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In an American sample, individuals with low social status tended to have poorer anger control, and low control over anger was linked to poorer health. However, this was pattern was not found in the Japanese sample because (1) people with higher status controlled their anger less and (2) anger control was unrelated to health outcomes, perhaps due to the regular tendency for Japanese individuals to control their emotions.

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This paper demonstrates that cultural differences in affordances and propensities for emotions such as anger can influence health outcomes. More broadly, this shows that there are many pathways that lead to well-being, which necessitate a deeper consideration of the nuanced factors (e.g., culture, personality, motivations) that underlie them.

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This page is a summary of: Subjective social status and inflammation: The role of culture and anger control., Health Psychology, January 2021, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/hea0001029.
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