@article{ref1,
title="Insult, aggression, and the southern culture of honor: an "experimental ethnography"",
journal="Journal of personality and social psychology",
year="1996",
author="Cohen, D. and Nisbett, Richard E. and Bowdle, B. F. and Schwarz, N.",
volume="70",
number="5",
pages="945-959",
abstract="Three experiments examined how norms characteristic of a &quot;culture of honor&quot; manifest themselves in the cognitions, emotions, behaviors, and physiological reactions of southern White males. Participants were University of Michigan students who grew up in the North or South. In 3 experiments they were insulted by a confederate who bumped into the participant and called him an &quot;asshole&quot;. Compared with northerners--who were relatively unaffected by the insult--southerners were (a) more likely to think their masculine reputation was threatened, (b) more upset (as shown by a rise in cortisol levels), (c) more physiologically primed for aggression (as shown by a rise in testosterone levels), (d) more cognitively primed for aggression, and (e) more likely to engage in aggressive and dominant behavior. Findings highlight the insult-aggression cycle in cultures of honor, in which insults diminish a man's reputation and he tries to restore his status by aggressive or violent behavior.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3514",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}