Lopez Henry N, Bock Jarrod E, Brown Ryan, Cross Susan E
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2024 Jul 30:1461672241255494. doi: 10.1177/01461672241255494.
Honor cultures are characterized by a heightened sensitivity to reputation threats and strong expectations for the defense of honor. U.S. states vary in the extent to which they express the cultural norms of honor, but researchers have frequently relied upon a dichotomous classification that differentiates states as honor or dignity states. We created and validated a continuous, six-item index of honor norms and values across all U.S. states (Study 1). In Study 2, our honor index was correlated with historical variables theoretically associated with the genesis of honor cultures. In Study 3, we validated our honor index further by showing that it predicted several race-/ethnicity-specific outcomes that prior research has connected with honor (e.g., homicide rates, suicide rates). This new index equips researchers with a more nuanced understanding of U.S. honor cultures and a measure that can be used in future investigations.
崇尚荣誉的文化具有对声誉威胁高度敏感以及对捍卫荣誉有强烈期望的特点。美国各州在表达荣誉文化规范的程度上存在差异，但研究人员经常依赖一种二分法分类，将各州区分为崇尚荣誉的州或崇尚尊严的州。我们创建并验证了一个涵盖美国所有州的关于荣誉规范和价值观的六项连续指数（研究1）。在研究2中，我们的荣誉指数与理论上与荣誉文化起源相关的历史变量相关。在研究3中，我们通过表明它预测了先前研究中与荣誉相关的几个特定种族/族裔的结果（例如凶杀率、自杀率），进一步验证了我们的荣誉指数。这个新指数使研究人员能够对美国的荣誉文化有更细致入微的理解，并提供了一种可用于未来调查的衡量标准。
