TY - JOUR A1 - Schermuly, Carsten C. A1 - Schröder, Tobias A1 - Netzel, Janine A1 - Scholl, Wolfgang T1 - Culture-constrained affective consistency of interpersonal behavior: a test of affect control theory with nonverbal expressions T2 - Social Psychology N2 - We examined the core hypothesis of affect control theory (ACT; Heise, 2007), namely, that human social interaction is guided by culture-constrained affective consistency. Our study is the first empirical test of this principle applied to nonverbal behavior. A group of 120 subjects in 60 dyads were videotaped during a problem-solving task. Their interactions were subdivided into discrete meaningful events and assigned ratings of the friendliness, dominance, and activity displayed by the interactants. We used a computational model based on ACT to predict frequencies of, and likely sequences between, specific patterns of interpersonal affect. The model predicted the data well. We argue that assuming a principle of consistency is valuable for understanding not only individual social cognition, but also the interdependencies between individuals, social settings, and culture. KW - Affective Consistency KW - Interpersonal Interaction KW - Nonverbal Behavior KW - Culture Y1 - 2014 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-srh/frontdoor/index/index/docId/398 N1 - Abrufbar in der Datenbank "PsycArticles" im Netz der SRH Berlin. Access possible via database "PsycArticles" within the network of SRH Berlin. VL - 44 IS - 1 SP - 47 EP - 58 ER -