STUDY IDEA - HONOUR CONCERNS AND RETALIATION IN THE WAKE OF SEXUAL OR EMOTIONAL ADULTERY

Cultural Differences and Honour Concerns in Relationship Revenge

Research Questions: Are people from honour cultures more likely to take revenge in the face of adultery? Are certain types of revenge seen more appropriate in honour cultures than others? Do honour concerns actually explain likelihood of revenge in the case of adultery?

Design:
2 (culture: Turkey vs. UK) x 2 (participant gender: male vs. female) x 2 (audience: public vs. private affair) x 2 (affair context: sexual vs. emotional)

Manipulations through scenarios: Imagine that your partner cheated on you...
vary the public vs. private
vary the sexual vs. emotional
So 4 scenarios in total

Hypotheses:
1) Main effect of culture on revenge: Turks (honour culture) would be more willing to take revenge of their partner than Brits (dignity culture)
2) Main effect of culture on forgiveness: Turks would be less likely to forgive their partner than Brits.
3) Main effect of culture on emotional reactions: No main effect of culture on emotional reactions expected or Turks may react more angrily and feel more shame and feel more honour threat (in line with literature on honour culture)
4) Main effect of gender will be explored: type of revenge and forgiveness might differ among males and females
5) Main effect of affair type (sexual vs. emotional) will be explored
5) All 2-way, 3-way, and 4-way interaction effects will be explored
6) Mediation: (masculine and feminine) Honour concerns would explain why Turks would be more willing  to take revenge and less willing to forgive than Brits. If any main effect of culture on emotional reactions are found, honour concerns can also be expected to mediate the relationship between culture and emotional reactions.


Dependent variables in order:

Emotional reactions
How much would this affair break the cheated partner's honour?
How much anger would the affair cause in the cheated partner?
How much shame would the affair cause in the cheated partner?
How hurt would the cheated partner feel?
How sad would the cheated partner feel?

Likelihood of revenge? How likely would you be to take revenge of your partner through... ?
(different kinds of revenge here)
a) (do nothing) doing nothing
b) (ignore) ignoring the person
c) (leave/break-up) husband should break up
d) (cheating back) he should take revenge by inviting another woman home
e) (verbal aggression) he should shout, scream and insult at her
f) (physical aggression ) he should hit and beat her
g) (sexual aggression) he should force her to have sex
h) (murder the partner) he should kill her
i) (murder the 3rd person) he should kill the 3rd party
j) (kill myself) I'd kill myself

Likelihood of forgiveness? How likely would you forgive your partner... ?

Likelihood of relationship future? Would you continue your relationship with your partner... ?


Multiple choice:
Among these revenge choice given above, which one would be the most appropriate one?

Open-ended question: What would you do if your partner has cheated on you?


Honour concerns - as mediator
masculine, feminine, family


References:
See Caffaro, F., Ferraris, F., & Schmidt, S. (2014)

Study Idea: Can look at certain Love/Jealousy-related retaliation and see if Turkish men justify it more than British men.

Study Idea: Can look at certain Love/Jealousy-related retaliation and see if Turkish men justify it more than British men. Or if high honour justify it more than 

see for justification DV:

Cohen, D., & Nisbett, R. E. (1997). Field experiments examining the culture of honor: The role of institutions in perpetuating norms about violence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 1188-1199.

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