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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychol. 2009 Sep 26;84(3):521–530. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.09.010

Table 1.

Summary of Hypothesized Interactive Effect of Ethnic Background and Individuals’ Emotion Control Values (ECV) on Evaluative Patterns and Associated Emotional and Cardiovascular Responses during Emotional Episodes

Ethnic background Cultural context Correlates of greater individuals’ emotion control values (ECV) during emotional episodes
Evaluative patterns Emotional responses indicative of... Cardiovascular response patterns indicative of.
Asian-American (AA) Relatively unambiguous endorsement of emotion control; more frequent affordance of episodes of emotion control Low ambiguity; low effort; high perceived self-regulatory abilities More effective emotion control Challenge
European-American (EA) More ambiguous endorsement of emotion control; competing values; less frequent affordance of episodes of emotion control High ambiguity; high effort; low perceived self-regulatory abilities Less effective emotion control Threat