Hypocrisy or maturity? culture and context differentiation

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Abstract

We introduce a new construct called Context Differentiation (CD), and describe how it functions on both the individual and cultural levels. We derive several measures of it from a multi-context measure of cultural display rules for emotional expressions obtained from 33 countries, and examine country and cultural differences on it, and relate those differences to cultural value dimensions associated with context. Findings indicated that cultures were reliably associated with measures of CD. The framework and findings provide a platform for new research in the future examining how individuals differentiate their behaviours across contexts, and how cultures facilitate that differentiation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)251-264
Number of pages14
JournalEuropean Journal of Personality
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2009

Keywords

  • Context
  • Culture
  • Display rules
  • Emotion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology

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