Anger, envy, fear, sadness, shame, pride, happiness. I study these emotions in a variety of cultural contexts, with an emphasis on how they are affected by our perceived image in the eyes of others. My research adopts a multi-method approach that includes autobiographical narratives and experimental methods. This approach allows me to capture the complexity of emotions as cognitive, affective, and motivational experiences.
I approach culture in terms of how cultural values and concerns influence emotions and perceived social image, and I am especially interested in the cultural perspectives of underrepresented groups in psychological research. This focus aims to contribute to a more inclusive psychological science that represents the diverse psychologies that exist across world cultures.
My interest in social image is rooted in a relational view of emotions that places social relationships and gender at the heart of emotional experiences and expression, and my studies engage different types of social relationships, such as friendships, within-family, and intergroup relations. This focus on social image has also led me to focus on the study of honor as a multifaceted set of honor codes defined by specific, culturally desirable social images and behaviors. My research also connects with the arts. I was involved as a research consultant and collaborator in the project Music Women’s Voices led by Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts.
In this website, you can find more information about my research, publications, academic biographic, and research lab with graduate and undergraduate students. The three publications below introduce you to my Honor-as-multifaceted approach and my research on how culture shapes emotions and social image.
Dr. Rodriguez Mosquera
MULTIFACETED HONOR
Rodriguez Mosquera, P. M. (2024). Cultures of honor. In Michael Hogg (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, Vol. 2 (pp.1477-1496). Oxford University Press.
CULTURAL CONCERNS AND EMOTIONS
Rodriguez Mosquera, P. M. (2018). Cultural concerns. How valuing social-image shapes social emotion. European Review of Social Psychology, 29(1), 1-37.
HARMED SOCIAL IMAGE AND EMOTIONS
Rodriguez Mosquera, P. M. (2018). Honor and harmed social-image. Muslims’ anger and shame about the cartoon controversy. Cognition and Emotion, 32(6), 1205-1219.