Cross-Situational Consistency of Affective Experiences Across Cultures

This study examined cross-situational consistency of affective experiences using an experience-sampling method in Japan, India, and the United States. Participants recorded their moods and situations when signaled at random moments for 7 days. The authors examined relative (interindividual) consiste...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2004-03, Vol.86 (3), p.460-472
Main Authors: Oishi, Shigehiro, Diener, Ed, Scollon, Christie Napa, Biswas-Diener, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affect
Affectivity. Emotion
Biological and medical sciences
Consistency (Measurement)
Cross Cultural Differences
Cross cultural studies
Cross-cultural analysis
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-national analysis
Culture
Emotional Responses
Emotional States
Emotions
Experiences (Events)
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
India
Individual Differences
Japan
Male
Mood
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social Cognition
Social psychology
U.S.A
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Summary:This study examined cross-situational consistency of affective experiences using an experience-sampling method in Japan, India, and the United States. Participants recorded their moods and situations when signaled at random moments for 7 days. The authors examined relative (interindividual) consistency and absolute (within-person) consistency. They found stable interindividual differences of affective experiences across various situations (mean r =.52 for positive affect,.51 for negative affect) and cultural invariance of the cross-situational consistency of affective experiences. Simultaneously, the authors found a considerable degree of within-person cross-situational variation in affective experiences, and cultural differences in within-person cross-situational consistency. Thus, global affective traits exist among non-Western samples, but the degree to which situations exert an influence on the absolute level of affective experience varies across cultures.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.86.3.460