I Get Mad Just Thinking About It: Comparing Students’ Emotions and Beliefs Evoked by Anger in Mozambique and at Brigham Young University’s

Authors

Ryan Curtis, Brigham Young University
Dr. Matthew Spackman, Brigham Young University

Keywords

emotions, Mozambique, Brigham Young University, appraisal of anger

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

Abstract

An emotion consists of many things. Research in emotion has been a constant debate between those who believe that emotions are more biologically based, and those who believe emotions are more culturally based. Cross-cultural studies of emotion have been used from the beginning of this debate to assess the effect of culture on emotions. The purpose of this study was to help determine the role of culture in emotions. Specifically, it studies 1) the effect of culture on the appraisal of anger, and 2) the effect of culture on the experience of secondary emotions that come from remembering an anger experience. The subjects of this study were students in Mozambique and at Brigham Young University. I hypothesized that Mozambicans and BYU students would differ significantly in both the appraisal of anger, and the experience of secondary emotions that come from remembering an anger experience.

Recommended Citation

Curtis, Ryan and Spackman, Dr. Matthew (2014) "I Get Mad Just Thinking About It: Comparing Students’ Emotions and Beliefs Evoked by Anger in Mozambique and at Brigham Young University’s," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 354.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/354