A different kind of honor culture: Family honor and aggression in Turks. (May 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: van Osch, Yvette; Breugelmans, Seger M.; Zeelenberg, Marcel; Bölük, Pinar
• Other Names: Mosquera Patricia M. Rodriguez guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Group processes and intergroup relations. Volume 16:Number 3(2013)
• Page Start: 334
• Page End: 344
• Publication Date: 2013-05
• Subjects: honor -- aggression -- Turkish culture -- family honor -- masculine honor -- insults -- biculturals; Intergroup relations -- Periodicals; Social groups -- Periodicals; 302.305
• DOI: 10.1177/1368430212467475
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1368-4302

Abstract

Masculine honor has been found to explain the relationship between insults and aggression in the USA. However, detailed accounts of Mediterranean honor cultures suggest that family honor may be more important in explaining cross-cultural differences in aggression. Two studies revealed that people from Turkish honor culture intended to aggress more after being insulted than Dutch people from a nonhonor culture (Study 1), and that this effect was driven by differences in family honor rather than differences in masculine honor (Study 2). We posit that family honor may be a key factor in explaining insult-related aggression in Mediterranean honor cultures.