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Violence and U.S. regional culture.

Nisbett, Richard E.·1993·American Psychologist
DOI 10.1037/0003-066x.48.4.441
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The U.S. South, and western regions of the U.S. initially settled by Southerners, are more violent than the rest of the country. Homicide rates for White Southern males are substantially higher than those for White Northern males, especially in rural areas. But only for argument-related homicides are Southern rates higher. Southerners do not endorse violence more than do Northerners when survey questions are expressed in general terms, but they are more inclined to endorse violence for protection and in response to insults. Southern subjects responded with more apparent anger to insults than did Northerners and were more likely to propose violent solutions to conflicts presented in scenarios after being insulted. The social matrix that produced this pattern may be the culture of honor characteristic of particular economic circumstances, including the herding society of the early South. Consistent with this possibility, the herding regions of the South are still the most violent.

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  • Initial social conditions, developed partly in response to initial ecological circumstances, have a disproportionate influence on subsequent social conditions, often for centuries.

    “Cohen (2001) argued persuasively that initial social conditions, developed partly in response to initial ecological circumstances, have a dispropor- tionate influence on subsequent social conditions, often for centuries (see also Nisbett, 1993; Nisbett & Cohen, 1996).”

    From Implications of an Emerging Integration of Universal and Culturally Specific Psychologies (2006) · cites this paper as Nisbett, 1993

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Authors
Nisbett, R. E.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Nisbett, Richard E.
Venue
American Psychologist
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
1993
Volume
48
Issue
4
Pages
441-449
ISSN
  • 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-990X
DOI
10.1037/0003-066x.48.4.441
OpenAlex
W2007512024
Cited by
345
References
23
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 15
FWCI
12.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
Keywords
regional culture, Southern United States, homicide rates, honor culture, violence, attitudes toward violence, insults, anger, conflict resolution, rural violence, regional variation
MeSH terms
Attitude, Cultural Characteristics, Homicide, Humans, Male, Social Environment, United States, Violence

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