Research Articles

Much of my doctoral work relates to the experience and expression of (positive) emotions.

Complementary to my PhD, I also investigated how people make sense of their social identities (race, class, religion).

My most current research is situated at the intersection of identity and emotions.

Articles on Emotions

Manokara, K., & Sauter, D. (in press). Emotion Universals: The Foundation from which Cultural Variability of Emotion Emerges. In J. De Leersnyder (Ed.), The Socio-cultural Shaping of Emotion. Cambridge University Press. Accepted version: osf.io/72twd

Manokara, K., Balabanova, A., Đurić, M., Fischer, A., & Sauter, D. (2024). Not showing you feel good, can be bad: The consequences of breaking expressivity norms for positive emotions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2024.104600

Kamiloglu, R., Manokara, K., Sauter, D., Tybur, J. (2024). When to laugh, when to cry: Display rules of nonverbal vocalisations across four cultures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-024-00473-w  

Cowen, A., Brooks, J., ….. Manokara, K., ….. Keltner, D. (2024). How emotion is experienced and expressed in multiple cultures: A large-scale experiment across North America, Europe, and Japan. Frontiers in Psychology. 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1350631

Manokara, K., Fischer, A., & Sauter, D. (2023). Display rules differ between positive emotions: Not all that feels good, looks good. Emotion. 23(1), 243 -260. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001078

Sun, R., Balabanova, A., ..… Manokara, K., ….. Sauter, D.A. (2023). Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001235

Manokara, K., Đurić, M., Fischer, A., & Sauter, D. (2021). Do people agree on how positive emotions are expressed? A Survey of four emotions and five modalities across 11 cultures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 45(4), 601-632. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-021-00376-0

Sharman, L. S., Dingle, G. A., ….. Manokara, K., ….. & Vanman, E. J. (2019). The relationship of gender roles and beliefs to crying in an international sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2288. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02288

Manokara, K., Teulings, I., Cong, Y., Kamiloglu, R., Fischer, A., Sauter, D. (submitted). More than just smiling: Spontaneous facial expressions of 22 positive emotions. Pre-print available: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/afb2n_v1 

Articles on Identity (and Emotions)

Manokara, K., Hornsey, M., & Jetten, J. (2025). The Elite Global Citizen: How Wealth Shapes Cosmopolitan Identity and Charitable Intentions. European Journal of Social Psychology. 55(1), 99-118. http://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3114 

Kawakami, K., Manokara, K., & Fang, X (2023). Impact of Face Masks on Perceptions of Black and White Targets during COVID-19. Social & Personality Psychology Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12810

*Khatry, P., *Manokara, K., & Harris, L. T. (2021). Socioeconomic Status and           Dehumanization in India: Elaboration of the Stereotype Content Model in a non-WEIRD sample. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(6), 908-919.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620976206

Manokara, K., Lee, A., Kamble, S. V., & Krumhuber, E. G. (2021). Mind your meat: Religious differences in the social perception of animals. International Journal of Psychology, 56(3), 466-477. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12717

*Ye, Z., *Manokara, K., Lamba, N., Sauter, D., & Sun, R. (revision requested). Beliefs about positive emotional expressions diverge by target social class. Submitted version available: osf.io/69ryq

Van Cappellen, P., Lowicki, P., Tan, C., Balkaya-Ince, M., Schnitker, S., Cameron, D., Bernal, A., Manokara, K. (submitted) Who cares? Religiosity predicts compassionate responses to others suffering. Pre-print available: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/h85cq_v1?view_only=