Being the minority hurts or helps? A moderated mediation model of group membership, cross-cultural acceptance, and school adjustment

2020 ◽  
pp. 136843022095213
Author(s):  
Kathy Kar-man Shum ◽  
Winnie Wai Lan Chan ◽  
Emily Wing See Tsoi ◽  
Shui-fong Lam
Keyword(s):  
School Engagement ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
School Adjustment ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model

This study examined the relations between majority/minority group membership and cross-cultural acceptance, and their linkage to school adjustment. A total of 2,016 students (ethnic minority [EM]: 51%; boys: 50%) at Grades 2, 5, 8, and 11 from 15 schools in Hong Kong participated in the study. These schools were either of low (below 30%) or high EM concentrations (over 70%). EM students at low-EM-concentration schools and Chinese students at high-EM-concentration schools both belonged to the minority groups in their respective schools. Moderated mediation analyses showed that being the numerical minority in school predicted higher school engagement and more positive affect. The associations between numerical group membership and adjustment outcomes were each mediated by the intention to accept outgroup members. In other words, higher cross-cultural acceptance was found among students who were themselves the minority in school, and stronger outgroup acceptance, in turn, predicted better adjustment.

scholarly journals Where energy flows, passion grows: testing a moderated mediation model of work passion through a cross-cultural lens

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingxiong Weng ◽  
Hirra Pervez Butt ◽  
Shamika Almeida ◽  
Bilal Ahmed ◽  
Asfia Obaid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Energy Flows ◽  
Work Passion

Loneliness, regulatory focus, inter-personal competence, and online game addiction

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-yeon Lee ◽  
Dong Woo Ko ◽  
Hyemin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Online Game ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Personal Competence ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Game Addiction

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the predictors of game addiction based on loneliness, motivation and inter-personal competence using the samples of college students recruited from South Korea (n=251). Design/methodology/approach The authors examined the underlying mechanism of game addiction by testing a moderated mediation model, in which inter-personal competence moderated the mediation model of loneliness, regulatory focus and online game addiction. First, the authors clarified the relationship among loneliness, motivation and inter-personal competence, to understand the influences of loneliness on other variables in this study (mediation test). Second, the authors examined the underlying mechanism of game addiction by testing a moderated mediation model, in which inter-personal competence moderated the mediation model of loneliness, regulatory focus and online game addiction (moderated mediation). Findings Regulatory focus mediated the effect of loneliness on online game addiction. Moderated mediation analyses using PROCESS confirmed that inter-personal competence significantly buffered the indirect effect of loneliness (through regulatory focus) on online game addiction. The findings indicated that inter-personal competence accounted for significant differences in the mediation models. Originality/value This study bridges the gap in the online game addiction literature by explaining how loneliness is associated with online game addiction.

scholarly journals Social Networking Sites Addiction and Materialism Among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model Involving Depression and Need to Belong

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengcheng Wang ◽  
Li Lei ◽  
Guoliang Yu ◽  
Biao Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model

Recent research indicates that social networking site (SNS) addiction is positively associated with materialism. However, little attention has been paid to the potential mechanisms in this relationship. This study tested the mediating role of depression and the moderating role of need to belong (NTB) in the relationships between SNS addiction and adolescents’ materialism. This research model was tested among 733 adolescents in China (mean age = 16.79 years, SD = 0.91). The findings indicated that both SNS addiction and NTB were positively related to adolescents’ materialism. Mediation analyses showed that depression mediated the association between SNS addiction and adolescents’ materialism. Moderated mediation indicated that the effect of SNS addiction on materialism and the effect of SNS addiction on depression were exacerbated by NTB. This study can advance our understanding of how SNS could contribute to adolescents’ materialism in this digital society.

The (socio) politics of misfit: a moderated-mediation model

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Zubielevitch ◽  
Helena D. Cooper–Thomas ◽  
Gordon W. Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Job Mobility ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Organizational Responsiveness ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Novel Model

PurposeThe growing instability of the labor market will almost certainly result in more employees whose values misfit with their organization’s. This paper draws from the exit-neglect-voice-loyalty model to examine a broader range of responses to misfit; explores sociopolitical resources as the mechanisms through which misfit transmits its effects and investigates job mobility as a boundary condition enhancing or constraining responses to misfit.Design/methodology/approachA novel model (N = 152 New Zealand employees) examined links from misfit to two sociopolitical resources (perceived influence and organizational responsiveness) and from these to exit-neglect-voice-loyalty moderated by job mobility. Supplemental analyses examine moderated-mediation.FindingsMisfit negatively predicted both sociopolitical resources, perceived influence and organizational responsiveness. Moderated-mediation analyses showed that the constructive reactions to misfit (voice and loyalty) were predicted conditionally at low levels of job mobility and indirectly via the respective sociopolitical resources. In contrast, destructive reactions to misfit (exit and neglect) were predicted directly, with neglect predicted at high levels of job mobility.Research limitations/implicationsImplications for human resource practitioners highlight the deleterious repercussions of misfit but also include the conditions under which misfit employees may attempt to constructively salvage their employment relationship.Originality/valueThis study integrates a broader set of concurrent responses to misfit using the exit-neglect-voice-loyalty typology, as well as introducing sociopolitical perspectives to the literature on misfit.

When Celebrities Count: Power Distance Beliefs and Celebrity Endorsements

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Page Winterich ◽  
Manish Gangwar ◽  
Rajdeep Grewal
Keyword(s):  
Power Distance ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Celebrity Endorsements ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Source Expertise ◽  
Durable Products ◽  
Positive Effect

The use of celebrity endorsements varies across countries; does their effectiveness similarly vary across cultures? The authors propose that power distance beliefs (PDB), a cultural orientation related to the extent to which people expect and accept differences in power, moderate the effects of celebrity endorsements. A positive effect of celebrity endorsers on evaluations of advertising should be more potent with greater PDB; source expertise and trustworthiness likely underlie this effect. To test the hypotheses, the authors use moderated mediation analyses, with corrections for measurement error and endogeneity of the mediators (source expertise and trustworthiness). The results of three studies, using both manipulated and measured PDB for respondents in different countries and with a variety of endorsers, demonstrate that PDB determine the effectiveness of celebrity endorsements on attitudes toward the advertisement and the brand. In support of the moderated mediation model, perceptions of source expertise and trust mediate the effect of celebrity endorsements, conditional on PDB. The results hold for nondurables but do not generalize to durable products.

scholarly journals Relationships Between Cross-Cultural Adaption, Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Among International Undergraduate Students From a Medical University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Moderated Mediation Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Wang ◽  
Lu Lu ◽  
Xuehang Wang ◽  
Min Qu ◽  
Lulu Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Life Orientation Test ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Cultural Adaption

International university students may be at greater risk for developing psychological problems due to the unique stressors in them, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of present study is to propose and test a moderated mediation model that would illuminate the underlying relationships of cross-cultural adaption, perceived stress and psychological health as well as the moderating effect of optimism and resilience among international medical undergraduates in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was conducted via a web-based survey in November 2020. Electronic informed consents were obtained from all participants. A total of 453 students including 233 males and 220 females aged 18 to 28 years with an average age of 22.09 (SD = 2.73) completed the questionnaires. Symptom Checklist 90, the measurement of cross-cultural adaption, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Life Orientation Test-Revised and the Resilience Scale were used for the survey. Results for the moderated mediation model testing revealed that cross-cultural adaption significantly and negatively associated with the Global Severity Index (GSI) of the Symptom Checklist 90 (β = −0.24, P < 0.01), and perceived stress partially mediated the relationship. Optimism (β = −0.29, P < 0.01) and confidence in COVID-19 control (β = −0.19, P < 0.01) had direct negative effects on perceived stress. Furthermore, optimism and resilience negatively moderated the indirect effect of cross-cultural adaption on psychological health through perceived stress. Findings of this study suggest that university educators ought to promote or make use of programs that cope with stress and boost optimism and resilience in order to support students not only adapt well to a new culture, but also keep good psychological health during the period of COVID-19 pandemic.

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