Body sensations associated with emotions in Rarámuri Indians, rural Javanese, and three student samples.
Cultural variations in the associations of 12 body sensations with 7 emotions were studied in 2 rural samples from northern Mexico (n = 61) and Java, Indonesia (n = 99), with low exposure to Western influences and in 3 university student samples from Belgium (n = 75), Indonesia (n = 85), and Mexico (n = 123). Both parametric and nonparametric analyses suggest that findings from previous studies with only student samples (K. R. Scherer & H. G. Wallbott, 1994) were generalizable to the 2 rural samples. Some notable cultural deviations from common profiles were also identified. Implications of the findings for explanations of body sensations experienced with emotions and the cross-cultural study of emotions are discussed.
Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands. sbreugel@uvt.nl
Seger M
SM
Breugelmans
Ype H
YH
Poortinga
Zara
Z
Ambadar
Bernadette
B
Setiadi
Jesús B
JB
Vaca
Priyo
P
Widiyanto
Pierre
P
Philippot
D000328:Adult; D001530:Belgium; D001821:Blushing; D001831:Body Temperature; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D010465:Perception; D012424:Rural Population; D013546:Sweating