Culture and group-based emotions: could group-based emotions be dialectical?

Group-based emotions are experienced when individuals are engaged in emotion-provoking events that implicate the in-group. This research examines the complexity of group-based emotions, specifically a concurrence of positive and negative emotions, focusing on the role of dialecticism, or a set of fo...

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Main Authors: Lu, M., Hamamura, Takeshi, Doosje, B., Suzuki, S., Takemura, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32902
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author Lu, M.
Hamamura, Takeshi
Doosje, B.
Suzuki, S.
Takemura, K.
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Hamamura, Takeshi
Doosje, B.
Suzuki, S.
Takemura, K.
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description Group-based emotions are experienced when individuals are engaged in emotion-provoking events that implicate the in-group. This research examines the complexity of group-based emotions, specifically a concurrence of positive and negative emotions, focusing on the role of dialecticism, or a set of folk beliefs prevalent in Asian cultures that views nature and objects as constantly changing, inherently contradictory, and fundamentally interconnected. Study 1 found that dialecticism is positively associated with the complexity of Chinese participants’ group-based emotions after reading a scenario depicting a positive intergroup experience. Study 2 found that Chinese participants experienced more complex group-based emotions compared with Dutch participants in an intergroup situation and that this cultural difference was mediated by dialecticism. Study 3 manipulated dialecticism and confirmed its causal effect on complex group-based emotions. These studies also suggested the role of a balanced appraisal of an intergroup situation as a mediating factor.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-329022017-09-13T15:43:54Z Culture and group-based emotions: could group-based emotions be dialectical? Lu, M. Hamamura, Takeshi Doosje, B. Suzuki, S. Takemura, K. Group-based emotions are experienced when individuals are engaged in emotion-provoking events that implicate the in-group. This research examines the complexity of group-based emotions, specifically a concurrence of positive and negative emotions, focusing on the role of dialecticism, or a set of folk beliefs prevalent in Asian cultures that views nature and objects as constantly changing, inherently contradictory, and fundamentally interconnected. Study 1 found that dialecticism is positively associated with the complexity of Chinese participants’ group-based emotions after reading a scenario depicting a positive intergroup experience. Study 2 found that Chinese participants experienced more complex group-based emotions compared with Dutch participants in an intergroup situation and that this cultural difference was mediated by dialecticism. Study 3 manipulated dialecticism and confirmed its causal effect on complex group-based emotions. These studies also suggested the role of a balanced appraisal of an intergroup situation as a mediating factor. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32902 10.1080/02699931.2016.1185394 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle Lu, M.
Hamamura, Takeshi
Doosje, B.
Suzuki, S.
Takemura, K.
Culture and group-based emotions: could group-based emotions be dialectical?
title Culture and group-based emotions: could group-based emotions be dialectical?
title_full Culture and group-based emotions: could group-based emotions be dialectical?
title_fullStr Culture and group-based emotions: could group-based emotions be dialectical?
title_full_unstemmed Culture and group-based emotions: could group-based emotions be dialectical?
title_short Culture and group-based emotions: could group-based emotions be dialectical?
title_sort culture and group-based emotions: could group-based emotions be dialectical?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32902