Shinobu Kitayama is Professor of Psychology at Michigan University. His research focus is socio-cultural variations in self and identity. He is best known for his work on interdependent & independent views of the self (sometimes oversimplified as an East-West dichotomy), presented in his groundbreaking paper with Hazel Markus (1991). More recently he has explored how culture is involved in shaping cognitive, emotional and physiological responses. His current research suggests possible links between expressions of anger & increased blood pressure are culturally contingent, questioning the idea that anger is necessarily detrimental to health.
further reading
Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review, 98(2), 224-253.
Kitayama, S., Park, J., Boylan, J. M., Miyamoto, Y., Levine, C. S., Markus, H. R., … & Ryff, C. D. (2015). Expression of Anger and Ill Health in Two Cultures An Examination of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk. Psychological Science, 26(2), 211-220.
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