Cognitive and affective components of empathy and their relationship with personality dimensions in a Chinese sample
Empathy is an essential component of social interactions and may be related to personality characteristics. However, this issue has not been extensively examined in a Chinese sample. Students at six universities in China (N = 257) completed the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire‐Revised (EPQ‐R), and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS‐21). Using multiple regression analyses, and after accounting for demographic variables (sex and age), it was found that the affective empathy component Personal Distress positively predicted EPQ‐R Neuroticism scores (β = .4...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - March 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: David L. Neumann, Raymond C. K. Chan, Yi Wang, Gregory J. Boyle Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Differential associations between maternal and paternal parenting and physical and relational aggression
A large number of studies have demonstrated that negative parenting is associated with greater levels of aggression (relational and physical) among school‐age children in Western cultures. However, the investigation of this association for children in non‐Western cultures is still in its infancy. The present study examines the associations between maternal and paternal parenting behaviours (conflict with the child, physical aggression toward the child and relational aggression toward the child) and forms of aggression, and explores gender differences in these associations among Japanese boys and girls. The participants...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - March 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yoshito Kawabata, Nicki R. Crick Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Uncovering the diverse cultural bases of social identity: Ingroup ties predict self‐stereotyping among individualists but not among collectivists
On what basis do people form their social identities? To investigate this issue, the present research investigates cross‐cultural differences in self‐stereotyping, a key outcome of social identification. In particular, the research tests the hypothesis that ingroup ties are a stronger predictor of self‐stereotyping among people from individualist cultures than among people from collectivist cultures. In Study 1, university students (N = 117) completed measures of ingroup ties and self‐stereotyping with respect to an intimacy group (family and friends). Consistent with predictions, ingroup ties significantly pre...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - March 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mark Rubin, Milen Milanov, Stefania Paolini Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Are there different moral domains? Evidence from Mongolia
In this paper we report a study conducted in Mongolia on the scope of morality, that is, the extent to which people moralize different social domains. Following Turiel's moral‐conventional task, we characterized moral transgressions (in contrast to conventional transgressions) in terms of two dimensions: authority independence and generality of scope. Different moral domains are then defined by grouping such moral transgressions in terms of their content (following Haidt's classification of morally relevant domains). There are four main results of the study. First, since all five Haidtian domains were moralized by the Mo...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - March 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Renatas Berniūnas, Vilius Dranseika, Paulo Sousa Tags: Short Note Source Type: research
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Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - March 22, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Issue Information ‐ TOC Source Type: research
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Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - March 20, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ramadhar Singh Tags: Miscellaneous Source Type: research
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Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - February 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Issue Information ‐ TOC Source Type: research
Applying Western models of volunteering in Hong Kong: The role of empathy, prosocial motivation and motive–experience fit for volunteering
The present research investigates the applicability of prominent Western volunteering frameworks in Hong Kong. Two cross‐sectional surveys involving a total of 268 respondents were conducted. In Study 1, we tested a model of volunteering among 149 Hong Kong Chinese adult individuals (Mage = 34.8 years; 51.7% female) that examines antecedents and outcomes of voluntary engagement. Results show that prosocial motivation relates to volunteering, and that volunteering in turn predicts life satisfaction. Unexpectedly, and unlike studies in Western settings, other‐oriented empathy was not related to volunteering. Study 2 ...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - January 20, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Arzu Aydinli‐Karakulak, Michael Bender, Alice Ming Lin Chong, Xiaodong Yue Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Priming modernity and work experiences strengthens the association between fairness/harm concerns and anger in China
According to the CAD model of emotional responses to immorality, if an event violates the moral foundations of justice and harm, people will feel angry. However, the model is silent on whether the strength of association between anger and perceived injustice/harm is context‐dependent. Using a contextual priming paradigm, the current research shows that in China, the association between anger and perceived injustice/harm is stronger when work (vs family) and modern (vs traditional) contexts are primed. Specifically, we primed modernity versus traditionality (Experiment 1) and work experiences (Experiment 2) and measured t...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - January 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Manqi Chen, Yuan Li, Wenjun Gao Tags: Special Issue Article Source Type: research
Effects of dilemma type, language, and emotion arousal on utilitarian vs deontological choice to moral dilemmas in Chinese–English bilinguals
The present study examines how dilemma type (personal or impersonal moral dilemma), language (native or foreign) and emotion arousal to a dilemma could affect Chinese–English bilinguals' deontological vs utilitarian moral choices regarding 39 moral dilemmas. How emotion arousal plays a mediating role in the effects of dilemma type and language on moral choices is also investigated. As shown in multilevel analyses, participants made fewer utilitarian choices for personal dilemmas than impersonal dilemmas. Although emotion arousal of dilemmas significantly mediated this effect of dilemma type, the indirect effect of dilemm...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - January 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yuen‐Lai Chan, Xuan Gu, Jacky Chi‐Kit Ng, Chi‐Shing Tse Tags: Special Issue Article Source Type: research
Validation of the Volunteer Motivation Scale and its relations with work climate and intention among Chinese volunteers
Grounded in self‐determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985), this two‐phase research examines the reliability and validity of the Volunteer Motivation Scale with Chinese volunteers (VMS‐C) and its relationship with the supportive work climate and intention to continue being a volunteer. In Study 1, the initial item pool of the VMS‐C with 18 items measuring six motivation types was administrated to Chinese volunteers (N = 362). Factor analysis led to a five‐factor model with 15 items. This model was cross‐validated using confirmatory factor analysis. The five factors were intrinsic motivation, identif...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - January 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chunxiao Li, Yandan Wu, Ying Hwa Kee Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Imagining a good life in Malaysia and China: Cultural beliefs among Mainland Chinese, Malaysian Chinese, and Malay University students
This study investigates beliefs about a good life among Malays, Malaysian Chinese and Mainland Chinese university students as a follow up to earlier findings. Three hundred and sixteen participants – 95 Mainland Chinese, 123 Malaysian Chinese and 98 Malay were asked to evaluate 30 descriptors of a good or worthwhile life that are commonly cited across cultural groups. Results show significant between‐group differences for seven of the 30 criteria. Consistent with earlier findings, differences among Asian groups emerged along a theoretical dimension related to practical concerns on one side as compared to moral and spir...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - December 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gregory Bonn, Tam Cai Lian Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Chinese are more loss averse than British
This research investigates how culture might influence loss aversion. Chinese were expected to be more loss averse than British because of cultural differences in regulatory focus. Study 1 reveals that compared with British participants, Chinese participants were less likely to give up gifts they had received in exchange for new gifts. In Study 2, Chinese and British participants imagined buying a computer which either had a high specification and a high price tag (high reference), or a basic specification and a low price tag (low reference). Participants were informed that the (reference) computer was unavailable, and the...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - December 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tieyuan Guo, Roy Spina Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Lay descriptive and normative theories of morality: Understanding moral emotions in contemporary Asia
The seven articles included in this special issue address two major themes in the study of moral emotions in contemporary Asia. The first theme concerns the important role of moral emotions in moral choices and moral behaviours, and the second theme concerns the effects of culture on the connection between moral judgment and moral emotions. In this introduction, these common themes are introduced and a lay theory perspective to inspire future research is proposed. In particular, it is postulated that, in every society, some people (lay descriptive theorists) view morality as the code of conduct put forward by society and a...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - December 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chi‐Yue Chiu Tags: Introduction Source Type: research
Do Chinese distinguish between ethics of community, autonomy and divinity?*
The CAD model has identified three major domains of ethics: the ethics of autonomy, the ethics of community and the ethics of divinity. Moral foundation theory (MFT) further postulates that justice‐ and harm‐related morality are moral foundations of autonomous ethics, and violations of these foundations would elicit anger. Ingroup loyalty and authority are the moral foundations of the ethics of community, and violations of these foundations would evoke contempt. Finally, purity is the moral foundation of the ethics of divinity, and violations of this foundation would elicit disgust. The present study was carried out to...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - December 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yuan Li, Wenjun Gao, Manqi Chen Tags: Special Issue Article Source Type: research
