Sociocultural change and traditional values: Confucian values among Koreans and Korean Americans
Sociocultural change and traditional values: Confucian values among Koreans and Korean Americans
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DOI：
10.1016/s0147-1767(01)00009-8
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发表时间：
2001-03-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Hyun, KJ
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作者：
Hyun, KJ
注重西方和非西方价值取向的差异可能掩盖了文化内部价值观的差异，以及许多东方社会由于快速工业化和接触西方思想和做法而正在经历的变化。本研究探讨了这些问题的两个群体的韩国人，一个生活在韩国，另一个已经移民到美国，了解个人之间的差异的因素与传统的儒家价值观的认可。正如预测的那样，在两国，年轻的韩国人、女性和与西方思想接触较多的人中，传统价值观不那么强烈。然而，高等教育和更多地接触现代生活方式对传统价值观产生了预期的负面影响，只有底特律的韩国人。进一步的分析显示，性别和接触西方思想之间没有显着的相互作用。因此，韩国人在价值观认可方面的性别差异似乎主要是由历史上确定的性别偏见社会经历形成的。没有移民变量（即，适应性限制和/或偏见和歧视的经验）显示了传统价值认可中的预期种族肯定模式。然而，移民的经济困难的经验显着相关，他们的自我报告，他们的升值韩国价值观增加，因为来到美国。研究结果强调了在其特定的不断演变的社会文化历史背景下理解个人价值观的重要性。(C)2001爱思唯尔科技有限公司版权所有。
A focus on differences in Western and non-Western value orientations may have obscured variations in values within cultures and the changes that many Eastern societies are undergoing as a result of rapid industrialization and exposure to Western ideas and practices. This study examined these issues in relation to two groups of Koreans, one living in Korea and another that has emigrated to the US, to understand the factors associated with variations among individuals' endorsement of traditional Confucian values. As predicted, traditional values were less strong among Koreans who were younger, female, and in greater contact with Western ideas in both countries. However, higher education and greater exposure to modern lifestyle had the predicted negative effects on traditional values only among Detroit Koreans. Further analysis revealed no significant interaction between gender and exposure to Western ideas. It thus appeared that the gender disparity in Koreans' value endorsement was primarily shaped by historically determined gender-biased social experiences. None of the immigration variables (i.e., experience of adaptive limitations and/or of prejudice and discrimination) showed the predicted ethnic affirmation pattern in traditional value endorsement. Yet immigrants' experience of financial difficulty was significantly associated with their self-reports that their appreciation of Korean values increased since coming to the US. The results reinforce the importance of understanding individuals' values within their particular evolving socio-cultural-historical contexts. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.