title: Janteloven and the expression of pride in Norway and the United States.
abstract: The current study tested how culture may affect the interpretation of the expression of pride among Norwegian and U.S. participants. Our results show that participants from Norway ascribed more negative trait attributions to a target person expressing pride than U.S. participants. It is proposed that Janteloven is responsible for the differences in these trait attributions, and we interpret the results from a "closed-system" and "open-system" (Mayr, 1976) perspective.
authors.affiliation: a Southern University at New Orleans.
authors.forename: Gregg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bromgard
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trafimow
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Linn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway / Q000208:ethnology; D011582:Psychological Theory; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Janteloven; Jante’s law; Norway; culture; emotions; pride