“Paying it forward” via satisfying a basic human need: The need for relatedness satisfaction mediates gratitude and prosocial behavior
People who receive kindness tend to feel gratitude and act in a prosocial manner toward third persons (i.e., “paying it forward”). Combining the separate evidence that (a) gratitude leads to the formation of strong psychological bonds from a beneficiary to a benefactor and that (b) people become more prosocial toward strangers when the need for relatedness (NFR) is satisfied, two online experiments were conducted to examine if NFR satisfaction mediates the association between gratitude and prosocial behavior toward third persons. After evoking gratitude by recalling past experiences (Study 1) or writing a letter to som...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yuma Shiraki, Tasuku Igarashi Tags: Short Note Source Type: research
How a Perceived Status Change Increases Consumers ’ Tendency Toward Consumption Through Double Psychological Mechanisms
While previous research has demonstrated that status significantly affects consumer behaviour, most studies have examined objective status rather than perceived status. The present article, therefore, aims to examine how a perceived change in status affects consumers’ status consumption as well as the underlying psychological mechanisms for this behaviour. Study 1 manipulates participants’ perceived status change and measures their tendencies toward status consumption. Results show that both participants undergoing status improvement and those perceiving a threat to their status are more inclined towards status consump...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Taiyang Zhao, Xiaotong Jin, Wei Song, Hongjing Cui, Jianlue Ding Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Lesson of Emotions in the Family: The Role of Emotional Intelligence in the Relation Between Filial Piety and Life Satisfaction Among Taiwanese College Students
This study investigated the relationships between reciprocal filial piety beliefs, emotional intelligence, and life satisfaction among Taiwanese young adults. A total of 481 college students from Taiwan were recruited for the study. Structural equation modelling was employed to analyze the data. The analysis produced the following results. First, reciprocal filial piety was positively related to all of the four types of emotional intelligence: self‐emotional appraisal (SEA), others' emotional appraisal (OEA), regulation of emotion (ROE), and use of emotion (UOE). Second, both ROE and UOE had a positive association with ...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wei ‐Wen Chen, Jin Jin Yan, Ching‐Chen Chen Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
The effect of superstitious thinking on psychosocial stress responses and perceived task performance
Previous research on superstitious belief, a subset of paranormal belief (Irwin, ), has suggested that people tend to invoke luck‐related superstitions in stressful situations as an attempt to gain an illusion of control over outcomes. Based on this, the current study examined whether luck‐related superstition, in the form of a “lucky” pen, could influence the psychological response to a psychosocial stressor. Participants (N = 114), aged between 17 and 59 years (M = 22.98, SD = 4.57) from James Cook University Singapore, were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: (a) no‐stress with no lucky pen; (b...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nicola Lasikiewicz, Wan Yee Teo Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Motives to (not) Forgive Deviant Group Members: A Comparison Within and Between Cultures
This study examines people's motives to (not) forgive group members who violate an important group norm. More specifically, we attempt to determine what is the primary focus in such a situation (the group, the offender, the relationship, or the self), and whether this depends on how important the group is and on the cultural context (more individualist or more collectivist). Our sample includes Moluccans living in Indonesia (more collectivist) and Moluccans in the Netherlands (more individualist). Participants were asked to evaluate a scenario in which a group member (close or nonclose other) violated an important group no...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sylvia Huwa ë, Juliette Schaafsma Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
A cultural psychological analysis of cultural change
This article presents an overview of the available evidence in this research field, reviewing available psychological research that examines cultural change in the USA, China, Japan, and Australia. This paper's aim is to stimulate interest in this research area within the community of Asian social psychologists as our Asia‐based insights have much to contribute to the fundamental research question at stake, and the nature of the interplay between a changing social ecology, cultural environment, and participating psyches. (Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology)
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Takeshi Hamamura Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Beneficial effects of pro ‐social behaviour on physical well‐being in Chinese samples
To confirm the relationship between pro‐social behaviour and increased physical functioning revealed by previous researchers in Western samples, we conducted four experiments with 378 Chinese undergraduates. The participants' strength to hold, to grip and to lift, as well as their vitality (walking speed), were measured after thinking of acts of kindness. The results showed that recalling pro‐social behaviour (helping others or spending money on others) that had occurred in the past or imagining pro‐social behaviour happening in the future imbued people with more physical strength and vitality. In three experiments, ...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Qingke Guo, Rui Wu, Xiaoxiao Li Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
Same meaning but different feelings: Different expressions influence satisfaction in social comparisons
The same social comparison information may be expressed in different ways (e.g. ‘I am better than him’ versus ‘he is worse than me’). The results of four studies indicated that the way social comparison is expressed can affect an individual's satisfaction (i.e. ‘better’ versus ‘worse’). Specifically, in upward comparisons, the expression ‘I am worse than him’ makes individuals feel less satisfied than the expression ‘he is better than me’. In downward comparisons, those who use the expression ‘I am better than him’ are more satisfied than those who use the expression ‘he is worse than me’. T...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - June 4, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yi Song, Xiaofei Xie, Hui Zhang Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Differential relations of grandiose narcissism and vulnerable narcissism to emotion dysregulation: Self ‐esteem matters
The present study aims to explore the effects of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism on emotion dysregulation and examine the mediating role of self‐esteem on these associations. Undergraduates (N = 426) completed self‐report measurements on grandiose narcissism, vulnerable narcissism, self‐esteem and emotion dysregulation. Correlation analyses indicated that grandiose narcissism was negatively correlated with emotion dysregulation, while vulnerable narcissism was positively correlated with emotion dysregulation. Moreover, mediational analyses revealed that self‐esteem fully mediated the association between grand...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - April 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hui Zhang, Yun Luo, Yimeng Zhao, Runzhu Zhang, Zhenhong Wang Tags: Short Note Source Type: research
Applying the extended theory of planned behaviour to predict Chinese people's non ‐remunerated blood donation intention and behaviour: The roles of perceived risk and trust in blood collection agencies
Against the backdrop of critical clinical blood shortage in China in recent years, the present research extends the theory of planned behaviour by incorporating two constructs potentially of importance in influencing non‐remunerated blood donation behaviour, namely perceived risk and individual trust in blood collection agencies to predict Chinese people's non‐remunerated blood donation intention and behaviour. A survey was conducted to measure variables of the theory of planned behaviour, and other variables such as experience of non‐remunerated blood donation, perceived risk and individual trust in blood collection...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - April 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Liangyong Chen Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Set points of positivity ratio for different levels of well ‐being: A latent profile analysis
This study intends to further explore the set points of the positivity ratio using latent profile analysis. Two samples of 716 college students and 381 adults in China completed the Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well‐Being, the Personal Growth Subscale from Ryff's Psychological Well‐being Scale, the Need Satisfaction Questionnaire, and the Emotional Experience of Well‐Being Questionnaire. College students were classified into four classes (2.0, 2.8, 3.7 and 5.0) with the set points of the positivity ratio, whereas adults were classified into three classes (1.9, 2.9 and 4.2) with the set points of the positivity ratio....
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - April 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Shi ‐Min Chen, Liang Gao, Ying Zhang, Pei‐Zhen Sun Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
Does religious priming increase the prosocial behaviour of a Japanese sample in an anonymous economic game?
We examined the effect of religious priming on a Japanese sample in an anonymous dictator game whereas previous studies on religious priming on prosociality had mainly been conducted within Western contexts. The current study attempted to examine whether religion increases prosocial behaviour in a Japanese sample through the replication of ‘God is Watching You’ (Shariff & Norenzayan, 2007) where it was found that participants primed with religion‐related words and secular justice‐related words behaved more prosocially than participants primed with neutral words in an anonymous dictator game. The current experim...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - February 14, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sanae Miyatake, Masataka Higuchi Tags: Short Note Source Type: research
Is STEM running out of steam for Asian Americans? College admissions officers' perceptions of applicants
This study is the first to test whether this bias is directed towards all Asian Americans or only those who fit the model minority stereotype. The present experiment investigates the effect of race and stereotypes on perceptions of students in the college admission process. College admission officers (N = 79) were randomly assigned to view a shortened version of a college application. The participants rated the student whose application they saw according to likelihood of being accepted into college, social competence, academic competence and contribution to a college's diversity. The stereotypical Asian American student...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - February 14, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daniel Chai, Allyson J. Weseley Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
The role of dual categorization and relative ingroup prototypicality in reparations to a minority group: An examination of empathy and collective guilt as mediators
In the current study, we investigate factors that facilitate or otherwise obstruct reparations of a perpetrating group (i.e. Muslims) to a victim group (i.e. Christians). The study (N = 200) reveals that among Muslim participants, the role of dual Abrahamic categorization in positively predicting reparation attitude towards Christians was mediated by the first group's prosocial emotions of empathy and collective guilt towards the latter group. In addition, relative Muslim prototypicality negatively predicted dual Abrahamic categorization and each of the two prosocial emotions. Empathy and collective guilt in turn mediate...
Source: Asian Journal Of Social Psychology - February 14, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ali Mashuri, Esti Zaduqisti, Daphne Alroy ‐Thiberge Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research
