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Korean Journal of Psychology: General

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Cultural Differences in Response to Unfairness: A Study of Korea and the US

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127
2019, v.38 no.3, pp.461-485
https://doi.org/10.22257/kjp.2019.09.38.3.461




& (2019). Cultural Differences in Response to Unfairness: A Study of Korea and the US. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 38(3), 461-485, https://doi.org/10.22257/kjp.2019.09.38.3.461

Abstract

Previous research in cultural psychology shows that the expression of negative emotions, in particular, anger tends to be socially regulated in collectivistic cultures(e.g., Korea) than in individualistic cultures(e.g., the US) as anger can be detrimental to social harmony. However, an emerging stream of literature suggests that Koreans are allowed to express anger in certain situations. Building on this line of literature, the authors reasoned that Koreans would express anger in response to social unfairness more than Americans because Koreans become increasingly interested in social justice these days. Consistent with the reasoning, Korean participants expressed more anger than did their American counterparts after reading two hypothetical vignettes describing unfairness. Also, the cultural difference in anger expression was mediated by how much they experienced unfairness in their daily life and also by how important they believed it was to improve social justice. Furthermore, the results in one out of two scenarios showed that the cultural difference in anger expression was closely linked to the corresponding differences in how important they believed it would be to improve social justice as well as how willing they would be to fight against unfairness. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings were discussed.

keywords
unfair, emotion, anger, cultural difference, 불공정, 정서, 분노, 문화차

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