Cross-cultural differences in self-reported and behavioural emotional self-awareness between Japan and the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

How we express and describe emotion is shaped by sociocultural norms. These sociocultural norms may also affect emotional self-awareness, i.e., how we identify and make sense of our own emotions. Previous studies have found lower emotional self-awareness in East Asian compared to Western samples using self-report measures. However, studies using behavioural methods did not provide clear evidence of reduced emotional self-awareness in East Asian groups. This may be due to different measurement tools capturing different facets of emotional self-awareness.

Results

To investigate this issue further, we compared the emotional self-awareness of Japanese (n = 29) and United Kingdom (UK) (n = 43) adults using the self-report Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), alongside tw

SUBMITTER: Huggins CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10734098 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature