The role of work–family role integration in a job demands–resources model among Chinese secondary school teachers
The current study examines an integrative demands–resources model of the work–family interface in a sample of 259 Chinese secondary school teachers. Participants completed questionnaires relating to job demands, job resources, work‐to‐family conflict, work‐to‐family enrichment, work–family role integration (WFRI) and burnout scale. Results show that: (i) job demands were strongly and positively associated with work‐to‐family conflict, which further led to an increase in burnout; job resources were strongly and positively associated with work‐to‐family enrichment, and consequently to a decrease in burn...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - June 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Huimin Liu, Fanny M. Cheung Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Babyface effects: A double‐edged sword in healthcare service evaluations
We examine how a doctor's baby‐like facial appearance affects people's perceptions and judgments before and after a medical fraud occurs. A 2 (face type: babyfaced vs maturefaced) × 2 (doctor's gender: male vs female) × 2 (doctor's specialty: internal medicine vs surgery) between‐subjects experiment was conducted. The results indicate that a babyfaced doctor fares better than a maturefaced doctor in terms of patients' expectations, satisfaction and intended loyalty. However, having baby‐like facial features may work against a doctor who is involved in a medical fraud. The severity of a medical fraud is perc...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - June 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chun‐Tuan Chang, Cheng‐Xuan Chen Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Assumed race moderates spontaneous racial bias in a computer‐based police simulation
We demonstrated that playing the roles of different outgroup races can elicit extrapersonal racial bias associated with respective racial groups. In a modified version of a computer‐based police simulation, the police officer's race was visually manipulated to be either Black or White. Korean participants made quick decisions whether to shoot targets (Black or White, armed or unarmed) on screen. Comparison of behavioral bias in the task revealed that, as expected, playing the role of a White police officer was associated with a stronger bias against Black targets compared to playing a Black police officer's role. The res...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - June 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sang Hee Park, Hyeon Jeong Kim Tags: Short Note Source Type: research
The influence of self‐efficacy, subjective norms, and risk perception on behavioral intentions related to the H1N1 flu pandemic: A comparison between Korea and the US
This study examined the extent to which individualism‐collectivism moderates the relative effects of agency control beliefs (i.e., self‐efficacy), social norms (i.e., subjective norms), and risk perception (perceived vulnerability and perceived severity) on behavioral intention to engage in self‐protection behavior in the context of the H1N1 flu pandemic. Using multistage stratified sampling, the present study sampled people from the US (n = 399) and Korea (n = 500), two countries that have been found to be prototypical of individualistic and collectivistic national cultures, respectively. Consistent with the...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - June 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hichang Cho, Jae‐Shin Lee Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Changes in cooperative behaviour and belief in finitely repeated social dilemmas
Economic and psychological studies have determined the tendency to improve cooperation in initial interactions in which people are required to contribute in public good games. The current study examined the behavioural changes of individuals during finite interaction times. Participants were invited to make decisions twice in a step‐level public good game, and their belief in achieving the collective interest was measured. Participants were divided into three groups based on their first decisions. Results showed that high contributors demonstrated high levels of contribution in their subsequent interactions, whereas low ...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - June 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chang‐Jiang Liu, Fang Hao Tags: Short Note Source Type: research
The importance of gender and affect in the socialization of adolescents' beliefs about benevolent authority: Evidence from Chinese indigenous psychology
Belief in the benevolence and moral legitimacy of leaders in central government is theorized as a form of cultural capital consistent with the hierarchical relationalism of East Asian societies with Confucian roots. A reliable measure of benevolent authority beliefs (BAB) is introduced, and its convergent and discriminant validity relative to established measures of institutional trust are established. Its socialization as part of the political culture of Taiwan was examined among high school adolescents aged 13–16. Significant gender differences were found inconsistent with traditional patriarchy. Regression analyses sh...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - March 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: James Hou‐fu Liu, Kuang‐Hui Yeh, Chih‐Wen Wu, Li Liu, Yiyin Yang Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Social exclusion influences attentional bias to social information
Using three experiments, the present study investigates the impact of social exclusion on attention. Specifically, we investigate whether social exclusion promotes attentional bias to social acceptance cues (smiling faces) or social exclusion cues (angry faces) among an Asian population. The Cyberball game was adopted to manipulate social inclusion or exclusion, and a dot‐probe task was used to measure individuals' responses to smiling or angry faces. In Experiments 1 and 2, each trial consisted of either a smiling or angry face that was paired with a neutral face. In Experiment 1, when the stimulus onset‐asynchronies ...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - March 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mengsi Xu, Zhiai Li, Junhua Zhang, Lijing Sun, Lingxia Fan, Qinghong Zeng, Dong Yang Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Perceived self‐society moral discrepancies predict depression but not anxiety
Discrepancies between one's own beliefs, standards and practices and the standards expected by others are associated with increased vulnerability to depression and anxiety. Perhaps the most important personal standard is morality, one's standard of acceptable behaviour. We therefore reason that perceived discrepancies between one's own moral standards and those of society predict anxious and depressed moods. We tested this hypothesis, for the first time, in a sample of 99 female Turkish students. Moral discrepancies were assessed using an adapted moral foundations scale: participants were asked how much payment they would ...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - February 13, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Müjde Peker, Nurdan Gündoğdu, Robert W. Booth Tags: Short Note Source Type: research
‘Just because you like it doesn't mean I will too:’ Cross‐cultural similarities in ignoring others' opinions
Members of East Asian cultures are more likely to conform in public settings than are members of Western cultures. Little research has examined, however, whether East Asians are more likely to privately accept the views held by others. In two studies we gave European American and Korean participants descriptions of unusual food combinations, information about how much one peer had liked the food combinations, or both kinds of information, and asked them to predict how much they would like the foods. When people knew only how another person felt (without a description of the food combinations), both Koreans and Americans ba...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - February 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Minha Lee, Timothy D. Wilson, Casey M. Eggleston, Daniel T. Gilbert, Xyle Ku Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Effects of voice and similarity on procedural fairness and trust: A dual process model of public acceptance based on representatives’ participation
In citizen participation, a few representatives of the total citizen population participate in discussions with authorities regarding public decisions and policies. The present study examines a dual process model in which the representatives’ voice and similarity of values facilitate public acceptance through procedural fairness and trust in representatives, respectively. The results of an experiment employing a scenario method, which included participants from Japan (n = 211) and the Netherlands (n = 200), indicate that the representatives’ voice increased procedural fairness and public acceptance when the sim...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - January 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hiroshi Nonami, Yukio Hirose, Susumu Ohnuma, Cees Midden, Shoji Ohtomo Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
What makes people decide to pay more? Understanding cooperation in the context of an alternative food network
In recent decades, cooperative behaviour has been the target of much research. Although there is some evidence about the motives that lead people to engage in cooperation, there is still little research on cooperation models in real‐life settings. To shed some light on this issue, we studied cooperation in an alternative food network. This organization is based on social and environmental concerns, and its appeals to subscribers can be operationalized as a real‐life expression of cooperative behaviour. The research aimed to understand the motives behind people's subscription to the organization and whether their motiva...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - January 22, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Claudio Lavín, Alvaro Espejo, Diego Bravo, Sebastián Morales Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Impression management motive and voice: Moderating effects of self‐monitoring, self‐efficacy, and voice instrumentality
This study helps verify the boundary conditions as to when impression management motive is strongly related to voice. In addition, this study will provide theoretical clues for resolving the inconsistent findings on the relationship between impression management motive and voice. (Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology)
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - January 22, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Byoung Kwon Choi, Hyoung Koo Moon, Jae Uk Chun Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Preference‐expectation reversal in the ratings of independent and interdependent individuals: A USA–Japan comparison
We predicted and supported the prediction that a ‘preference‐expectation reversal’ would occur among Japanese but not among Americans. American and Japanese participants evaluated ideal‐typical independent and interdependent persons on the negative–positive dimension, and estimated how others would evaluate these persons. They also indicated their preference for acting like each of the target persons; that is, which of the two target persons they would prefer to act like. Both the American and Japanese participants wanted to act like the typical independent person rather than the typical interdependent person. Ho...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hirofumi Hashimoto, Toshio Yamagishi Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Culture and decision‐making: Investigating cultural variations in the East Asian and North American online decision‐making processes
Research in cross‐cultural psychology suggests that East Asians hold holistic thinking styles whereas North Americans hold analytic thinking styles. The present study examines the influence of cultural thinking styles on the online decision‐making processes for Hong Kong Chinese and European Canadians, with and without time constraints. We investigated the online decision‐making processes in terms of (1) information search speed, (2) quantity of information used, and (3) type of information used. Results show that, without time constraints, Hong Kong Chinese, compared to European Canadians, spent less time on decisio...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - December 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Liman Man Wai Li, Takahiko Masuda,, Matthew J. Russell Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
An examination of the value‐belief‐norm theory model in predicting pro‐environmental behaviour in Taiwan
Stern's value‐belief‐norm (VBN) theory of environmentalism suggests that perceiving adverse effects from global warming could promote mitigation behaviour. The VBN theory of environmentalism postulates a causal chain of five variables: values, the New Environmental (or Ecological) Paradigm (NEP), awareness of consequences (AC), ascription of responsibility (AR) to self‐beliefs, and personal norms (PN). Given a limited number of studies with East Asian participants, this study examines the applicability of the VBN theory model in predicting pro‐environmental behaviour in Taiwan to enhance the intercultural validatio...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - December 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mei‐Fang Chen Tags: Short Note Source Type: research
