Hypocrisy or maturity? Culture and context differentiation
Year: 2009
Type: article
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. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Source: European Journal of Personality
DOI: 10.1002/per.716
Authors: David Matsumoto, Seung Hee Yoo, Johnny Fontaine
Institutions: San Francisco State University, Yale University, Ghent University
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2088034949