Original scientific paper
Emotions in the Context of Individualism and Collectivism Dimensions
Dina ŠVERKO
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb
Abstract
Cross-cultural studies point at differences in emotional experience
of people from different cultures. The major part of these differences
can be explained by cultural syndromes, among which
individualism and collectivism are mostly highlighted. Besides the
cultural level of analysis, dimensions of individualism and collectivism
can be studied at the level of individual differences. So, it is
possible to explore these dimensions within the culture. The
purpose of this study was to examine the nature of the relations
between emotional experience, on the one side, and individualism
and collectivism personality dispositions, on the other side.
The participants were 415 students from the University of Zagreb.
Instruments for measuring emotional experience and personality
dispositions of individualism and collectivism were administered.
The results of multiple regression analyses indicated that
emotions of serenity, compassion, fear, suspense, enthusiasm
and jealousy significantly predict the individualism disposition,
while amity, jealousy, anger, fear and boredom significantly
predict the collectivism disposition. The directions of these
associations are compatible to the specific pattern of emotional
experience found in individualistic and collectivistic cultures.
Keywords
emotion; disposition; individualism; collectivism
Hrčak ID:
45800
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2009.
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