The social and cultural psychology of honour: What have we learned from researching honour in Turkey?

Üskül, Ayşe K.; Cross, Susan E.

doi:10.1080/10463283.2018.1542903

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“…Cultural psychology research and theory distinguishes between honor and dignity cultures, with Western European countries generally described as dignity cultures and Turkey as an honor culture (Guerra et al, 2013; Uskul & Cross, 2019). In the present study, we demonstrated that Turkish participants endorsed significantly higher levels of honor norms than did German and British participants, confirming these notions.…”

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“…Based on a large body of literature that classifies Turkey, a Mediterranean/Middle‐Eastern country, to have strong honor values and traditions (e.g., Uskul & Cross, 2019), in this study, we used Turkey to represent an honor culture. Furthermore, prior studies have shown Western European countries to have strong dignity values (e.g., Guerra, Giner‐Sorolla, & Vasiljevic, 2013).…”

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Judgments of marital rape as a function of honor culture, masculine reputation threat, and observer gender: A cross‐cultural comparison between Turkey, Germany, and the UK

Gul

Schuster

2020

Aggressive Behavior

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Previous research has shown that there is higher tolerance of violence against women in cultures with salient gender‐specific honor norms, especially when the violence occurs in intimate relationships and in response to threat to male honor. The present cross‐cultural study (N = 398) extended these findings to sexual aggression (i.e., marital rape) by comparing participants from a culture that emphasizes honor (Turkey) and participants from cultures without strong honor traditions (Germany and Britain). Turkish participants blamed the victim and exonerated the perpetrator more than did German and British participants. In all cultural groups, participants blamed the victim and exonerated the perpetrator more when the husband's reputation was threatened than in the absence of such threat, and in all cultural groups, men blamed the victim and exonerated the perpetrator more than women. Yet, the effect of masculine reputation threat and this pattern of gender differences were somewhat more pronounced among Turkish than German or British participants. Results exploring the predictive role of honor norms at the individual level beyond rape myth acceptance and traditional gender role attitudes revealed that honor norms were the primary predictor of rape perceptions and blame attributions in Turkey (an honor culture), but not in Germany and Britain (dignity cultures) where rape myth acceptance was the strongest predictor. These results provide insights into the cultural factors influencing marital rape judgments in ways that may undermine victim's well‐being and fair handling of rape cases, and highlight the domains most urgently in need of potential intervention.

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Judgments of marital rape as a function of honor culture, masculine reputation threat, and observer gender: A cross‐cultural comparison between Turkey, Germany, and the UK

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Schuster

2020

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“…Cultural groups in which protection of the honor of one’s group is a stronger priority have been much less fully explored until recently. Following the early initiatives of Nisbett and Cohen (1996) and Rodriguez Mosquera et al (2000, 2002a), a literature has developed in which the emphasis on honor among samples from the southern US and the Mediterranean region is contrasted with data from the northern US and northern Europe (Cross et al, 2014; Uskul & Cross, 2019).…”

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Is an Emphasis on Dignity, Honor and Face more an Attribute of Individuals or of Cultural Groups?

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Koç

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This study compares the individual-level and sample-level predictive utility of a measure of the cultural logics of dignity, honor, and face. University students in 29 samples from 24 nations used a simple measure to rate their perceptions of the interpersonal cultural logic characterizing their local culture. The nomological net of these measures was then explored. Key dependent measures included three different facets of independent versus interdependent self-construal, relevant attitudes and values, reported handling of actual interpersonal conflicts, and responses to normative settings. Multilevel analyses revealed both individual- and sample-level effects but the dignity measure showed more individual-level effects, whereas sample-level effects were relatively more important with the face measure. The implications of this contrast are discussed.

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“…In the Mediterranean and West Asian countries, people frequently resort to violence to restore damaged honour (Sever & Yurdakul, 2001;Uskul et al, 2015). Uskul, Cross, and their colleagues (Cross et al, 2013;Uskul et al, 2014Uskul et al, , 2015; for review see Uskul & Cross, 2018) show that Turkish participants are easily offended by honour-threatening situations and react in search of retaliation. In this sense, we hypothesized that positive attitudes towards the gendered norms of honour culture predict higher support for capital punishment.…”

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“…Accordingly, individuals may demand capital punishment for rape offenders to restore their tarnished honour on legal grounds. Specifically, we examine how variables such as ambivalent sexism, attitudes towards gendered norms of honour cultures, and rape myths acceptance correlate with support for the capital punishment for rape offenders in Turkey, which is defined as an honour culture (Cross et al, 2014;Günsoy, Cross, Saribay, Ökten, & Kurutaş, 2015;Sakallı-U gurlu & Akbaş, 2013;Uskul, Cross, Sunbay, Gerçek-Swing, & Ataca, 2012;Uskul et al, 2015;van Osch et al, 2013; for review see Uskul & Cross, 2018).…”

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Supporting capital punishment for rape offenders as a collective retaliation against honour threat

Uysal

Üzümçeker

Boyacıoğlu

2021

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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The social and cultural psychology of honour: What have we learned from researching honour in Turkey?

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Cited by 46 publications

References 65 publications

Judgments of marital rape as a function of honor culture, masculine reputation threat, and observer gender: A cross‐cultural comparison between Turkey, Germany, and the UK

Judgments of marital rape as a function of honor culture, masculine reputation threat, and observer gender: A cross‐cultural comparison between Turkey, Germany, and the UK

Is an Emphasis on Dignity, Honor and Face more an Attribute of Individuals or of Cultural Groups?

Supporting capital punishment for rape offenders as a collective retaliation against honour threat

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