Cross-Cultural Research ( IF 2.178 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-21 , DOI: 10.1177/10693971211032602 Takeshi Hashimoto 1 , Claudia Gherghel 2
Compared to European Americans, East Asians are more reluctant to seek social support when dealing with stressful events. The purpose of this study is to test three possible explanations of these cultural differences. In addition to examining both harmony seeking and rejection avoidance (two facets of interdependence reflecting relationship concerns) as possible explanations, we propose a novel explanation, namely that sense of contribution (i.e., the degree to which one contributes to other people’s well-being) may be an important mediator for explaining cultural differences in support seeking. A survey was conducted on adults living in Japan and the U.S. Results revealed that Japanese less often rely on social support, and sense of contribution significantly mediates the association between culture and support seeking. In contrast, the mediating role of both harmony seeking and rejection avoidance was not supported. The results indicate that cultural differences in support seeking may be more adequately accounted for by sense of contribution than relationship concerns.
中文翻译:
贡献感在寻求支持中调节文化差异
与欧洲裔美国人相比,东亚人在处理压力事件时更不愿意寻求社会支持。本研究的目的是检验对这些文化差异的三种可能解释。除了将寻求和谐和避免拒绝(反映关系关注的相互依赖的两个方面)作为可能的解释之外,我们还提出了一种新的解释,即贡献感(即一个人对他人幸福的贡献程度)可能是解释寻求支持的文化差异的重要中介。对居住在日本和美国的成年人进行的一项调查显示,日本人较少依赖社会支持,贡献感在文化和寻求支持之间的关联中起到了显着的中介作用。相比之下,不支持寻求和谐和避免拒绝的中介作用。结果表明,寻求支持中的文化差异可能更充分地由贡献感而不是关系关注来解释。