Most prior research on cultures of honor has focused on interpersonal aggression. The present studies examined the novel hypothesis that honor-culture ideology enhances the stigmatization of mental health needs and inhibits the use of mental health services. Study 1 demonstrated that people who strongly endorsed honor-related beliefs and values were especially concerned that seeking help for me...

Around the globe, people fight for their honor, even if it means sacrificing their lives. This is puzzling from an evolutionary perspective, and little is known about the conditions under which honor cultures evolve. We implemented an agent-based model of honor, and our simulations showed that the reliability of institutions and toughness of the environment are crucial conditions for the evolut...

Two studies investigated retaliatory responses to actual honor threats among members of an honor culture (Turkey) and a dignity culture (northern United States). The honor threat in these studies was based on previous research which has shown that honesty is a key element of the conception of honor and that accusations of dishonesty are threatening to one's honor. In both studies, participants ...

Honor cultures have often been associated with herding societies in the anthropological literature. This has led Nisbett and Cohen (1996) to conflate the honor psychology they describe in their book Culture of Honor with the pastoral personality that was documented in earlier anthropological studies of herding societies. I argue that although honor psychology and pastoral personality appear ver...

The code of honor, which is characterized by a preoccupation with reputation and willingness to take retaliatory action, has been used extensively to explain individual and cultural differences in peoples' tendencies to behave aggressively. However, research on the relationship between the code of honor and emotional responses to social interactions has been limited in scope, focusing primarily...

The representatives ©f William and Mary were Fritz Zepht, president of the student body; Tommy Smith, president of the Honor Council; Greg. Mann, vice-president of the Honor Council; and Harry Stinson, junior member of the Honor Council. The .representatives of the University of Richmond were Gordon Conklin, president Of the student government; Mosley . Powell, treasurer of the student governme...