The authors address 2 questions about embarrassment. First, Is embarrassment a distinct
emotion? The evidence indicates that the antecedents, experience, and display of …

The major controversy concerning psychobiological universality of differential emotion
patterning versus cultural relativity of emotional experience is briefly reviewed. Data from a …

This study investigates individual and cultural differences in embarrassability (ie,
susceptibility to embarrassment). Three hypotheses are formulated. First, the strength of the …

As one component of emotion regulation, display rules, which reflect the regulation of
expressive behavior, have been the topic of many studies. Despite their theoretical and …

Author's Note: I thank Marija Drezgic, Devon McCabe, and Joanna Schug for their aid in
conducting the literature review; Seung Hee Yoo for her comments on a previous version of …

Emotions are a central part of our lives and, as such, have been the focus of much cross-
cultural research in psychology. Indeed, the work documenting the universal basis of a set of …

In this chapter, I explore the role of shame in the socialization of emotions. Although it has
long been taken for granted that shame is a rare emotion in adults, I will discard that …

Throughout several decades, especially from the1990s to 2010s, cross-cultural research of
emotions has become a popular topic of scholarship in several disciplines, such as …

This study examined differences in emotional expression, experience, and the coherence
between expression and experience in idiocentric and allocentric individuals, who …

The authors tested individualism-collectivism (IC) theory by comparing self-described traits,
values, and moods of students in individualistic (US, n= 660) and collectivistic (Philippine …