The Effectiveness of Somatization in Communicating Distress in Korean and American Cultural Contexts
The Effectiveness of Somatization in Communicating Distress in Korean and American Cultural Contexts
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00383
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发表时间：
2016-03-23
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Parrott, W. Gerrod
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作者：
Choi, Eunsoo;Chentsova-Dutton, Yulia;Parrott, W. Gerrod
先前的研究表明，亚洲人比西方人更倾向于将负面经历体化。据推测，躯体化可能是一个更功能的沟通策略，在韩国比美国的背景。我们研究了来自美国和韩国的参与者之间的痛苦沟通的躯体化的影响。我们预测，身体词在痛苦叙事中的交际效益将取决于文化背景。在研究1中，我们发现韩国参与者比美国参与者使用更多的身体词汇来传达痛苦。在韩国参与者中，而不是美国参与者中，使用体字预测了沟通的有效性和积极反应的预期（例如，同情心（empathy）在研究2中，我们发现，当呈现与他人的痛苦叙述，韩国人（但不是美国人）表现出更多的同情，在回应叙述使用身体的话比叙述使用情感的话。这些研究结果表明，使用躯体化的文化差异可能反映了不同的有效性躯体化在跨文化背景下沟通的困扰。
Previous research has documented that Asians tend to somatize negative experiences to a greater degree than Westerners. It is posited that somatization may be a more functional communication strategy in Korean than American context. We examined the effects of somatization in communications of distress among participants from the US and Korea. We predicted that the communicative benefits of somatic words used in distress narratives would depend on the cultural contexts. In Study 1, we found that Korean participants used more somatic words to communicate distress than US participants. Among Korean participants, but not US participants, use of somatic words predicted perceived effectiveness of the communication and expectations of positive reactions (e.g., empathy) from others. In Study 2, we found that when presented with distress narratives of others, Koreans (but not Americans) showed more sympathy in response to narratives using somatic words than narratives using emotional words. These findings suggest that cultural differences in use of somatization may reflect differential effectiveness of somatization in communicating distress across cultural contexts.