scholarly journals Constructing and validating a new measure of ingroup identification.

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Relationship Orientation ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Ingroup Identification

In this study we constructed a scale that measures centrality, social, communal, andinterdependent identifi cation, and investigated the distinction between these four different typesof identifi cation with social groups. The general aim was to examine the psychometric propertiesof the newly designed Centrality, Social, Communal, and Interdependent Identifi cation Scale(CSCIIS) and to investigate whether differences in self-construal, relationship orientation,gender, and culture might predict each type of identifi cation. The results provided initial supportfor the validity and the reliability of the CSCIIS, revealed cross-cultural differences in ingroupidentifi cation, and supported predictions regarding the correlations between particular types ofrelationships orientation and particular types of identifi cation with social groups.

scholarly journals The Body as an Object of Stigmatization in Cultures of Guilt and Shame: A Polish–Vietnamese Comparison

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (16) ◽  
pp. 2814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Lipowska ◽  
Ha Truong Thi Khanh ◽  
Mariusz Lipowski ◽  
Joanna Różycka-Tran ◽  
Mariola Bidzan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Body Esteem ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Body ◽  
Anthropometric Indices ◽  
Culture Of Honor ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Vietnamese Women ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Anthropometric Index

The aim of this paper is to examine cross-cultural differences in body stigmatization between the individualistic Christian culture of guilt (Poland) and the collectivistic Buddhist/Confucian culture of honor and shame (Vietnam). The study included 1290 university students from Poland (n = 586) and Vietnam (n = 704). Subjects filled in the body esteem scale and the perceived stigmatization questionnaire, and body measurements were collected to calculate anthropometric indices. Participants from Vietnam were less satisfied with their appearance than their Polish peers. Men in both countries assessed themselves more favorably. No anthropometric index predicted body esteem in Vietnamese women, while only indices related to fat levels were predictors in Polish women. Men with a V-shaped body assessed themselves as stronger and as having a better physical condition. A possible explanation of the observed cross-cultural differences is that interdependent self-construal makes young adults in collectivistic societies more susceptible to criticism, and the Confucian values of modesty and shame lead to them not perceiving their bodies as sexual objects. The Christian sense of guilt does not influence the perception of sexuality. Absence of friendly behavior mediated the relation between anthropometric indices and body esteem in both cultures.

scholarly journals Self-construal priming reconsidered: Comparing effects of two commonly used primes in the UK and China

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengyu Yang ◽  
Vivian L Vignoles
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Similar Pattern ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Interdependent Self ◽  
Construal Priming ◽  
The Uk

Self-construal priming was devised to mimic the effects of chronic cross-cultural differences. Primes designed to activate independent/interdependent self-construals have been found to affect numerous culturally relevant outcomes. However, researchers have rarely checked precisely what these primes activated, nor tested their cross-cultural equivalence. We compared two common priming tasks, Similarities vs. Differences with Family and Friends (SDFF) and Sumerian Warrior Story (SWS), across seven dimensions of independence/interdependence among 118 British and 178 Chinese participants. The two tasks activated different combinations of self-construal dimensions. SWS showed a similar pattern of effects across cultures, whereas SDFF more strongly affected Chinese participants. Neither manipulation closely mimicked the pattern of pre-existing cross-cultural differences between samples. We propose researchers should develop more precisely targeted self-construal primes.

Cognitive gadgets: A provocative but flawed manifesto

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Del Giudice
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Evolutionary Approach ◽  
Genetic Inheritance ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Cherry Picking ◽  
Dichotomous Thinking

Abstract The argument against innatism at the heart of Cognitive Gadgets is provocative but premature, and is vitiated by dichotomous thinking, interpretive double standards, and evidence cherry-picking. I illustrate my criticism by addressing the heritability of imitation and mindreading, the relevance of twin studies, and the meaning of cross-cultural differences in theory of mind development. Reaching an integrative understanding of genetic inheritance, plasticity, and learning is a formidable task that demands a more nuanced evolutionary approach.

Cross-Cultural Differences in the Temporal Distribution of Autobiographical Memory

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve M. J. Janssen ◽  
Anna Gralak ◽  
Yayoi Kawasaki ◽  
Gert Kristo ◽  
Pedro M. Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences

¡Pura vida! Cross-cultural differences in happiness and satisfaction with life

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Anderson ◽  
Michael K. Lunn ◽  
Ronald W. Wright ◽  
Alicia Limke
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences
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