Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

12-2024

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 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.

Discipline

Personality and Social Contexts | Social Psychology

Research Areas

Psychology

Publication

Scientific Reports

Volume

14

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

12

ISSN

2045-2322

Identifier

10.1038/s41598-024-55815-x

Publisher

Nature Research

Copyright Owner and License

Authors-CC-BY

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Comments

Andersson P.A.; Andersson P.A.; Vartanova I.; Västfjäll D.; Tinghög G.; Strimling P.; Wu J.; Hazin I.; Akotia C.S.; Aldashev A.; Andrighetto G.; Anum A.; Arikan G.; Bagherian F.; Barrera D.; Basnight-Brown D.; Batkeyev B.; Berezina E.; Björnstjerna M.; Boski P.; Bovina I.; Huyen B.T.T.; Čekrlija Đ.; Choi H.S.; Contreras-Ibáñez C.C.; Costa-Lopes R.; de Barra M.; de Zoysa P.; Dorrough A.R.; Dvoryanchikov N.; Engelmann J.B.; Euh H.; Fang X.; Fiedler S.; Foster-Gimbel O.A.; Fülöp M.; Gardarsdottir R.B.; Gill C.M.H.D.; Glöckner A.; Graf S.; Grigoryan A.; Gritskov V.; Growiec K.; Halama P.; Hartanto A.; Hopthrow T.; Hřebíčková M.; Iliško D.; Imada H.; Kapoor H.; Kawakami K.; Khachatryan N.; Kharchenko N.; Kiyonari T.; Kohút M.; Leslie L.M.; Li Y.; Li N.P.; Li Z.; Liik K.; Maitner A.T.; Manhique B.; Manley H.; Medhioub I.; Mentser S.; Nejat P.; Nipassa O.; Nussinson R.; Onyedire N.G.; Onyishi I.E.; Panagiotopoulou P.; Perez-Floriano L.R.; Persson M.; Pirttilä-Backman A.M.; Pogosyan M.; Raver J.; Rodrigues R.B.; Romanò S.; Romero P.P.; Sakki I.; San Martin A.; Sherbaji S.; Shimizu H.; Simpson B.; Szabo E.; Takemura K.; Teixeira M.L.M.; Thanomkul N.; Tiliouine H.; Travaglino G.A.; Tsirbas Y.; Widodo S.; Zein R.; Zirganou-Kazolea L.; Eriksson K.

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55815-x

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