Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies
(2024) In Scientific Reports 14.- Abstract
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... (More)
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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- Humans, Disgust, Judgment, Morals, Anger, Emotions
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abstract = {{<p>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.</p>}},
author = {{Andersson, Per A and Vartanova, Irina and Västfjäll, Daniel and Tinghög, Gustav and Strimling, Pontus and Wu, Junhui and Hazin, Isabela and Akotia, Charity S and Aldashev, Alisher and Andrighetto, Giulia and Anum, Adote and Arikan, Gizem and Bagherian, Fatemeh and Barrera, Davide and Basnight-Brown, Dana and Batkeyev, Birzhan and Berezina, Elizaveta and Björnstjerna, Marie and Boski, Paweł and Bovina, Inna and Huyen, Bui Thi Thu and Čekrlija, Đorđe and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Contreras-Ibáñez, Carlos C and Costa-Lopes, Rui and de Barra, Mícheál and de Zoysa, Piyanjali and Dorrough, Angela R and Dvoryanchikov, Nikolay and Engelmann, Jan B and Euh, Hyun and Fang, Xia and Fiedler, Susann and Foster-Gimbel, Olivia A and Fülöp, Márta and Gardarsdottir, Ragna B and Gill, C M Hew D and Glöckner, Andreas and Graf, Sylvie and Grigoryan, Ani and Gritskov, Vladimir and Growiec, Katarzyna and Halama, Peter and Hartanto, Andree and Hopthrow, Tim and Hřebíčková, Martina and Iliško, Dzintra and Imada, Hirotaka and Kapoor, Hansika and Kawakami, Kerry and Khachatryan, Narine and Kharchenko, Natalia and Kiyonari, Toko and Kohút, Michal and Leslie, Lisa M and Li, Yang and Li, Norman P and Li, Zhuo and Liik, Kadi and Maitner, Angela T and Manhique, Bernardo and Manley, Harry and Medhioub, Imed and Mentser, Sari and Nejat, Pegah and Nipassa, Orlando and Nussinson, Ravit and Onyedire, Nneoma G and Onyishi, Ike E and Panagiotopoulou, Penny and Perez-Floriano, Lorena R and Persson, Minna and Pirttilä-Backman, Anna-Maija and Pogosyan, Marianna and Raver, Jana and Rodrigues, Ricardo Borges and Romanò, Sara and Romero, Pedro P and Sakki, Inari and San Martin, Alvaro and Sherbaji, Sara and Shimizu, Hiroshi and Simpson, Brent and Szabo, Erna and Takemura, Kosuke and Teixeira, Maria Luisa Mendes and Thanomkul, Napoj and Tiliouine, Habib and Travaglino, Giovanni A and Tsirbas, Yannis and Widodo, Sita and Zein, Rizqy and Zirganou-Kazolea, Lina and Eriksson, Kimmo}},
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keywords = {{Humans; Disgust; Judgment; Morals; Anger; Emotions}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{03}},
publisher = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
series = {{Scientific Reports}},
title = {{Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55815-x}},
doi = {{10.1038/s41598-024-55815-x}},
volume = {{14}},
year = {{2024}},
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