Overcoming low status or maintaining high status? A multinational examination of the association between socioeconomic status and honour

Ángel, Sánchez-Rodríguez and Conor, O'Dea and Ayse, K. Uskul and Alexander, Kirchner-Häusler and Vivian, Vignoles and Phatthanakit, Chobthamkit and Mai Sumiyati, Ishak (2025) Overcoming low status or maintaining high status? A multinational examination of the association between socioeconomic status and honour. The British Journal of Social Psychology, 64 (1). pp. 1-25. ISSN 2044-8309

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Abstract

We examined the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and endorsement of honour. We studied the SES-honour link in 5 studies (N=13,635) with participants recruited in different world regions (the Mediterranean and MENA, East Asian, South-East Asian, and Anglo-Western regions) using measures that tap into various different facets of honour. Findings from these studies revealed that individuals who subjectively perceived themselves as belonging to a higher (vs. lower) SES endorsed various facets of honour more strongly (i.e. defence of family honour values and concerns, self-promotion and retaliation values, masculine honour beliefs, emphasis on personal and family social image, the so-called street code). We discuss implications of these findings for the cultural dynamics linked to SES

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