1,477
Views
57
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
REGULAR ARTICLES

Emotion control values and responding to an anger provocation in Asian-American and European-American individuals

, , &
Pages 1026-1043 | Received 20 May 2008, Accepted 15 Jun 2009, Published online: 18 Aug 2009
 

Abstract

The present research examined whether Asian-American (AA) versus European-American (EA) women differed in experiential, expressive, or autonomic physiological responding to a laboratory anger provocation and assessed the mediating role of values about emotional control. Results indicate that AA participants reported and behaviourally displayed less anger than EA participants, while there were no group differences in physiological responses. Observed differences in emotional responses were partially mediated by emotion control values, suggesting a potential mechanism for effects of cultural background on anger responding.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Yulia Chentsova Dutton, Catharine Evers, James Gross, and Amanda Shallcross for their help with this research and for comments on a draft of this article.

This research was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant AG031967.

Notes

1Small cell sizes did not permit us to adequately test whether generation of ancestors born in the USA, country of origin, or years spent in the USA affected results.

2Portions of the data used in Study 2 are reported in Mauss, Cook, Cheng, and Gross (Citation2007), Mauss, Cook, and Gross (Citation2007), and Mauss, Evers, Wilhelm, and Gross (Citation2006). These articles are concerned with questions different from the ones discussed in the present article; therefore, there is no conceptual overlap with the present article.

3The p value for CO was .11, with AA participants exhibiting a trend towards lower CO than EA participants. All other ps were>.18.

4Groupwise t-tests comparing AA and EA participants on non-target self-reported emotions indicated that there was a significant group difference in self-reported relaxation such that AA participants reported greater relaxation as compared to EA participants, p<.05. There were no significant cultural-group differences in non-target negative emotions, including guilt, p=.35, sadness, p=.18, shame, p=.71, or anxiety, p=.74.

Log in via your institution

Log in to Taylor & Francis Online

PDF download + Online access

  • 48 hours access to article PDF & online version
  • Article PDF can be downloaded
  • Article PDF can be printed
USD 53.00 Add to cart

Issue Purchase

  • 30 days online access to complete issue
  • Article PDFs can be downloaded
  • Article PDFs can be printed
USD 503.00 Add to cart

* Local tax will be added as applicable

Related Research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.