Title:	Shame and anger differentially predict disidentification between collectivistic and individualistic societies
Authors:	Bierle, Isabel Becker, Julia C. Nakao, Gen Heine, Steven J.
ORCID of the author:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-9251 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1143-2362
Abstract:	In the present research we tested the differential effects of anger versus shame as emotional predictors of ingroup disidentification in one rather collectivistic (Japan) and two rather individualistic societies (Germany, Canada). We tested the idea that individuals cope with socially undesired emotions by disidentifying from their group. Specifically, we predicted that after a group conflict, anger, an undesired emotion in Japan, would elicit disidentification in Japan, whereas shame, an undesired emotion in Canada and Germany, would elicit disidentification in Germany and Canada. Study 1 (N = 378) found that anger, but not shame, was related to disidentification in Japan, whereas shame, but not anger, was related to disidentification in Canada and Germany. Study 2 (N = 171) shows that, after group conflict, Japanese disidentified more when imagining to feel angry, whereas Germans disidentified more when imagining to feel ashamed. Implications for these findings are discussed.
Citations:	Bierle I, Becker JC, Nakao G, Heine SJ (2023): Shame and anger differentially predict disidentification between collectivistic and individualistic societies. PLoS ONE 18(9): e0289918
URL:	https://doi.org/10.48693/511 https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/ds-2024022710863
Subject Keywords:	Emotions; Japan; Germany; Culture; Questionnaires; Canada; German people; Social status
Issue Date:	6-Sep-2023
License name:	Attribution 4.0 International
License url:	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Type of publication:	Einzelbeitrag in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift [Article]
Appears in Collections:	FB08 - Hochschulschriften Open-Access-Publikationsfonds

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