Table 2.
Effects of cultural group and social context on emotion expression intensity.
| Culture | US | Romania | Turkey | F-values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social context | In M (SD) | Out M (SD) | In M (SD) | Out M (SD) | In M (SD) | Out M (SD) | ||
| Positive emotions | 2.29a (0.71) | 2.16a (0.80) | 1.94b (0.73) | 1.93b (0.88) | 2.26a (0.62) | 1.66b (0.55) | A: 6.51**, B: 13.31***, C: 7.80*** | |
| Negative powerless emotions | 2.62a (0.51) | 2.31b (0.85) | 2.41a (0.59) | 1.81b (0.80) | 2.15a (0.53) | 1.89b (0.63) | A: 3.96*, B: 11.63***, C: 1.48 | |
*
p < 0.05;
**
p < 0.01;
***
p < 0.001.
In: Ingroup members; Out: Outgroup members; A: Main effect “Cultural group”; B: Main effect “Social context”; C: Interaction effect “Cultural group x social context.” Means with different superscripts differ significantly.