scholarly journals The Influence of Chinese Machiavellianism and Moral Identity on the Level of Anxiety in Moral Dilemma Situations in Chinese Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shujun Tang ◽  
Kai Li
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Moral Dilemma ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
Good Deeds

Based on the conflict-of-values theory, this study examines the influences of Machiavellianism and ethical values on anxiety in college students when they face moral dilemmas. Questionnaires on the Chinese equivalent of Machiavellianism, moral identity, and anxiety were completed by 115 Chinese college students. The results suggest that Machiavellianism and ethical values influence anxiety, and the interaction between ethical values and Machiavellianism is significant—among individuals with high ethical values, those with high levels of Machiavellianism exhibit markedly higher levels of anxiety than those with low levels of Machiavellianism. However, among individuals with low ethical values, there is no difference in anxiety between those with low or high levels of Machiavellianism. This research, depicting complex relationships among anxiety, Machiavellianism, and ethical values, suggests that leading people to do good deeds not only requires high ethical values but also necessitates the resistance to negative values such as Machiavellianism.

Culture and Importance of Backgrounds: A Cross-Cultural Study of Photograph Taking

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 603-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Chen Li ◽  
Adam Smithson ◽  
Ethan Spann ◽  
Fang Ruan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Digital Cameras ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Intended Target ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
American Students ◽  
Individualistic Culture

To compare the focus on targeted people while taking a photograph, samples of American and Chinese college students were randomly selected and asked to take casual pictures of people around them with digital cameras. About 200 photographs were rated for the focus on the intended target in the picture. American students were more likely to focus on the targeted individual, while the Chinese students were more likely to attend to the background and the environment of the targeted individual. The findings imply that for the Chinese college students, the environment can be equally important as the person. Possibly for Americans the environment is less important due to the more individualistic culture.

scholarly journals comparison between freshmen and sophomores EFL writing of Chinese students from the perspective of pragmatic failures

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 86-92
Author(s):  
He Dan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Culture Learning ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Pragmatic Failure ◽  
Comparison And Analysis

This thesis is intended to probe into improve Chinese college students English writing from the perspective of pragmatic failure. T here is an experimental study with a questionnaire is analyzed to infer the students opinions and habits in English writing and culture learning and teaching. All the data and results of the research are analyzed to infer the causes of pragmatic failures in students English writing. The comparison and analysis between the two grades may show us to what extent these students improved and changed in their English writing in the two years

Scores on Loneliness of Chinese and American College Students

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolin Xie
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
American Students

197 American college students going to school in Oklahoma and 91 Chinese college students going to school in China participated. Chinese students from extended families (families with three generations) reported less loneliness than those from nuclear famines. In the younger group (aged 18 to 20 yr.), Chinese students scored higher on loneliness than American students as did all freshman compared with all sophomore students. Significant interactions between nation and years in college and between nation and family structure (extended families vs nuclear families) were found within the same age group.

scholarly journals Effect of Relationship Closeness on Group-Induced Choice Shifts Among Chinese Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Junsu Park ◽  
Do-Yeong Kim ◽  
Cheng Cheng ◽  
Dongju Lee
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Relationship Closeness ◽  
Prior Relationship

Using hypothetical choice-dilemma scenarios, we examined the effect of relationship closeness on group-induced choice shifts in a sample of Chinese college students. Previous studies, which have shown an aversion to risk among Chinese students, have overlooked prior relationship closeness. This study attempts to fill the gap in the research by taking this factor into account. The study found that students shifted their choice toward greater risks when placed in groups composed entirely of individuals with high levels of closeness in their relationships than when they were alone. The implications of the findings are discussed from a Chinese Guanxi cultural perspective. 

scholarly journals Parenting Style and Cyber-Aggression in Chinese Youth: The Role of Moral Disengagement and Moral Identity

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yizhi Zhang ◽  
Cheng Chen ◽  
Zhaojun Teng ◽  
Cheng Guo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Cyber Aggression ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Previous research has shown that parenting style is intricately linked to cyber-aggression. However, the underlying mechanisms of this relationship remain unclear, especially among young adults. Guided by the social cognitive theory and the ecological system theory, this study aimed to examine the effect of parenting style on cyber-aggression, the potential mediating role of moral disengagement, and the moderating role of moral identity in this relationship. Participants comprised 1,796 Chinese college students who anonymously completed questionnaires on parenting style, moral disengagement, moral identity, cyber-aggression, and demographic variables. After controlling for sex and age, parental rejection and over-protection were positively related to cyber-aggression; however, parental emotional warmth was non-significantly related to cyber-aggression. Mediation analysis revealed that parenting style was related to cyber-aggressive behavior through moral disengagement. Moderated mediation analysis further indicated that the indirect effect of parenting style on cyber-aggression was much stronger in college students with higher moral identity. The study carries important practical implications for parents and educators concerned about the destructive consequences of cyber-aggression.

scholarly journals Using the CNI Model to Investigate Individual Differences in Moral Dilemma Judgments

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1392-1407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Körner ◽  
Roland Deutsch ◽  
Bertram Gawronski
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Individual Difference ◽  
Behavioral Activation ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Moral Dilemma ◽  
Need For Cognition ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
General Preference

Typical moral dilemmas pitting the consequences of a given action against the action’s consistency with moral norms confound several determinants of moral judgments. Dissociating these determinants, the CNI model allows researchers to quantify sensitivity to consequences, sensitivity to norms, and general preference for inaction over action regardless of consequences and norms. However, with the currently available set of dilemmas for research using the CNI model, the model is not suitable for studies with individual-difference designs. To overcome this limitation, the current research investigated the suitability of an extended dilemma battery to make the CNI model amenable for individual-difference research, examining relations of its parameters with psychopathy, empathic concern, need for cognition, self-reported utilitarianism, behavioral activation/inhibition, moral identity, and religiosity. The results support the suitability of the CNI model for individual-difference research with the extended dilemma battery, providing more nuanced insights into the underpinnings of individual differences in moral dilemma judgments.

scholarly journals Research into the Usage of the Word “Otherwise” for Chinese College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1022
Author(s):  
Xiu Zeng
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
The Way

The word “otherwise” has long been viewed as a challenge to most Chinese college students, for it often changes in the way that it is used and understood. By taking a careful study of the word itself and the context where the word is used, this paper tries to explore the possible uses and interpretations of the word “otherwise” to help Chinese students better understand it in different contexts, and then to offer the suggested solutions to the improvement in the proper understanding and use of the word.

Measures of RSA Suppression, Attentional Control, and Negative Affect Predict Self-Ratings of Executive Functions

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 164-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Healy ◽  
Aaron Treadwell ◽  
Mandy Reagan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Attentional Control ◽  
Executive Processes ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Low Levels

The current study was an attempt to determine the degree to which the suppression of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and attentional control were influential in the ability to engage various executive processes under high and low levels of negative affect. Ninety-four college students completed the Stroop Test while heart rate was being recorded. Estimates of the suppression of RSA were calculated from each participant in response to this test. The participants then completed self-ratings of attentional control, negative affect, and executive functioning. Regression analysis indicated that individual differences in estimates of the suppression of RSA, and ratings of attentional control were associated with the ability to employ executive processes but only when self-ratings of negative affect were low. An increase in negative affect compromised the ability to employ these strategies in the majority of participants. The data also suggest that high attentional control in conjunction with attenuated estimates of RSA suppression may increase the ability to use executive processes as negative affect increases.

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