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Kokkoris, Michail D. and Kuehnen, Ulrich (2014). Express the Real You: Cultural Differences in the Perception of Self-Expression as Authenticity. J. Cross-Cult. Psychol., 45 (8). S. 1221 - 1229. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1552-5422

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Abstract

Prior research shows that people feel authentic when they express themselves. In this research, we examined how people from different cultures make inferences about a target person's authenticity based on information about that person's self-expression. Our cultural-fit hypothesis proposes that acts of self-expression enhance perceptions of authenticity when they are congruent with the culturally prevalent self-expression norms. In an experiment with Germans and Chinese reading scenarios and making inferences about a hypothetical person, we found that authenticity judgments were the highest, when the target person's self-expression matched the culturally valued self-expression style-that is, expressing both likes and dislikes in Germany, and expressing only likes but no dislikes in China. Moreover, we found that the interactive effect of self-expression and culture had downstream effects on information processing, such that in the case of counter-cultural self-expression practices participants were more likely to seek information that would compensate for this cultural incongruence.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kokkoris, Michail D. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kuehnen, Ulrich UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-430941
DOI:	10.1177/0022022114542467
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Cross-Cult. Psychol.
Volume:	45
Number:	8
Page Range:	S. 1221 - 1229
Date:	2014
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1552-5422
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PERSONALITY; SUPPRESSION; CONCEPTUALIZATION; INDIVIDUALISM; MOTIVATION; AMERICAN; EMOTIONS Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43094