Table 1.
Ethnic background | Cultural context | Correlates of greater individuals’ emotion control values (ECV) during emotional episodes |
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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 |