Comparison of Japanese and South Korean in the facial expressions of happiness and anger by Emotion Instruction Method

カンジョウ キョウジ ホウ ヲ モチイタ コウフク ト イカリ ノ ヒョウジョウ ヒョウシュツ ニオケル ニッカン ヒカク

Chou, Yongjin

高橋, 直樹

タカハシ, ナオキ

Takahashi, Naoki

大坊, 郁夫

ダイボウ, イクオ

Daibo, Ikuo

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

表示規則

文化比較

幸福

怒り

facial expression

display rule

culture comparison

happiness

anger

This study compared the groups of Japanese and South Korean individuals in terms of expressing their happiness and anger by employing the emotion instruction method. Results indicated that the ways by which happiness and anger were expressed differed across cultures. More specifically, it was found that the Korean individuals did not necessarily engage in the facial expression of happiness and anger more intensely than the Japanese counterparts. Implicit to these findings was the role of the display rules, which could potentially have an effect on the differences that were observed. Given that the experimenters and participants were situated in the same room in this study, the participants might not have been able to freely express their levels of happiness and anger. Future study needs to clarify the display rules of Japanese and South Korean individuals, so that the further understandings about the cross-cultural differences can be obtained.

高橋, 直樹

大坊, 郁夫