Self-Construals, Anger Regulation, and Life Satisfaction in the United States and Japan.
Self-Construals, Anger Regulation, and Life Satisfaction in the United States and Japan.
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00768
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Oshio A
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作者：
Akutsu S;Yamaguchi A;Kim MS;Oshio A
以前的研究报告表明，西方和东亚文化在愤怒调节及其心理后果方面存在差异。然而，这些研究中的许多都集中在一个特定的愤怒调节策略及其与心理后果的关系。在这里，我们开发了一个综合模型，可以全面研究三种不同的愤怒调节策略（愤怒抑制，表达和控制），独立和相互依存的自我意识作为心理前因，生活满意度作为心理后果。我们使用美国和日本成年人的大样本对模型进行了估计，以研究两种自我控制，三种愤怒调节策略和生活满意度之间的关联。我们比较了美国和日本样本之间的关键结构之间的关系模式的差异。结果证实了先前提出的文化差异，同时也发现了新的文化差异路径。研究结果表明，当愤怒是一种文化上被宽恕的情绪（而不是谴责）时，个人层面的自我批评更重要。综合模型的影响和局限性进行了讨论。
Previous studies have reported evidence that indicates differences between Western and East Asian cultures in anger regulation and its psychological consequences. However, many of these studies have focused on a specific anger regulation strategy and its relation with a psychological consequence. Here, we developed an integrated model that can comprehensively examine three different anger regulation strategies (anger suppression, expression, and control), independent and interdependent self-construals as the psychological antecedent, and life satisfaction as the psychological consequence. We estimated the model using large samples of American and Japanese adults to examine the associations between the two self-construals, three anger regulation strategies, and life satisfaction. We compared the difference in the patterns of relationships among the key constructs between the American and Japanese samples. The results confirmed previously suggested cultural differences while also discovering new culturally different paths. The results generally suggest that individual-level self-construals matter more when anger is a culturally condoned emotion (vs. condemned). The implications and limitations of the integrated model are discussed.