Sharing and Non‐sharing Happiness: Evidence from Cross‐Cultural Studies in the United States and Japan

Abstract Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the cultural dimensions of conflict resolution. Books, numerous studies, and courses have offered perspectives on the nature of culture and its complex relationship to the transformation of conflict. This article focuses on metaphors concerning negotiations across cultures. The study attempts to contribute knowledge in the field of cross-cultural studies on language and culture, especially with regards to negotiation metaphors. The article attempts to answer a question how does the usage of metaphors for the process of negotiation differ across cultures

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The sense of obligation is culturally modulated

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19002371 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Andrea Bender

Keyword(s):

Cultural Studies ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Human Populations ◽

Cultural Group ◽

Target Article ◽

Sense Of Obligation ◽

Cross Cultural Studies

Abstract Tomasello argues in the target article that, in generalizing the concrete obligations originating from interdependent collaboration to one's entire cultural group, humans become “ultra-cooperators.” But are all human populations cooperative in similar ways? Based on cross-cultural studies and my own fieldwork in Polynesia, I argue that cooperation varies along several dimensions, and that the underlying sense of obligation is culturally modulated.

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The Structure of Wiggins' Interpersonal Circumplex: Cross-Cultural Studies

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027//1015-5759.15.3.196 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 196-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Rosario Martínez-Arias ◽

Fernando Silva ◽

Ma Teresa Díaz-Hidalgo ◽

Generós Ortet ◽

Micaela Moro

Keyword(s):

Cultural Studies ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

The Other ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Interpersonal Circumplex ◽

Research Groups ◽

Independent Research ◽

Research Results ◽

Cross Cultural Studies

Summary: This paper presents the results obtained in Spain with The Interpersonal Adjective Scales of J.S. Wiggins (1995) concerning the variables' structure. There are two Spanish versions of IAS, developed by two independent research groups who were not aware of each other's work. One of these versions was published as an assessment test in 1996. Results from the other group have remained unpublished to date. The set of results presented here compares three sources of data: the original American manual (from Wiggins and collaborators), the Spanish manual (already published), and the new IAS (our own research). Results can be considered satisfactory since, broadly speaking, the inner structure of the original instrument is well replicated in the Spanish version.

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