The Pennebaker Paradigm

Some probable ethical worries with the Pennebaker Paradigm may be regarding to culture. The Pennebaker Paradigm is supported by or perceived within a social context but not cultural and this may be an ethical issue/concern for some individuals. One’s expression of emotion may differ culturally or even experience emotion the same way as most of us do. As a matter of fact, it is asserted by Markus and Kitayama (1991) that “the experience of an emotion depend[s] on the current construal of the social situation.” (Lopez, Snyder, & Pedrotti, 2008). Other’s may perceive as morally wrong, to say the least. They may have the belief that expressing their emotions in terms of writing may be perceived as unnecessary or the such. The Pennebaker Paradigm