be particularly strong among those who live within culturally situated collectivist contexts. In this research, we examined evidence for this variability in recognizing collective emotions across cultures by comparing Chinese and Americans’ performance on an emotional aperture task. We found that Chinese were indeed more accurate in recognizing collective emotions as compared with Americans. This was mediated by cultural variability in global (vs. local) processing. We discuss how these findings contribute to our understanding of culture and collective emotion perception. |
Keywords | emotional aperture; collective emotions; emotion recognition; culture; global processing; local processing |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology |
Journal citation | 50 (6), pp. 751-762 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc. |
ISSN | 0022-0221 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022119846412 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85067601557 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 751-762 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 14 May 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 02 Jun 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w24x/emotional-aperture-across-east-and-west-how-culture-shapes-the-perception-of-collective-affect
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