Publications
Majorities’ emotions acculturate too: The role of intergroup friendships and clarity of minority emotion norms KU Leuven
When people come into contact with members of a new/other culture, their emotions may acculturate. In support of this idea, previous research has found that the emotions of immigrant minorities who have frequent contact with majority culture members, fit the majority emotion norms better than those who have less contact. Little is known about the possibility of majority members’ emotions acculturating towards the emotion norms in the minority ...
What we can learn about emotion by talking with the Hadza KU Leuven
Emotions are often thought of as internal mental states centering on individuals' subjective feelings and evaluations. This understanding is consistent with studies of emotion narratives, or the descriptions people give for experienced events that they regard as emotions. Yet these studies, and contemporary psychology more generally, often rely on observations of educated Europeans and European Americans, constraining psychological theory and ...
Cultural fit of emotions and subjective well-being: Replicating comparative evidence and extending it to the Mediterranean region KU Leuven
Greater “emotional fit” with one's cultural group is often associated with positive psychological and relational outcomes. However, the few empirical studies on this link have been limited to the comparison of Anglo-Western, independent, and East Asian, interdependent cultural contexts. In the current paper, we conceptually replicated findings from three studies on the link between emotional fit and well-being in Anglo-Western and East Asian ...
School diversity models revisited: A plea and first evidence for a domain specific approach KU Leuven
Show me your friends, I’ll tell you your emotions: Emotional fit of immigrant-origin minority youth in cross-cultural friendship networks. KU Leuven
The typical emotional responses to certain types of situations differ across cultures. Being reprimanded by your teacher in front of the class may be cause for anger and indignation among pupils in one cultural context, but for anger, shame, and possibly respect for the teacher among pupils in another cultural context. The consequence for immigrant-origin minorities is that they may not fit the emotions of the majority culture. Previous research ...