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Title: | Emotion norms, display rules, and regulation in the Akan society of Ghana : an exploration using proverbs | Authors: | Dzokoto, VA Osei-Tutu, A Kyei, JJ Twum-Asente, M Attah, DA Ahorsu, DK |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Source: | Frontiers in psychology, Oct. 2018, v. 9, 1916, p. 1-14 | Abstract: | Proverbs are widely used by the Akan of West Africa. The current study thematically analyzed an Akan proverb compendium for proverbs containing emotion references. Of the identified proverbs, a focus on negative emotions was most typical. Emotion-focused proverbs highlighted four emotion regulation strategies: change in cognition, response modulation, situation modification, and situation selection. A subset of proverbs addressed emotion display rules restricting the expression of emotions such as pride, and emotional contagion associated with emotions such as shame. Additional themes including: social context influences on the expression and experience of emotion; expectations of emotion limits; as well as the nature of emotions were present in the proverb collection. In general, Akan emotion-related proverbs stress individual-level responsibility for affect regulation in interpersonal interactions and societal contexts. | Keywords: | Culture Emotion Africa Emotion regulation Emotion display rules |
Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation | Journal: | Frontiers in psychology | EISSN: | 1664-1078 | DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01916 | Rights: | Copyright © 2018 Dzokoto, Osei-Tutu, Kyei, Twum-Asante, Attah and Ahorsu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. The following publication Dzokoto, V.A., Osei-Tutu, A., Kyei, J.J., Twum-Asente, M., Attah, D.A., & Ahorsu, D.K. (2018). Emotion norms, display rules, and regulation in the Akan society of Ghana : an exploration using proverbs. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1916, 1-14 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01916 |
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