Components of cultural complexity relating to emotions: A conceptual framework

Publication date: December 2018Source: New Ideas in Psychology, Volume 51Author(s): Radek Trnka, Iva Poláčková Šolcová, Peter TavelAbstractMany cultural variations in emotions have been documented in previous research, but a general theoretical framework involving cultural sources of these variations is still missing. The main goal of the present study was to determine what components of cultural complexity interact with the emotional experience and behavior of individuals. The proposed framework conceptually distinguishes five main components of cultural complexity relating to emotions: 1) emotion language, 2) conceptual knowledge about emotions, 3) emotion-related values, 4) feelings rules, i.e. norms for subjective experience, and 5) display rules, i.e. norms for emotional expression.

Source: New Ideas in Psychology - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research