Emotion. 2021 Jun;21(4):707-719. doi: 10.1037/emo0000737. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Who emphasizes positivity? An exploration of emotion values in people of Latino, Asian, and European heritage living in the United States.

Emotion (Washington, D.C.)

Nicole Senft, Belinda Campos, Michelle N Shiota, Yulia E Chentsova-Dutton

PMID: 32191097 DOI: 10.1037/emo0000737

Abstract

Emotion values vary within and between individualistic and collectivistic cultural contexts. The form of collectivism prevalent in Latin America emphasizes simpatía, a cultural model that stresses the relational benefits of positivity but also the costs of negativity. This model was predicted to engender a pattern of emotion values distinct from that of the more commonly studied collectivist group, people of Asian heritage (PAH), among whom an emphasis on moderating positive and negative emotions is typically observed, and from people of European heritage (PEH), among whom authenticity in emotions is typically valued. College students of Latino (

MeSH terms

• Asians / psychology*
• Emotions*
• Female
• Hispanic or Latino / psychology*
• Humans
• Male
• Students / psychology
• United States
• Whites / psychology*
• Young Adult

Publication Types

• Journal Article