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Special Issue Paper
Culture-specific appraisal biases contribute to emotion dispositions
Article first published online: 8 APR 2009
DOI: 10.1002/per.714
Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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European Journal of Personality
Special Issue: Personality and Culture
Volume 23, Issue 3, pages 265–288, May 2009
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How to Cite
Scherer, K. R. and Brosch, T. (2009), Culture-specific appraisal biases contribute to emotion dispositions. Eur. J. Pers., 23: 265–288. doi: 10.1002/per.714
Publication History
- Issue published online: 8 APR 2009
- Article first published online: 8 APR 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: 17 FEB 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 9 JAN 2009
- Manuscript Received: 15 OCT 2008
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Keywords:
- appraisal bias;
- emotion responses;
- emotional personality dispositions;
- culture effects
Abstract
We suggest that cultural factors may encourage the development of affective personality traits or emotional dispositions by producing or rewarding specific appraisal biases. To buttress this argument, we describe a putative mechanism and review the pertinent evidence: (a) an emotion disposition (trait affect) is a risk factor for experiencing certain emotions more readily and/or more frequently, (b) appraisal bias tends to cause certain emotions to be more readily experienced and may thus lead to the emergence of emotion dispositions and even emotional disturbances and (c) cultural goal, belief and value systems may encourage certain types of appraisal bias and may thus provide an explanation for vestiges of culture-specific modal personality. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.