Emotion and culture: A meta-analysis

University teachers’ perceptions of appropriate emotion display and high-quality teacher-student relationship: Similarities and differences across cultural-educational contexts

“…This supports the findings resulting from a meta-analysis done by Van Hemert, Poortinga, and van de Vijver (2007) who have found several moderators that reduced the cross-cultural variance in emotion variables. A particular relevant factor influencing the display mode of emotions and the quality of the TSR seems to be the dedication for teaching in general and teaching in teacher education specifically.…”

“…Matsumoto et al, 1998;Volet & Jones, 2012), therefore there should be caution in the interpretation of the findings, keeping in mind that educational practices are constantly changing in increasingly global environments, and most importantly also reflect individual preferences. Concluding, as observed by Van Hemert et al (2007), studies on cultural issues in HE teaching should go beyond frequently made comparisons between individualistic and collectivistic cultures or countries. This study revealed a high variation of cultural-educational practices within two socalled "individualistic" countries (Hofstede & Hofstede, 2005).…”

The Surprising Power of Neighborly Advice

“…But there are at least two reasons to suspect that affective reactions are not as different as people may believe. First, affective reactions are produced in large part by physiological mechanisms that are evolutionarily ancient, which is why people the world over have very different beliefs and opinions but very similar affective reactions to a wide range of stimuli (35), preferring warm to cold, satiety to hunger, friends to enemies, winning to losing, and so on. An alien who knew all the likes and dislikes of a single human being would know a great deal about the entire species.…”

Somatic and Emotional Well-Being Among Turkish Immigrants in Belgium: Acculturation or Culture?

“…Moreover, Van Hemert, Poortinga and Van de Vijver (2007) found that more stable societies (in terms of the number of years the country is in a stable democracy during the past 75 years) express more positive emotions. They have also demonstrated in their meta-analysis that negative emotions are experienced less frequently in individualistic countries (like Belgium) than in collectivistic countries (like Turkey).…”