Cultural Construction of Honor in Turkey and the U.S.

土耳其和美国的荣誉文化建设

• 批准号: 0646360
• 负责人: Susan Cross
• 金额: $ 17.46万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-05-15 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0646360&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Cultural; Construction; Honor; Turkey; U.S.

This research focuses on the construct of honor and its consequences in two countries: Turkey and the United States. Honor is defined as positive moral standing and pride that is related to one's own perception of worth and to other people's respect. Research in the U.S. has linked culture-of-honor norms with aggression and violence. However, very little is known about how honor influences behavior in non-Western, traditional honor-based societies and whether it can be associated with positive outcomes. There are 6 studies proposed in this research which when taken together will advance current knowledge about honor and its consequences in the U.S. as well as the Islamic country of Turkey. The research begins with the identification of Turkish and American definitions of honor and the situations that enhance or threaten one's honor. The researchers hypothesize cross-cultural variation in responses that are associated with individualism and collectivism. This research will build on and contribute to the existing literature on culture and the self by investigating the association between culturally specific views of the self (as an individual, as a part of relationships, or as a member of groups) and cultural forms of honor. Most importantly, this set of studies permits examination of the self-related processes by which culture shapes honor-related responses. In addition this research, examines cultural variation in responses to threats to individual, relationship-specific, and group-oriented forms of honor. Understanding how honor is rooted in close relationships and memberships in larger groups will shed light on: existing stereotypes of Muslims in the West, cross-cultural adjustment of these groups, reasons for honor-related violence in the Middle-East, and some of the elements of culture clash between the West and the East. By addressing these aims, this research will expand the field of cultural psychology beyond its primary focus on East Asia, it will broaden the existing literature on the role of honor in social behavior, and it will contribute to the literature on the culturally constructed self.

本研究的重点是土耳其和美国两个国家的荣誉结构及其后果。 荣誉被定义为积极的道德地位和自豪感，与自己的价值观和他人的尊重有关。美国的研究将荣誉文化规范与侵略和暴力联系起来。 然而，人们对荣誉如何影响非西方传统荣誉社会的行为以及它是否与积极的结果有关知之甚少。 这项研究提出了6项研究，这些研究将共同推进目前关于荣誉及其在美国和土耳其伊斯兰国家的后果的知识。 研究首先确定土耳其和美国的荣誉的定义和情况下，提高或威胁一个人的荣誉。研究人员假设与个人主义和集体主义相关的反应存在跨文化差异。 这项研究将建立在现有的文化和自我文献的基础上，并通过调查自我（作为个人，作为关系的一部分，或作为群体的一员）和荣誉的文化形式之间的关联。最重要的是，这套研究允许检查自我相关的过程中，文化形状荣誉相关的反应。 此外，本研究还考察了文化差异对个体、特定关系和群体导向的荣誉形式的威胁的反应。 了解荣誉如何植根于亲密关系和更大群体的成员关系将有助于阐明：西方穆斯林的现有刻板印象，这些群体的跨文化调整，中东与荣誉有关的暴力的原因，以及西方和东方之间文化冲突的一些因素。通过实现这些目标，本研究将扩大文化心理学的领域，超越其主要关注的东亚，它将扩大现有的文献中的荣誉在社会行为中的作用，它将有助于文学的文化建设的自我。