Beware of friends: The cultural psychology of relational mobility and cautious intimacy
Previous research has contrasted patterns of cautious or prevention‐oriented relationality in various West African settings with patterns of growth or promotion‐oriented relationality in many North American settings. The present research draws upon the concept of relational mobility to test the hypothesis that different patterns of relationality have their source in respective affordances for embedded interdependence or abstracted independence. Study 1 investigated the relationship between cautious intimacy and perception of relational mobility among a sample of Hong Kong students. Study 2 compared students in Hong Kon...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - October 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Liman Man Wai Li, Glenn Adams, Tuğçe Kurtiş, Takeshi Hamamura Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Special forum on: Moral emotions in contemporary Asia
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Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - October 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chi‐yue Chiu, Yuan Li Tags: CALL FOR PAPERS Source Type: research
Transmitting pro‐environmental behaviours to the next generation: A comparison between Germany and Japan
The present study examined the processes by which children acquire pro‐environmental behaviours in different cultures. Our focus was on parental influence. Several studies have been conducted on adults' environmental behaviours; however, we know little about how children's environmental attitudes and behaviours are formed. We conducted a questionnaire survey with elementary school children and one of their parents in Germany and Japan. Two hundred and twenty‐one pairs participated in Germany and 365 in Japan. The results of structural equation modelling showed that parents' behaviours affected children's environmental ...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kaori Ando, Kayo Yorifuji, Susumu Ohnuma, Ellen Matthies, Ayumi Kanbara Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
The extensibility of the endowment effect to others is mediated by degree of intimacy
Recent studies have suggested that the endowment effect may actually be a type of self‐referent cognitive bias due to the mere ownership of an object. However, it is not adequately understood how the ownership of an object affects the endowment effect. The current research is the first to explore if the endowment effect could be extended to different ownerships. The results suggest that the endowment effect extends to goods owned by their mothers, romantic partners and close friends, but not acquaintances. Furthermore, the level of intimacy between individuals and mothers/romantic partners/close friends/acquaintances med...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Weihua Zhao, Tingyong Feng, Rebecca Kazinka Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Humour styles, gelotophobia and self‐esteem among Chinese and Indian university students
This study examined the relationship between humour styles, gelotophobia and self‐esteem among 102 Indian and 101 Hong Kong university students. The Humour Styles Questionnaire, the GELOPH‐15 Scale and the Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale were used. Indian students rated the importance of humour significantly higher than Hong Kong Chinese students and considered themselves as being significantly more humorous as well. Both Indian and Hong Kong Chinese students engaged in significantly more affiliative and self‐enhancing humour. Indian students engaged in significantly more affiliative and self‐enhancing humour and rep...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Neelam Arjan Hiranandani, Xiao Dong Yue Tags: Short Note Source Type: research
Gender‐role egalitarianism predicts desirable traits of potential marriage partners: A cross‐cultural comparison
We examined whether gender‐role egalitarianism predicted participants' rank‐order preferences for traits in potential marriage partners of the opposite sex, and whether gender‐role egalitarianism mediated cultural differences between participants from North America, Polynesia and East Asia. Participants completed the Sex‐Role Egalitarianism Scale and ranked the following traits in terms of their importance in choosing a potential marriage partner: kindness, physical attractiveness, social level, athleticism, creativity and liveliness. Parallel analyses for male and female participants reveal that traditional males ...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daniel M. Rempala, Ryan T. Tolman, Bradley M. Okdie, Dohyun Ahn Tags: Short Note Source Type: research
Ratings of physical attractiveness within young, romantically engaged couples in Malaysia
This study examined the matching hypothesis, the positive illusions effect and the love is blind bias in young, romantically engaged couples in Malaysia. Each member of 58 young, romantically engaged heterosexual couples completed the Body Esteem Scale and items assessing physical attractiveness in relation to themselves and their partner. In support of the matching hypothesis, partners' perceptions of their own and their partner's facial and bodily attractiveness were significantly correlated. The positive illusions effect and the love is blind bias were also evident, with participants' ratings of partners being greater t...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alena Yoke Teng Tan, David Mellor, Norul Hidayah Bt Mamat Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Are Chinese narcissists disagreeable? Evidence from self‐ and peer‐ratings of agreeableness
Many studies have found that narcissism is negatively related to agreeableness in Western samples. Four experiments explored this relationship in a Chinese population. In Study 1, 228 junior high school students reported their narcissism and Five Factor Personality traits. In Study 2, participants recruited through the internet completed the measures of narcissism and agreeableness. In Study 3, 145 college students completed the measures of narcissism and agreeableness, as well as self‐esteem and social desirability. In Study 4, 204 senior high school adolescents reported their own narcissistic and agreeableness personal...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hui Zhou, Bao Zhang, Xiaoyang Yang, Xiao Chen Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Regulatory focus as a predictor of omission bias in moral judgment: Mediating role of anticipated regrets
Omission bias occurs when people are more reluctant to accept negative consequences caused by their actions than by their inaction. Recent research on omission bias in decision‐making has found evidence for individual differences, thus indicating that some people are more likely to show omission inclination than others. The present research aims to explore the role of regulatory focus as individual difference variables in omission bias. Moreover, we examine whether anticipated regret mediates the relationship between regulatory focus and moral judgement. Moral judgement tasks utilized include: (i) moral dilemma scenarios...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Eun Kyoung Chung, Soo Jung Kim, Young Woo Sohn Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Myopic perception of having a deadline in negotiations: An anchoring effect due to question order
In negotiations, people tend to perceive a deadline as more detrimental to themselves than to their opponents. This phenomenon is termed myopic perception. The present research proposes that myopic perception can be understood as a result of an anchoring effect due to the question order used in probing the perception of a deadline. When people estimate deal prices before rating the influence of a deadline, their judgements are anchored on their negotiation outcomes, making their perception egocentric, which leads to myopic perception. As a result, myopic perception was hypothesized to be reduced by reversing the above ques...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Al K.C. Au, Ivy Yee‐Man Lau Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
The effect of university ranking on learning satisfaction: Social identities and self‐identity as the suppressor and mediators
The popularization of higher education has developed into a worldwide trend of ranking universities. In light of the lack of research from the student perspective and the non‐individualism of East Asian society, the goal of the present study was to integrate social identity theory and characteristics of Chinese achievement goals in order to determine the relationships between university rankings and students’ university identity, major identity, self‐identity, and learning satisfaction (LS). The participants included 1052 undergraduates (49.4% male, 50.6% female) from 13 universities in Taiwan. A questionnaire was co...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Li‐Li Huang, Shun‐Wen Chen, Chin‐Lung Chien Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
An examination of when and how leader political skill influences team performance in China: A cultural value perspective
This study examined the relationship between leader political skill and team performance, as well as the mediating (team cohesion) and moderating (power distance) variables of the relationship. Our theoretical model was tested using data collected from employees in a food service company. Analyses of multisource and lagged data from 59 teams and 276 members indicated that leader political skill was positively related to team performance via team cohesion. Further, both the relationship between leader political skill and team cohesion and the indirect relationship between leader political skill and team performance were str...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fu Yang, Lihua Zhang Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Conflict, fear and social identity in Nagaland
This survey study tested the effects of exposure to ethnopolitical conflict and violence and social group identification on psychosocial well‐being among a sample of Nagas (n = 280). Nagaland is located in Northeast India, and for decades has suffered from armed conflict and political instability. It was predicted that reported exposure to conflict would be positively associated with reported levels of fear, which in turn would decrease psychosocial well‐being (assessed with the indices life satisfaction, self‐esteem and general health). It was also expected that strongly identifying with being Naga would be posi...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hanna Zagefka, Limabenla Jamir Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Are you tired? Spillover and crossover effects of emotional exhaustion on the family domain
This paper examines the spillover and crossover effects of emotional exhaustion on marital satisfaction for both employees and partners as well as on employee work–family conflict and partner family–work conflict. It investigates how the transmission of psychological strain from the workplace to the family domain mediates these relationships. In a sample of 226 employee–partner dyads from manufacturing, electronics, banking, service industries and public organizations, the results support the notion that employees' emotional exhaustion spawns negative strain in the home. More specifically, the results of spillover me...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Huai‐Liang Liang Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
An essentialism perspective on intercultural processes
Essentialist theories are the beliefs that there are immutable essences underlying observed differences between social groups (e.g. racial group, cultural group). This paper reviews the intergroup dynamics and intrapersonal processes associated with essentialism. It also explores the interplay between the two. By explicating the intricate relationship between these psychological processes, the current paper aims to advance our understanding of intergroup relations and identify their implications for the study of multiculturalism. We posit that although the commonly observed negative intergroup outcomes, such as prejudices ...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - September 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Melody M. Chao, Franki Y. H. Kung Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
