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Highlighting concerns about honor and reputation (what the authors termed “virility”) significantly dampened people’s willingness to apologize. Gelfand and her team theorized that shifting participants’ perspectives on honor might reverse this trend. “Honor is about both virility and virtue, or moral integrity,” Gelfand says.
We find evidence that honor cultures' focus on virility impedes a key conflict deescalation strategy—apology—that can be successfully promoted through a shift in mindset. Building on the conceptualization of honor as both virility and virtue, we show that virility concerns of maintaining one's reputation underlie the reluctance to apologize ...
Feb 4, 2014 · Followers of the Nisbett-Cohen line sometimes concede that honor has to do with virtue, status, and good reputation, whereas by “cultures of honor” they mean a specific set of normative beliefs and practices emphasizing “a man’s reputation based on his toughness and ability to protect his family and possessions” (Vandello and Cohen 2003, 998). This section advances a number of ...
- Dan Demetriou
- ddemetri@morris.umn.edu
- 2014
May 10, 2013 · Abstract. Honor is implicated in a variety of social psychological processes, including morality, male violence, sexuality and gender, in-group identification, responses to devaluation, and biculturalism. The papers in this Special Issue illustrate the importance of honor in these and other social-psychological processes.
- Patricia M. Rodriguez Mosquera
- 2013
Oct 3, 2022 · Hence, projecting an image of virility is central to. claiming honor and reputation needs to be vigorously defended. in honor cultures. On the other hand, in honor cultures, virility concerns are ...
Oct 11, 2022 · Notably, honor is achieved not only by upholding strength and reputation (virility) but also through moral integrity (virtue). The dual focus of honor suggests a potential mechanism for promoting apologies: shifting the focus of honor from reputation to moral integrity. Indeed, we find that such a shift led people in honor cultures to perceive ...
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Apr 8, 2014 · On the other hand, to apologize is to admit to a mistake, which would be at odds with a desire to protect and maintain one’s honor. Hayes and Lee (2005) describe honor is “an inner conviction of self-worth” (p. 601). Because such importance is placed on self-regard and pride in honor cultures, to apologize might be seen as a weakness.
