VARIATION AMONG EUROPEAN AMERICANS IN EMOTIONAL FACIAL EXPRESSION

The authors examined whether European Americans (EA) several generations removed from their ancestors varied as a function of their countries of origin by comparing the emotional facial expressions of EA originally from Scandinavian countries (EA-S),who value emotional control, and those from Ireland (EA-I),who value emotional expression. EA-S were less expressive than EA-I while reliving various emotions,espe - cially happiness and love,suggesting that in this domain, EAs continue to be influenced by their cultural heritages.