Dr. M. (Michael) Boiger
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Social Psychology
Photographer: Bastiaan Heus
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
- Room number: 2.33
Postal address
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Postbus 15900
1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
I am a senior assistant professor of social and cultural psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. My work focuses on the intersection of culture and emotion, exploring how the relational dynamics of emotion play out in different (inter)cultural contexts. In my current research, I study how intercultural couples navigate differences in their emotional repertoires and how psychotherapists can constructively work with emotion in intercultural settings.
Research Interests
- Cultural psychology of emotion
- Relationship dynamics across cultures
- Intercultural couples
- Cultural adaptation of psychotherapy
Diversity and Inclusion
I am passionate about applying the insights from cultural psychology to higher education. Since 2019, I have been developing and delivering a series of workshops on teaching culturally diverse classrooms. As the TLC (Teaching and Learning Center) teaching coach for psychology and a member of the Special Interest Group “International Classrooms”, I continue to support teachers in making the most of the opportunities that diverse classrooms offer. Finally, I have been a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee in our Faculty and served as its co-chair from 2024-2025.
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Publications
2024
Doosje, B., Szekeres, H., Cáceres Quezada, E., Boiger, M., & Kende, J. (2024). The intergroup level: Moral emotions in intergroup relations- the motivations and consequences of advantaged group members' aims to challenge the intergroup inequality. In N. Ellemers, S. Pagliaro, & F. van Nunspeet (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of the Psychology of Morality (pp. 179-189). (Routledge international handbooks). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003125969-27 [details]- Schouten, A., Boiger, M., Uchida, A., Verstaen, A., Paillé, C., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2024). Couple Conflict Observed: Emotions in Belgium and Japan. Emotion, 24(7), 1776-1780. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001374
2023
- Schouten, A., Boiger, M., Uchida, A., Ribbers, N., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2023). Couple disagreement: Inevitable and healthy? Belgian and Japanese conceptions. Personal Relationships, 30(2), 419. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12478
2022
- Boiger, M., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Schouten, A., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2022). Different Bumps in the Road: The Emotional Dynamics of Couple Disagreements in Belgium and Japan. Emotion, 22(5), 805-819. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000910 [details]
- Boiger, M., Riediger, M., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2022). The relational dynamics of anger and shame: scripts for emotional interactions in Germany and Japan. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 6(3), 325-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-022-00106-y [details]
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- Supplementary files
- 41809 2022 106 MOESM1 ESM
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- Kirchner-Häusler, A., Boiger, M., Uchida, Y., Higuchi, Y., Uchida, A., & Mesquita, B. (2022). Relatively Happy: The Role of the Positive-to-Negative Affect Ratio in Japanese and Belgian Couples. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53(1), 66-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221211051016 [details]
- Randall, A. K., Leon, G., Basili, E., Martos, T., Boiger, M., Baldi, M., Hocker, L., Kline, K., Masturzi, A., Aryeetey, R., Bar-Kalifa, E., Boon, S. D., Botella, L., Burke, T., Carnelley, K. B., Carr, A., Dash, A., Fitriana, M., Gaines, S. O., ... Chiarolanza, C. (2022). Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(1), 3-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211034236 [details]
2021
- De Leersnyder, J., Mesquita, B., & Boiger, M. (2021). What has culture got to do with emotions? (A Lot). In M. J. Gelfand, C.-Y. Chiu, & Y.-Y. Hong (Eds.), Handbook of Advances in Culture and Psychology (Vol. 8, pp. 62-119). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190079741.003.0002 [details]
2020
- Schouten, A., Boiger, M., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2020). Cultural Differences in Emotion Suppression in Belgian and Japanese Couples: A Social Functional Model. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 1048. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01048 [details]
2019
- Boroş, S., van Gorp, L., & Boiger, M. (2019). When Holding in Prevents From Reaching Out: Emotion Suppression and Social Support-Seeking in Multicultural Groups. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 2431. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02431 [details]
2018
- Boiger, M., Ceulemans, E., De Leersnyder, J., Uchida, Y., Norasakkunkit, V., & Mesquita, B. (2018). Beyond Essentialism: Cultural Differences in Emotions Revisited. Emotion, 18(8), 1142-1162. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000390 [details]
- Kirchner, A., Boiger, M., Uchida, Y., Norasakkunkit, V., Verduyn, P., & Mesquita, B. (2018). Humiliated fury is not universal: the co-occurrence of anger and shame in the United States and Japan. Cognition & Emotion, 32(6), 1317-1328. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2017.1414686
2017
- Mesquita, B., Boiger, M., & De Leersnyder, J. (2017). Doing Emotions: The role of culture in everyday emotions. European Review of Social Psychology, 28(1), 95-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2017.1329107 [details]
2016
- Boiger, M., Uchida, Y., Norasakkunkit, V., & Mesquita, B. (2016). Protecting Autonomy, Protecting Relatedness: Appraisal Patterns of Daily Anger and Shame in the United States and Japan. Japanese Psychological Research, 58(1), 28-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12096
- Mesquita, B., Boiger, M., & De Leersnyder, J. (2016). The cultural construction of emotions. Current Opinion in Psychology, 8, 31-36. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.09.015 [details]
- Mesquita, B., De Leersnyder, J., & Boiger, M. (2016). The cultural psychology of emotion. In L. Feldman Barrett, M. Lewis, & J. M. Haviland-Jones (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions (4th ed., pp. 393-411). The Guilford Press. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1267129&site=ehost-live&scope=site [details]
2015
- De Leersnyder, J., Boiger, M., & Mesquita, B. (2015). Cultural differences in emotions. In R. Scott, & S. Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An interdisciplinary, searchable, and linkable resource Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0060
2014
- Boiger, M., Gungor, D., Karasawa, M., & Mesquita, B. (2014). Defending honour, keeping face: Interpersonal affordances of anger and shame in Turkey and Japan. Cognition & Emotion, 28(7), 1255-1269. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2014.881324
- Gungor, D., Karasawa, M., Boiger, M., Dincer, D., & Mesquita, B. (2014). Fitting in or Sticking Together: The Prevalence and Adaptivity of Conformity, Relatedness, and Autonomy in Japan and Turkey. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45(9), 1374-1389. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022114542977
- Mesquita, B., & Boiger, M. (2014). Emotions in Context: A Sociodynamic Model of Emotions. Emotion Review, 6(4), 298-302. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073914534480
2013
- Boiger, M., De Deyne, S., & Mesquita, B. (2013). Emotions in "the world": cultural practices, products, and meanings of anger and shame in two individualist cultures. Frontiers in Psychology, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00867
- Boiger, M., Mesquita, B., Uchida, Y., & Barrett, L. F. (2013). Condoned or Condemned: The Situational Affordance of Anger and Shame in the United States and Japan. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 39(4), 540-553. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167213478201
- Boiger, M., Mesquita, B., Uchida, Y., & Barrett, L. F. (2013). Erratum to Condoned or Condemned: The Situational Affordance of Anger and Shame in the United States and Japan (Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, (2013), 39, 4, (540-553), 10.1177/0146167213478201). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39(6), 839. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167213488870
- De Leersnyder, J., Boiger, M., & Mesquita, B. (2013). Cultural regulation of emotion: individual, relational, and structural sources. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 55. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00055
2012
- Boiger, M., & Mesquita, B. (2012). Emotion Science Needs to Account for the Social World. Emotion Review, 4(3), 236-237. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073912439789
- Boiger, M., & Mesquita, B. (2012). The Construction of Emotion in Interactions, Relationships, and Cultures. Emotion Review, 4(3), 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073912439765
- Boiger, M., Mesquita, B., Tsai, A. Y., & Markus, H. (2012). Influencing and adjusting in daily emotional situations: A comparison of European and Asian American action styles. Cognition & Emotion, 26(2), 332-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2011.572422
2024
- Boiger, M., Uchida, Y., & de Almeida, I. (2024). Amae, Saudade, and Schadenfreude. In A. Scarantino (Ed.), Emotion Theory: The Routledge Comprehensive Guide. - Volume 2: Theories of Specific Emotions and Major Theoretical Challenges (pp. 392-401). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003469018-24 [details]
2022
- Boiger, M., Riediger, M., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2022). Correction: The relational dynamics of anger and shame: scripts for emotional interactions in Germany and Japan. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 6(3), 359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-022-00110-2
2020
- Schouten, A., Boiger, M., Kirchner-Häusler, A., & Mesquita, B. (in press). Interpersonal emotions: The role of culture. In J. De Leersnyder (Ed.), The sociocultural shaping of emotion Cambridge University Press.
- Van Acker, K., Boiger, M., De Leersnyder, J., & Mesquita, B. (2020). Hoe emoties verschillen tussen culturen. In J. de Jong, & R. van Dijk (Eds.), Handboek culturele psychiatrie en psychotherapie (2e ed., pp. 163-178). De Tijdstroom. [details]
2019
- Boiger, M. (2019). A cultural psychological perspective on close relationships. In D. Schoebi, & B. Campos (Eds.), New Directions in the Psychology of Close Relationships (pp. 83-99). (Current Issues in Social Psychology). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351136266-6 [details]
- Boiger, M. (2019). Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Couples: Cultural Differences and Similarities. Kokoro no mirai (こころの未来), 22, 44. [details]
2017
- Boiger, M. (2017). Foreword: A Cultural Perspective on Shame. In E. Vanderheiden, & C.-H. Mayer (Eds.), The Value of Shame: Exploring a Health Resource in Cultural Contexts (pp. v-vii). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53100-7 [details]
2014
- Boiger, M., & Mesquita, B. (2014). A socio-dynamic perspective on the construction of emotion. In L. F. Barrett, & J. A. Russell (Eds.), .), The psychological construction of emotion (pp. 377-398). Guilford Press.
2011
- Kuczynski, L., Navara, G., & Boiger, M. (2011). The social relational perspective on family acculturation. In S. Chuang, & R. P. Moreno (Eds.), Immigrant children: Change, adaptation, and cultural transformation (pp. 171-192). Lexington Books.
2019
- Boiger, M., Kirchner, A., Schouten, A., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2019). Emotions during disagreements in Belgian and Japanese couples: A dynamic systems perspective.. Paper presented at Plenary Meeting of the International Society for Research on Emotion , Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Boiger, M., Kirchner, A., Schouten, A., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2019). Interpersonal emotion regulation in Japanese and Belgian couples. Poster session presented at Kokoro Research Center Symposium, Kyoto, Japan.
- Boiger, M., Kirchner, A., Schouten, A., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2019). The role of emotions during couple disagreements in Belgium and Japan.. Paper presented at IARR Mini Conference on Applied Relationship Science, Brighton, United Kingdom.
- Kirchner, A., Boiger, M., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2019). We move, we stay, together: Interpersonal patterns of affect in Belgium and Japan. Paper presented at Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences Annual Meeting, Liege, Belgium.
- Schouten, A., Boiger, M., Kirchner, A., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2019). Cultural differences in emotion suppression in Belgian and Japanese couples: A social functional model.. Poster session presented at Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences Annual Meeting, Liege, Belgium.
- Schouten, A., Boiger, M., Kirchner, A., Uchida, Y., & Mesquita, B. (2019). The role of interpersonal emotion regulation in promoting culturally prevalent emotional states in Japanese and Belgian couples.. Paper presented at Plenary Meeting of the International Society for Research on Emotion , Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Prize / grant
- Boiger, M. (2018). Kyoto University Kokoro Research Center’s (KRC) Collaborative Research Project (¥300.000,-).
- Boiger, M. (2014). Harry and Pola Triandis Doctoral Thesis Award.
Others
- Boiger, M. (organiser) & De Leersnyder, J. (organiser) (10-7-2019). The Socio-Cultural Shaping of Emotion, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Pauw, L. (organiser) & Boiger, M. (organiser) (1-7-2019). Symposium: Interpersonal dynamics of emotion and emotion regulation., Amsterdam. Symposium conducted at the Plenary Meeting of the International Society for Research on Emotion Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
2013
- Boiger, M. (2013). Emotion in Context: Constructions of Anger and Shame in Four Cultures.
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Ancillary activities
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Private practice
Emotion-focused and systemic relationship therapy
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Private practice
Doosje, B., Szekeres, H., Cáceres Quezada, E., Boiger, M., & Kende, J. (2024). The intergroup level: Moral emotions in intergroup relations- the motivations and consequences of advantaged group members' aims to challenge the intergroup inequality. In N. Ellemers, S. Pagliaro, & F. van Nunspeet (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of the Psychology of Morality (pp. 179-189). (Routledge international handbooks). Routledge.