Publications by authors named "Meral Gezici Yalcın"
Article Synopsis
- Mediterranean societies prioritize "honor," emphasizing personal self-worth and social reputation, driving assertiveness and competitiveness in social interactions.
- A study compared social orientations and cognitive styles of participants from eight Mediterranean countries with those from East Asian and Anglo-Western cultures, revealing unique patterns in their self-construal and emotional expressions.
- Findings indicate that Mediterranean individuals exhibit a blend of independence and interdependence in social behavior, contributing to a deeper understanding of cultural orientations beyond the typical East-West focus.
Objective: People's psychological tendencies are attuned to their sociocultural context and culture-specific ways of being, feeling, and thinking are believed to assist individuals in successfully navigating their environment. Supporting this idea, a stronger "fit" with one's cultural environment has often been linked to positive psychological outcomes. The current research expands the cultural, conceptual, and methodological space of cultural fit research by exploring the link between well-being and honor, a central driver of social behavior in the Mediterranean region.
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