Scientific Reports (Mar 2024)
Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies
- Per A. Andersson,
- Irina Vartanova,
- Daniel Västfjäll,
- Gustav Tinghög,
- Pontus Strimling,
- Junhui Wu,
- Isabela Hazin,
- Charity S. Akotia,
- Alisher Aldashev,
- Giulia Andrighetto,
- Adote Anum,
- Gizem Arikan,
- Fatemeh Bagherian,
- Davide Barrera,
- Dana Basnight-Brown,
- Birzhan Batkeyev,
- Elizaveta Berezina,
- Marie Björnstjerna,
- Paweł Boski,
- Inna Bovina,
- Bui Thi Thu Huyen,
- Đorđe Čekrlija,
- Hoon-Seok Choi,
- Carlos C. Contreras-Ibáñez,
- Rui Costa-Lopes,
- Mícheál de Barra,
- Piyanjali de Zoysa,
- Angela R. Dorrough,
- Nikolay Dvoryanchikov,
- Jan B. Engelmann,
- Hyun Euh,
- Xia Fang,
- Susann Fiedler,
- Olivia A. Foster-Gimbel,
- Márta Fülöp,
- Ragna B. Gardarsdottir,
- C. M. Hew D. Gill,
- Andreas Glöckner,
- Sylvie Graf,
- Ani Grigoryan,
- Vladimir Gritskov,
- Katarzyna Growiec,
- Peter Halama,
- Andree Hartanto,
- Tim Hopthrow,
- Martina Hřebíčková,
- Dzintra Iliško,
- Hirotaka Imada,
- Hansika Kapoor,
- Kerry Kawakami,
- Narine Khachatryan,
- Natalia Kharchenko,
- Toko Kiyonari,
- Michal Kohút,
- Lisa M. Leslie,
- Yang Li,
- Norman P. Li,
- Zhuo Li,
- Kadi Liik,
- Angela T. Maitner,
- Bernardo Manhique,
- Harry Manley,
- Imed Medhioub,
- Sari Mentser,
- Pegah Nejat,
- Orlando Nipassa,
- Ravit Nussinson,
- Nneoma G. Onyedire,
- Ike E. Onyishi,
- Penny Panagiotopoulou,
- Lorena R. Perez-Floriano,
- Minna Persson,
- Anna-Maija Pirttilä-Backman,
- Marianna Pogosyan,
- Jana Raver,
- Ricardo Borges Rodrigues,
- Sara Romanò,
- Pedro P. Romero,
- Inari Sakki,
- Alvaro San Martin,
- Sara Sherbaji,
- Hiroshi Shimizu,
- Brent Simpson,
- Erna Szabo,
- Kosuke Takemura,
- Maria Luisa Mendes Teixeira,
- Napoj Thanomkul,
- Habib Tiliouine,
- Giovanni A. Travaglino,
- Yannis Tsirbas,
- Sita Widodo,
- Rizqy Zein,
- Lina Zirganou-Kazolea,
- Kimmo Eriksson
Affiliations
- Per A. Andersson
- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University
- Irina Vartanova
- Institute for Futures Studies
- Daniel Västfjäll
- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University
- Gustav Tinghög
- JEDILab, Division of Economics, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University
- Pontus Strimling
- Institute for Futures Studies
- Junhui Wu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Isabela Hazin
- Institute for Futures Studies
- Charity S. Akotia
- Department of Psychology, University of Ghana
- Alisher Aldashev
- International School of Economics, Kazakh-British Technical University
- Giulia Andrighetto
- Institute for Futures Studies
- Adote Anum
- Department of Psychology, University of Ghana
- Gizem Arikan
- Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin
- Fatemeh Bagherian
- Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University
- Davide Barrera
- University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto
- Dana Basnight-Brown
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, United States International University Africa
- Birzhan Batkeyev
- International School of Economics, Kazakh-British Technical University
- Elizaveta Berezina
- Sunway University
- Marie Björnstjerna
- Institute for Futures Studies
- Paweł Boski
- SWPS University
- Inna Bovina
- Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
- Bui Thi Thu Huyen
- Hanoi National University of Education
- Đorđe Čekrlija
- Faculty of Philosophy, University of Banja Luka
- Hoon-Seok Choi
- Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University
- Carlos C. Contreras-Ibáñez
- Departamento de Sociología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Iztapalapa
- Rui Costa-Lopes
- Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa
- Mícheál de Barra
- Center for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University London
- Piyanjali de Zoysa
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
- Angela R. Dorrough
- Department of Psychology, University of Cologne
- Nikolay Dvoryanchikov
- Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
- Jan B. Engelmann
- Center for Research in Experimental Economics and Political Decision Making (CREED), Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam
- Hyun Euh
- Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Xia Fang
- Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University
- Susann Fiedler
- Vienna University of Economics and Business
- Olivia A. Foster-Gimbel
- Stern School of Business, New York University
- Márta Fülöp
- HUN-REN Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre of Natural Sciences
- Ragna B. Gardarsdottir
- Faculty of Psychology, University of Iceland
- C. M. Hew D. Gill
- Sunway University
- Andreas Glöckner
- Department of Psychology, University of Cologne
- Sylvie Graf
- Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences
- Ani Grigoryan
- Department of Personality Psychology, Yerevan State University
- Vladimir Gritskov
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Katarzyna Growiec
- SWPS University
- Peter Halama
- Center for Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences
- Andree Hartanto
- School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University
- Tim Hopthrow
- School of Psychology, University of Kent
- Martina Hřebíčková
- Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences
- Dzintra Iliško
- Daugavpils University, Latvia
- Hirotaka Imada
- Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Hansika Kapoor
- Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala
- Kerry Kawakami
- Department of Psychology, York University
- Narine Khachatryan
- Department of Personality Psychology, Yerevan State University
- Natalia Kharchenko
- Kyiv International Institute of Sociology
- Toko Kiyonari
- Aoyama Gakuin University
- Michal Kohút
- Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of Trnava
- Lisa M. Leslie
- Stern School of Business, New York University
- Yang Li
- Melbourne School of Psychological Science, University of Melbourne
- Norman P. Li
- School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University
- Zhuo Li
- Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario
- Kadi Liik
- School of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University
- Angela T. Maitner
- Department of Psychology, American University of Sharjah
- Bernardo Manhique
- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Eduardo Mondlane University
- Harry Manley
- Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, Education, & Languages, HELP University Subang 2
- Imed Medhioub
- Department of Finance, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU)
- Sari Mentser
- Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel
- Pegah Nejat
- Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University
- Orlando Nipassa
- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Eduardo Mondlane University
- Ravit Nussinson
- Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel
- Nneoma G. Onyedire
- Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria
- Ike E. Onyishi
- Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria
- Penny Panagiotopoulou
- Department of Education and Social Work, University of Patras
- Lorena R. Perez-Floriano
- Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad Diego Portales
- Minna Persson
- Institute for Futures Studies
- Anna-Maija Pirttilä-Backman
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Social Psychology, University of Helsinki
- Marianna Pogosyan
- Leadership and Management, Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
- Jana Raver
- Queen’s University
- Ricardo Borges Rodrigues
- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa ISCTE-IUL, CIS
- Sara Romanò
- Department of Culture, Politics and Society, University of Turin
- Pedro P. Romero
- Experimental and Computational Economics Lab (ECEL), School of Economics, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ
- Inari Sakki
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Social Psychology, University of Helsinki
- Alvaro San Martin
- IESE Business School
- Sara Sherbaji
- Department of International Studies, American University of Sharjah
- Hiroshi Shimizu
- Kwansei Gakuin University
- Brent Simpson
- Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina
- Erna Szabo
- Department of International Management, Johannes Kepler University
- Kosuke Takemura
- Faculty of Economics, Shiga University
- Maria Luisa Mendes Teixeira
- Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Business Administration Postgraduate Program
- Napoj Thanomkul
- Faculty of Psychology, Chulalongkorn University
- Habib Tiliouine
- Labo-PECS, Faculty of Social Sciences, Université d’Oran 2
- Giovanni A. Travaglino
- Department of Law and Criminology, Institute for the Study of Power, Crime, and Society, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Yannis Tsirbas
- Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens
- Sita Widodo
- Department of Psychology, Universitas Airlangga
- Rizqy Zein
- Department of Psychology, Universitas Airlangga
- Lina Zirganou-Kazolea
- Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens
- Kimmo Eriksson
- Institute for Futures Studies
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55815-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Abstract When someone violates a social norm, others may think that some sanction would be appropriate. We examine how the experience of emotions like anger and disgust relate to the judged appropriateness of sanctions, in a pre-registered analysis of data from a large-scale study in 56 societies. Across the world, we find that individuals who experience anger and disgust over a norm violation are more likely to endorse confrontation, ostracism and, to a smaller extent, gossip. Moreover, we find that the experience of anger is consistently the strongest predictor of judgments of confrontation, compared to other emotions. Although the link between state-based emotions and judgments may seem universal, its strength varies across countries. Aligned with theoretical predictions, this link is stronger in societies, and among individuals, that place higher value on individual autonomy. Thus, autonomy values may increase the role that emotions play in guiding judgments of social sanctions.
