This study examined cross-cultural similarities and differences in antecedents and appraisals of triumph. Participants in the U.S., Serbia, Russia, and Japan provided open-ended descriptions of previous antecedent events that elicited experiences of triumph, and completed a standard appraisal questionnaire about those events. Events that elicited pride were also included for comparison. The open-ended responses were coded using a framework that delineated theoretical characteristics of triumph based on previous research. Findings indicated cross-cultural similarities in the antecedents and appraisals of triumph-eliciting events. Cultural variations were also found, especially between Japan and the other cultural groups and with regard to self-evaluations, which suggested the role of culture in triggering and appraising emotion-eliciting events. These findings extended empirical evidence about these important components of triumph, further contributing to its possibility as a discrete emotion.

这项研究考察了跨文化的相似性以及胜利的评估和先验差异。美国，塞尔维亚，俄罗斯和日本的参与者对以前的事件进行了开放式描述，这些事件引起了胜利的经验，并完成了有关这些事件的标准评估问卷。引起骄傲的事件也包括在内以进行比较。不限成员名额的回答是使用一个框架进行编码的，该框架在先前的研究基础上描述了胜利的理论特征。研究结果表明，胜利事件发生的前因和评估具有跨文化的相似性。还发现了文化差异，特别是在日本和其他文化群体之间以及在自我评价方面，这表明文化在触发和评估引起情感的事件中的作用。