Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 Mar 2024
07 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
21
03
2023
accepted:
28
02
2024
medline:
8
3
2024
pubmed:
8
3
2024
entrez:
7
3
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
When someone violates a social norm, others may think that some sanction would be appropriate. We examine how the experience of emotions like anger and disgust relate to the judged appropriateness of sanctions, in a pre-registered analysis of data from a large-scale study in 56 societies. Across the world, we find that individuals who experience anger and disgust over a norm violation are more likely to endorse confrontation, ostracism and, to a smaller extent, gossip. Moreover, we find that the experience of anger is consistently the strongest predictor of judgments of confrontation, compared to other emotions. Although the link between state-based emotions and judgments may seem universal, its strength varies across countries. Aligned with theoretical predictions, this link is stronger in societies, and among individuals, that place higher value on individual autonomy. Thus, autonomy values may increase the role that emotions play in guiding judgments of social sanctions.
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pubmed: 38454068
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-55815-x
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-55815-x
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Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Organisme : Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
ID : Y5CX052003
Organisme : Czech Science Foundation
ID : 23-061770S
Organisme : The Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences
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