Publications

Kim, H.S., Chuang, R., Eom, K., & Sherman, D. K. (in press). Psychology and the threat of contagion: Feeling vulnerable to a disease moderates the link between xenophobic thoughts and support for ingroup-protective actions. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin. [pdf]

Sherman, D. K., Updegraff, J. A., Handy, M. S., Eom, K., & Kim, H. S. (2022). Beliefs and social norms as precursors of environmental support: The joint influence of collectivism and socioeconomic status. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(3), 463-477. [pdf]

Chuang, R., Ishii, K., Kim, H. S., & Sherman, D. K. (2022). Swinging for the fences vs. advancing the runner: Culture, motivation, and strategic decision making. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 91-101 [pdf]

Eom, K., Tok, T. Q. H., Saad, C. S., & Kim, H. S. (2021). Religion, environmental guilt, and pro-environmental support: The opposing pathways of stewardship belief and belief in a controlling god. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 78, 101717.

Wu, D., Kim, H. S., & Collins, N. (2021). Perceived responsiveness across cultures: The role of cultural fit in social support use. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. [pdf]

Wu, D., Kim, H. S., & Collins, N. (2021). Teaching and learning guide for: Perceived responsiveness across cultures: The role of cultural fit in social support use. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.

Chuang, R., Eom, K., & Kim, H. S. (2021). Religion, social connectedness, and xenophobic responses to Ebola. Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 12, 2803.

Eom, K., Saad, C., & Kim, H. S. (2021). Religiosity moderates the link between environmental beliefs and pro-environmental support: The role of belief in a controlling god. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 891-905. [pdf]

Sasaki, J. Y. & Kim, H. S. (2021). The ego dampening influence of religion: Evidence from behavioral genetics and psychology. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 24-28. [pdf]

Moza, D., Lawrie, S. I., Maricuțoiu, L., Gavreliuc, A., & Kim, H. S. (2020). Not all forms of independence are created equal: Only being independent the "right way” is associated with self-esteem and life satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, 11, 3749. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.606354

De Leersnyder, J., Kim, H. S., & Mesquita, B. (2020). My emotions belong here and there: Extending the phenomenon of emotional acculturation to heritage culture fit. Cognition and Emotion, 34, 1573-1590. [pdf]

Lawrie, S. I., Eom, K., Moza, D., Gavreliuc, A., & Kim, H. S. (2020). Cultural variability in the association between age and well-being: The role of uncertainty avoidance. Psychological Science, 31, 51-64. [pdf]

Eom, K., Papadakis, V., Sherman, D. K., & Kim, H. S. (2019). The psychology of proenvironmental support: In search of global solutions for a global problem. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28, 490-495. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. & Lawrie, S. I. (2019). Culture and motivation. In: D. Cohen & S. Kitayama (Eds.) Handbook of Cultural Psychology (2nd Edition) (pp. 268-291). NY: Guilford. [pdf]

Eom, K., Kim, H. S., & Sherman, D. K. (2018). Social class, control, and action: Socioeconomic status differences in antecedents of support for pro-environmental action. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 77, .60-75. [pdf]

Jiang, L., Drolet, A., & Kim. H. S. (2018). Age and social support-seeking: Understanding the role of perceived social costs to others. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44, 1104-1116. [pdf]

Shin, J., Suh, E. M., Eom, K., & Kim, H. S. (2018). What does “happiness” prompt in your mind? Culture, word choice, and experienced happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19, 649-662. [pdf]

Ishii, K., Mojaverian, T., Masumo, K, & Kim, H. S. (2017). Cultural differences in motivation for seeking social support and the emotional consequences of receiving support: The Role of influence and adjustment goals. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 1442-1456. [pdf]

Campos, B. & Kim, H. S. (2017). Incorporating the cultural diversity of family and close relationships into the study of health. American Psychologist, 72, 543-554. [pdf]

Brick, C., Sherman, D. K., & Kim, H. S. (2017). “Green to be seen” and “brown to keep down”: Visibility moderates the effect of identity on pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 51, 226-238. [pdf]

Cohen, A. S., Sasaki, J. Y., German, T. C., & Kim, H. S. (2017). Automatic mechanisms for social attention are culturally penetrable. Cognitive Science, 41, 242-258. [pdf]

Sasaki, J. Y. & Kim, H. S. (2017). Nature, Nurture, and Their Interplay: A Review of Cultural Neuroscience. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 4-22. [pdf]

Eom, K., Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Ishii, K. (2016). Cultural variability in the link between environmental beliefs and support for environmental action. Psychological Science, 27, 1331-1339. [pdf] [supplemental] •Featured in Nature Climate Change news and views: Zaval, L. (2016). Culture and climate action. Nature Climate Change, 6, 1061-1062.

LeClair, J., Sasaki, J. Y., Ishii, K., Shinada, M., & Kim, H.S. (2016). Gene-culture interaction: Influence of culture and oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism on loneliness. Culture and Brain, 4, 21-37. [pdf]

Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Updegraff, J. A. (2016). Fear of Ebola: The influence of collectivism on xenophobic threat responses. Psychological Science, 27, 935-944. [pdf]

Sasaki, J. Y., LeClair, J., West, A., & Kim, H. S. (2016). The gene-culture interaction framework and implications for health. In J. Y. Chiao, S-C Li, R. Seligman, & R. Turner (Eds.), Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience (pp. 279-297). New York: Oxford University Press. [pdf]

Chen, J. M., Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. S. & Hashimoto, T. (2015). Cultural differences in support provision: The importance of relationship quality. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 1575-1589. [pdf]

Eom, K. & Kim, H. S. (2015). Intersubjective norms: Cultural and interpersonal perspective (Commentary). Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46, 1313-1316. [pdf]

De Leersnyder, J., Kim, H. S., & Mesquita, B. (2015). Feeling right is feeling good: Psychological well-being and emotional fit with culture in autonomy- versus relatedness-promoting situations. Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science, 6(630). DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00630. [pdf]

Gobel, M. S., Kim, H. S., & Richardson, D. C. (2015). The dual function of social gaze. Cognition, 136, 359-364. [pdf]

Sasaki, J. Y., Mojaverian, T., & Kim, H. S. (2015). Religion Priming and an Oxytocin Receptor Gene (OXTR) Polymorphism Interact to Affect Self-control in a Social Context. Development and Psychopathology, 27, 97-109. [pdf]

Ishii, K., Kim, H. S., Sasaki, J. Y., Shinada, M., & Kusumi, I. (2014). Culture modulates sensitivity to the disappearance of facial expression associated with serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR). Culture and Brain, 2, 72-88. [pdf]

Townsend, S. M., Kim, H. S., & Mesquita, B. (2014). Are you feeling what I’m feeling? Emotional similarity buffers stress. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 5, 526-533. [pdf]

Eom, K. & Kim, H. S. (2014). Cultural psychological theory. In B. Garwronski & G. Bodenhausen (Eds.), Theory and Explanation in Social Psychology (pp. 328-344). New York: Guilford Press [pdf]

LeClair, J., Janušonis, S., & Kim, H. S. (2014). Gene-culture interaction: A multi-gene approach. Culture and Brain, 2, 122-140. [pdf]

De Leersnyder, J., Mesquita, B., Kim, H. S., Eom, K., & Choi, H. (2014). Emotional fit with culture: Predictor of individual differences in relational well-being. Emotion, 14, 241-245. [pdf]

Sasaki, J. Y., Ko, D. M., & Kim, H. S. (2014). Culture and self-worth: Implications for social comparison and stress coping. In Z. Krizan, & F. X. Gibbons (Eds.), Communal Functions of Social Comparison (pp. 230-246). New York: Cambridge University Press. [pdf]

Kinias, Z., Kim, H. S., Hafenbrack, A., & Lee, J (2014). Standing out as a signal to selfishness: Culture and devaluation of non-normative characteristics. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 124, 190-203. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. & Sasaki, J. Y. (2014). Cultural neuroscience: Biology of the mind in cultural context. Annual Review of Psychology, 64, 487 - 514. [pdf]

Chiang, J. J., Saphire-Bernstein, S., Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Taylor, S. E. (2013). Cultural differences in the link between supportive relationships and proinflammatory cytokines. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 511- 520. [pdf]

De Leersnyder, J., Mesquita, B., & Kim, H. S. (2013). Emotional acculturation. In Dirk Hermans, Batja Mesquita, & Bernard Rimé (Eds.), Changing Emotions (pp. 127-134). Hove, East-Sussex: Psychology Press. [pdf]

Sasaki, J. Y., Kim, H. S., Mojaverian, T., Kelley, L. D. S., Park, I. Y., & Janušonis, S. (2013). Religion priming differentially increases prosocial behavior among variants of the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8, 209-215. [pdf]

Kogan, A., Sasaki, J., Zou, C., Kim, H., & Cheng, C. (2013). Uncertainty avoidance moderates the link between faith and subjective well-being around the world. The Journal of Positive Psychology: Dedicated to furthering research and promoting good practice, DOI:10.1080/17439760.2013.781207. [pdf]

Mojaverian, T., Hashimoto, T., & Kim, H.S. (2013). Cultural differences in professional help seeking: A comparison of Japan and the U.S. Frontiers in Cultural Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00615 [pdf]

Mojaverian, T. & Kim, H. S. (2013). Interpreting a Helping Hand: Cultural Variation in the Effectiveness of Solicited and Unsolicited Social Support. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 88-99. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. & Sasaki, J. Y. (2012). Emotion regulation: The interplay of culture and genes. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6, 865-877. [pdf]

Hashimoto, T., Mojaverian, T., & Kim, H. S. (2012). Culture and interpersonal stress: Differences in stressor frequency and influences on distress in Japan and the U.S. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42,527-532. [pdf]

Kinias, Z., & Kim, H. S. (2012). Culture and Gender Inequality: Psychological Consequences of Perceiving Gender Inequality. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 15, 89-103. [pdf]

Chen, J. M., Kim, H. S., Mojaverian, T., & Morling, B. (2012). Cultural and Social Support Provision: Who gives what and why. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 3-13. [pdf]

Kim, H. S., Mojaverian, T., & Sherman, D. K. (2012). Culture and genes: Moderators of the use and effect of social support. To appear in Gillath, O., Adams, G., Kunkel, A. D. (Eds.). New Directions in Research on Close Relationships: Integrating Across Disciplines and Theoretical Approaches (pp. 73-90). Washington, DC: APA. [pdf]

Saphire-Bernstein, S., Way, B. M., Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Taylor, S. E. (2011). Oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is related to psychological resources. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 15118-15122. [pdf]

Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., Mojaverian, T., Sasaki, J. Y., Park, J., Suh, E. M., & Taylor, S. E. (2011). Gene-culture interaction: Oxytocin receptor polymorphism (OXTR) and emotion regulation. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 665-672. [pdf]

Sasaki, J. Y., Kim, H., & Xu, J. (2011). Religion and Well-being : The Moderating Role of Culture and the Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) Gene. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42, 1394-1405. [pdf]

Sasaki, J., & Kim, H. S. (2011). At the intersection of culture and religion: A cultural analysis of religion’s implications for secondary control and social affiliation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 401-414. [pdf]

De Leersnyder, J., Mesquita, B., & Kim, H. S. (2011). Where do my emotions belong? A study of immigrants’ emotional acculturation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 451-463. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. & Chu, T. Q. (2011). Culture and the psychological effect of expression. In D. A. Dunning (Ed.), Frontiers of social psychology: Social motivation (pp. 57-77). NY: Psychology Press. [pdf]

Kim, H. S, Sherman, D. K., Sasaki, J. Y., Xu, J., Chu, T. Q., Ryu, C., Suh, E. M., Graham, K., & Taylor, S. E. (2010). Culture, distress and oxytocin receptor polymorphism (OXTR) interact to influence emotional support seeking. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 15717-15721. [pdf]

Kim, H. S, Sherman, D. K., Taylor, S. E., Sasaki, J. Y., Chu, T. Q., Ryu, C., et al., (2010). Culture, serotonin receptor polymorphism and locus of attention. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5, 212-218. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. (2010, June). Culture and self-expression. Psychological Science Agenda: American Psychological Association (http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2010/06/sci-brief.aspx).

Ko, D. & Kim, H. S. (2010). Culture and the effectiveness of personal and relational risk framing of threatening health messages. Health Communication, 25, 61-68. [pdf]

Kim, H. S., & Drolet, A. (2009). Express your social self: Cultural differences in choice of brand name vs. generic product. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1555-1566. [pdf]

Sherman, D. K., Kim, H. S., & Taylor, S. E. (2009). Culture and social support: Neural bases and biological impact. In J. Y. Chiao (Ed.) Progress in Brain Research: Cultural Neuroscience: Cultural Influences on Brain Function (Vol. 178, pp. 227-237). The Netherlands: Elsevier. [pdf]

Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Taylor, S. E. (2009). The irony of cultural psychology research (reply to a comment). American Psychologist, 64, 564-565. [pdf]

Pearson, D. M., Kim, H. S., & Sherman, D. K. (2009). Culture, social support, and coping with bereavement for Asians and Asian Americans. The Forum, 35, 7-8. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. (2009). Social sharing of emotion in words and otherwise. Emotion Review, 1, 92-93. [pdf]

Lee, E., Suh, E. M., Chu, T., Kim, H. S., & Sherman, D. K. (2009). Is emotion suppression that bad? Comparing the emotion suppression and subjective well-being link in two cultures. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 23, 131-146.

Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Taylor, S. E. (2008). Culture and social support. American Psychologist, 63, 518-526. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. & Sherman, D. K. (2008). What do we see in a tilted square? A validation of the Figure Independence Scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 47-60. [pdf] [FIS.pdf]

Kim, H. S. (2008). Culture and the cognitive and neuroendocrine responses to speech. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 32-47. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. & Ko, D. (2007). Culture and self-expression. In C. Sedikides & S. Spencer (Eds.), Frontiers of social psychology: The self (pp. 325-342). NY: Psychology Press. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. & Sherman, D. K. (2007). "Express yourself": Culture and the effect of self-expression on choice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 1-11. [pdf] [Download VEQ]

Sherman, D.K., Kinias, Z., Major, B., Kim, H.S., & Prenovost, M. (2007). The group as a resource: Reducing biased attributions for group success and failure via group affirmation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1100-1112. [pdf]

Taylor, S.E., Welch, W.T., Kim, H.S., & Sherman, D.K. (2007). Cultural differences in the impact of social support on psychological and biological stress responses. Psychological Science, 18, 831-837. [pdf]

Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., Ko, D., & Taylor, S. E. (2006). Pursuit of Comfort and Pursuit of Harmony: Culture, relationships, and social support seeking. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1595-1607. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. & Markus, H. R. (2005). Speech and silence: An analysis of the cultural Practice of Talking. In L. Weis & M. Fine (Eds.), Beyond silenced voices: Class, race, and gender in United States Schools. NY: SUNY Press. [pdf]

Sherman, D. K. & Kim, H. S. (2005). Is there an "I" in "team"? The role of the self in group-serving judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 108-120. [pdf]

Taylor, S. E., Sherman, D. K., Kim, H. S., Jarcho, J., Takagi, K., & Dunagan, M. S. (2004). Culture and social support: Who seeks it and why? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 354-362. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. & Drolet, A. (2003). Choice and self-expression: A cultural analysis of variety seeking.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 373-382. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. (2002). We talk, therefore we think? A cultural analysis of the effect of talking on thinking.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 828-842. [pdf]

Kim, H. S. & Markus, H. R. (2002). Freedom of speech and freedom of silence: An analysis of talking as a cultural practice. In R. Shweder, M. Minow, & H. R. Markus (Eds.), Engaging cultural differences: The multicultural challenge in liberal democracies (pp. 432-452). New York: Russell-Sage Foundation. [pdf]

Sherman, D. K. & Kim, H. S. (2002). Affective perseverance: The resistance of affect to cognitive invalidation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 224-237. [pdf]

Kim, H. & Markus, H. R. (1999). Deviance or uniqueness, harmony or conformity: A cultural analysis.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 785-800. [pdf]