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- Emotion regulation strategies and psychological health across culturesPublication . Tamir, Maya; Ito, Atsuki; Miyamoto, Yuri; Chentsova-Dutton, Yulia; Choi, Jeong Ha; Cieciuch, Jan; Riediger, Michaela; Rauers, Antje; Padun, Maria; Kim, Min Young; Solak, Nevin; Qiu, Jiang; Wang, Xiaoqin; Alvarez-Risco, Aldo; Hanoch, Yaniv; Uchida, Yukiko; Torres, Claudio; Nascimento, Thiago Gomes; Afshar Jahanshahi, Asghar; Singh, Rakesh; Kamble, Shanmukh V.; An, Sieun; Dzokoto, Vivian; Anum, Adote; Singh, Babita; Castelnuovo, Gianluca; Pietrabissa, Giada; Huerta-Carvajal, María Isabel; Galindo-Bello, Erika; García Ibarra, Verónica JannethEmotion regulation is important for psychological health and can be achieved by implementing various strategies. How one regulates emotions is critical for maximizing psychological health. Few studies, however, tested the psychological correlates of different emotion regulation strategies across multiple cultures. In a preregistered cross-cultural study (N = 3,960, 19 countries), conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, we assessed associations between the use of seven emotion regulation strategies (situation selection, distraction, rumination, cognitive reappraisal, acceptance, expressive suppression, and emotional support seeking) and four indices of psychological health (life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and loneliness). Model comparisons based on Bayesian information criteria provided support for cultural differences in 36% of associations, with very strong support for differences in 18% of associations. Strategies that were linked to worse psychological health in individualist countries (e.g., rumination, expressive suppression) were unrelated or linked to better psychological health in collectivist countries. Cultural differences in associations with psychological health were most prominent for expressive suppression and rumination and also found for distraction and acceptance. In addition, we found evidence for cultural similarities in 46% of associations between strategies and psychological health, but none of this evidence was very strong. Cultural similarities were most prominent in associations of psychological health with emotional support seeking. These findings highlight the importance of considering the cultural context to understand how individuals from diverse backgrounds manage unpleasant emotions.
- Refining the theory of basic individual valuesPublication . Schwartz, Shalom H.; Cieciuch, Jan; Vecchione, Michele; Davidov, Eldad; Fischer, Ronald; Beierlein, Constanze; Ramos, Alice; Verkasalo, Markku; Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik; Demirutku, Kursad; Dirilen-Gumus, Ozlem; Konty, MarkWe propose a refined theory of basic individual values intended to provide greater heuristic and explanatory power than the original theory of 10 values (Schwartz, 1992). The refined theory more accurately expresses the central assumption of the original theory that research has largely ignored: Values form a circular motivational continuum. The theory defines and orders 19 values on the continuum based on their compatible and conflicting motivations, expression of self-protection versus growth, and personal versus social focus. We assess the theory with a new instrument in 15 samples from 10 countries (N 6,059). Confirmatory factor and multidimensional scaling analyses support discrimination of the 19 values, confirming the refined theory. Multidimensional scaling analyses largely support the predicted motivational order of the values. Analyses of predictive validity demonstrate that the refined values theory provides greater and more precise insight into the value underpinnings of beliefs. Each value correlates uniquely with external variables.
- Value incoherence precedes value change: evidence from value development in childhood and adolescence across culturesPublication . Daniel, Ella; Bardi, Anat; Lee, Julie A; Scholz-Kuhn, Ricarda; Elizarov, Einat; Cieciuch, Jan; Knafo-Noam, Ariel; Ramos, Alice; Vecchione, Michele; Algesheimer, Rene; Murcia Alvarez, Evelia; Ben Dror Lankry, Avital; Benish-Weisman, Maya; Rodrigues, Ricardo Borges; Chomsky, Anat; Collins, Patricia R.; Davidov, Eldad; Döring, Anna K; Habermann, Stefanie; Katsoty, Dana; Kindschi, Martin; Makarova, Elena; Marsicano, Gilda; Misgav, Kinneret; Oeschger, Thomas P; da Costa, Leonor Pereira; Sneddon, Joanne; Tendais, Iva; Twito -Weingarten, LouiseWe test the theory that personality incoherence may instigate personality change in the context of personal values. Values’ near-universal organization makes value incoherence assessment straightforward. The study included 13 longitudinal samples from seven cultures (Australia, Israel Palestinian citizens, Israel Jewish majority, Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Switzerland), total N = 7,126, and T1 Mage ranging between 6 and 18. Each participant reported values between two- and six times. Using unfolding analysis, we calculated the fit of the internal value structure of each participant at the first time point to the value structure in their sample (normative structure) and to the theoretical structure of values. We estimated value change using Growth Curve Modeling (when at least three measurement times were available) and the difference between T1 and T2 in each sample. We correlated value incoherence with value change and estimated the effect across samples using a metaanalysis. Incoherence with the structure of values predicted greater value change. The associations were stronger when participant’s value structures were compared to the normative value structure at T1 than when they were compared to the theoretical structure. A meta-regression analysis indicated that effects were not moderated by age. We discuss possible underlying processes and implications for personality development.