scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Comparisons of the Cute and Related Concepts in Japan, the United States, and Israel

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Nittono ◽  
Shiri Lieber Milo ◽  
Joshua Dale
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older People ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Cultural Comparisons

<p>An online survey was conducted to clarify the semantic image of the cute and attitudes toward cuteness in three countries: Japan, the United States, and Israel (total <i>N</i> = 2,155). The results show a remarkable resemblance in respondents’ conceptions of the cute (<i>kawaii</i> in Japanese and <i>hamud</i> in Hebrew) across countries. Several common tendencies were found: (1) Cuteness is highly appreciated and believed to induce positive affective responses, (2) women tend to find things cute more frequently and strongly than men do, (3) animal babies are thought to be cuter than human babies, and (4) infants are found to be cuter when people get older, while older people generally show less positive attitudes toward cuteness. This study demonstrates that the concept of cuteness and the feelings connected to its perception are universal.</p>

scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Comparisons of the Cute and Related Concepts in Japan, the United States, and Israel

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402098873
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Nittono ◽  
Shiri Lieber-Milo ◽  
Joshua P. Dale
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older People ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Cultural Comparisons

An online survey was conducted to clarify the connotative meanings of the cute and the attitudes toward cuteness in three countries: Japan ( n = 1,000), the United States ( n = 718), and Israel ( n = 437). The results show a remarkable resemblance in respondents’ conceptions of the cute ( kawaii in Japanese and hamud in Hebrew) across countries. Except for slight cultural differences, the following common tendencies were found: (a) Cuteness is highly appreciated and believed to induce positive affective responses, (b) women tend to find things cute more frequently and strongly than men do, (c) animal babies are thought to be cuter than human babies, and (d) infants are found to be cuter when people get older, while older people generally show less positive attitudes toward cuteness. This study provides some evidence that the concept of cuteness and the feelings connected to its perception are universal.

scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Comparisons of the Cute and Related Concepts in Japan, the United States, and Israel

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Nittono ◽  
Shiri Lieber Milo ◽  
Joshua Dale
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older People ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Cultural Comparisons

<p>An online survey was conducted to clarify the semantic image of the cute and attitudes toward cuteness in three countries: Japan, the United States, and Israel (total <i>N</i> = 2,155). The results show a remarkable resemblance in respondents’ conceptions of the cute (<i>kawaii</i> in Japanese and <i>hamud</i> in Hebrew) across countries. Several common tendencies were found: (1) Cuteness is highly appreciated and believed to induce positive affective responses, (2) women tend to find things cute more frequently and strongly than men do, (3) animal babies are thought to be cuter than human babies, and (4) infants are found to be cuter when people get older, while older people generally show less positive attitudes toward cuteness. This study demonstrates that the concept of cuteness and the feelings connected to its perception are universal.</p>

scholarly journals The dependence of the help of grandparents on the distance of household: on the example Russia, the United States, and Brazil

2021 ◽  
pp. 10-33
Author(s):  
Olga Vladimirovna Semenova ◽  
Mariana L'vovna Butovskaya
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Modern Family ◽  
Feminization Of Migration

The key goals of this research consists in assessment and comparative analysis of the help of family in large postindustrial societies. For this purpose, the author carries out a cross-cultural comparative study of the frequency of family contacts in the three countries: Russia, the United States, and Brazil. Based on the 2019 online survey, the author collected quantitative data on the involvement of grandparents into upbringing process of their grandchildren in Russia (N=620), USA (N=308) and Brazil (N=603). In addition to the basic biosocial demographic parameters, the survey included two target questions on the frequency of communication between grandparents and grandchildren. Intensive migration processes and the resulting distance of households between the two generations in the indicated countries substantially reduces the traditional help of grandparents in upbringing the younger generation. The acquired data demonstrate the significant differences that take place in these three countries, and their correlation with the peculiarities of the family lifestyle in other countries. For example, the help of grandparents in Brazil is much lower than in Russia. Comprehensive analysis is also conducted on the factors that reduce the involvement of grandparents in upbringing of their grandchildren in Brazil. The decrease in the frequency of family contacts may be associated with the intensive urbanization processes unfolding in Brazil over the few recent decades. At the same time, the acquired data may reflect the in-depth processes of feminization of migration from less developed regions of the world to more economically prosperous countries. The analysis of the observed consequences of accelerated urbanization in Brazil is of applied importance for understanding the future prospects for the development of modern family.

Counselors’ Attitudes Towards Working With Clients With Substance Use Disorders

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 630-656
Author(s):  
Zachary A. D. Cornfield ◽  
Anita M. Hubley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Frequent Contact ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Situational Constraints

Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a significant and growing problem in all walks of life in Canada and the United States. Counselors are increasingly likely to have clients with SUDs regardless of their area of expertise. There is limited research on counselors’ attitudes towards working with such clients, or the factors that contribute to these attitudes. In an online survey of 263 Canadian counselors, we found attitudes were mostly positive, although statistically significantly less positive than toward working with clients with major depression. Numerous variables showed significant bivariate relationships with attitudes towards working with clients with SUDs, but only more frequent contact with such clients, fewer workplace situational constraints, and less frequent feelings of anger towards such clients remained as significant predictors of more positive attitudes in a regression analysis. Our research highlights the importance of providing more support for counselors to ensure better service to clients with SUDs.

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