title: Self-construal, affective valence of the encounter, and quality of social interactions: Within and cross-culture examination.
abstract: In two samples, one from Greece and another from Germany, we examined relationships between self-construal, emotional experience, and the quality of social interactions. In Greece, a more collectivistic culture, the negative affect people experienced in social interactions was more weakly related to the quality of social interactions for those higher in interdependent self-construal than it was for those lower in interdependent self-construal. In Germany, a more independent culture, a contrasting pattern was observed such that the positive affect people experienced in social interaction was more strongly related to the quality of social interactions for those higher in independent self-construal than it was for those lower in independent self-construal. These findings suggest that positive and negative affect in social encounters can have different effects for persons with independent and interdependent cultural orientations within different cultural settings.
authors.affiliation: a University of Crete.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kafetsios
authors.affiliation: b Humboldt-University.
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.affiliation: c College of William & Mary.|d SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities , Poznań.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Nezlek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000208:ethnology; D006115:Greece / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept
keywords: Culture; emotion; self-construal; social interaction; social relationships