Rescheduled to tomorrow, Thursday April 3, at 17:00. For the livestream, please see below. Prof. @batjamesquita.bsky.social will give an inaugural lecture on how cultures create emotions at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Livestream: buff.ly/3gfdBDv (MS Teams).

Prof. @batjamesquita.bsky.social will give an inaugural lecture on how cultures create emotions at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, this Thursday, Feb. 27, at 17:00. Would you like to attend? Register here: forms.office.com/e/RzG6WPjH4H. The form closes on Wednesday.

What facilitates emotional biculturalism? (2/2) Context matters too. Minority adolescents tend to align more with ethnic emotions at home. However, they align more with majority emotions when interacting with majority-culture friends or using the majority language.

What facilitates emotional biculturalism? (1/2) Friends! Friends act as “ambassadors” of culturally typical emotions. When minority adolescents have majority friends, they’re more likely to have higher emotional fit with the majority culture. Chapter 3: https://buff.ly/3Z7rJ6z

Can immigrant minorities experience emotional fit with both the majority and their ethnic cultures? Yes! Yeasle’s research shows immigrant-origin adolescents can experience emotional fit with both—a process known as emotional biculturalism. See paper: https://buff.ly/443IlNB

“Self-concept and emotions: What has culture got to do with it?” Our PI, Prof. @batjamesquita.bsky.social‬ and Prof. Shinobu Kitayama gave a joint talk for the University Foundation Brussels, sharing their expertise on how culture shapes the self and emotions.

Hello everyone, we made the switch too! Excited to see you here on Bluesky and share updates from our lab on emotional acculturation, multicultural relationships and everything in between. Stay tuned!