Culture and Healthy Eating: The Role of Independence and Interdependence in the United States and Japan
Culture and Healthy Eating: The Role of Independence and Interdependence in the United States and Japan
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DOI：
10.1177/0146167216658645
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发表时间：
2016-10-01
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4
通讯作者：
Ryff, Carol D.
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作者：
Levine, Cynthia S.;Miyamoto, Yuri;Ryff, Carol D.
健康饮食对身体健康很重要。使用美国和日本中年人的大概率样本，我们表明，符合文化规范的方式预测健康饮食。在美国，一种优先考虑和强调独立的文化，独立预示着吃健康的饮食（鱼，蛋白质，水果，蔬菜，反向编码的含糖饮料和反向编码的高脂肪肉类消费指数;研究1），而不是使用非肉类食物作为科普压力的方式（研究2a）。在日本，一种优先考虑和强调相互依存的文化，相互依存预示着健康的饮食（研究1和2b）。此外，这些关系反映了在每种情况下普遍存在的代理类型，在美国，这些关系是由自主性和日本与他人的积极关系所介导的。这些发现强调了理解文化差异在塑造健康行为方面的重要性，并对设计促进健康的干预措施产生了影响。
Healthy eating is important for physical health. Using large probability samples of middle-aged adults in the United States and Japan, we show that fitting with the culturally normative way of being predicts healthy eating. In the United States, a culture that prioritizes and emphasizes independence, being independent predicts eating a healthy diet (an index of fish, protein, fruit, vegetables, reverse-coded sugared beverages, and reverse-coded high fat meat consumption; Study 1) and not using nonmeat food as a way to cope with stress (Study 2a). In Japan, a culture that prioritizes and emphasizes interdependence, being interdependent predicts eating a healthy diet (Studies 1 and 2b). Furthermore, reflecting the types of agency that are prevalent in each context, these relationships are mediated by autonomy in the United States and positive relations with others in Japan. These findings highlight the importance of understanding cultural differences in shaping healthy behavior and have implications for designing health-promoting interventions.