Summit
2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2024
Understanding Self-Promotive Interdependence: An Exploration in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Annabella Osei-Tutu
University of Ghana - Cristina Salvador
Duke University - Amber Gayle Thalmayer
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein - Amber Gayle Thalmayer
University of Zurich - Keiko Ishii
Nagoya University - Erin Wang
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Luzelle Naudé
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein - Tong Sou
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Elizabeth N. Shino
University of Namibia - Amelie Rossmaier
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Stephen Asatsa
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa - Catherine Thomas
Stanford University - Shinobu Kitayama
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Abstract
We examined emotional expression patterns in four Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and compared them with those in East Asia, Latin and North America. Findings show that SSA participants manifest distinct patterns of emotional expression that reflect and reinforce the integration of personal identity within densely knit interdependent social relations.
Cultural Diversity
