Ceylan-Batur, Suzan and Uskul, Ayse K (2022) Preferred responses when honour is at stake: the role of cultural background, presence of others, and causality orientation. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 25 (2). pp. 336-347. ISSN 1367-2223

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Abstract

This study examined the factors that are likely to be associated with preferred behavioural and emotional responses to honour-threatening situations and possible differences between a dignity culture (United Kingdom) and an honour culture (Turkey). We examined the role of cultural background, type of social setting, and participants? causality orientation in preferred emotional and behavioural responses to honour-threatening situations. We first found that Turkish participants reported significantly higher levels of negative emotional response compared to British participants in the false accusation (not humiliation) scenario and in the public (not private) setting. Second, we found that Turkish participants reported a higher preference for retaliatory responses than did British participants when they imagined themselves being humiliated by one of their peers. Third, autonomy-oriented participants in the Turkish sample reported significantly higher levels of negative feeling (but not higher retaliatory intentions) compared with autonomy-oriented participants in the British sample, whereas controlled-oriented participants in the Turkish sample tended to report lower levels of negative feeling compared with controlled-oriented participants in the British sample. This interaction effect suggests that controlled- and autonomy-orientations may serve different functions in the Turkish and British settings.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: "Preferred responses when honour is at stake: the role of cultural background, presence of others, and causality orientation", which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12496. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
Keywords:	autonomy-orientation, controlled-orientation, dignity, honour, motivation, public vs. private setting
Schools and Departments:	School of Psychology > Psychology
SWORD Depositor:	Mx Elements Account
Depositing User:	Mx Elements Account
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2023 11:15
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2023 11:15
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/109972

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