The self-enhancing function of Chinese modesty: From a perspective of social script
The self-enhancing function of Chinese modesty: From a perspective of social script
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-839x.2011.01354.x
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发表时间：
2011-12
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Kuei-Hsiang Han
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作者：
Kuei-Hsiang Han
谦虚的概念以前似乎抹去了自己的成功，这是反对自我提高。本研究从社会脚本的角度出发，提出中国人对自己成功的谦虚态度会导致他人更强烈的称赞，这也具有提升自我的功能。研究一通过要求被试写下成就者和崇拜者之间的对话来重构中国人谦虚脚本的内容，发现当成就者收到崇拜者的赞美时，前者的主要反应是谦虚地否认他/她的成功。相反，当一个崇拜者面对一个成功者的谦虚反应时，崇拜者的主要反应是否认成功者的谦虚，并更强烈地表达赞美。研究二考察了中国社会中的人们是否会根据谦虚脚本来选择和判断人们在赞美场合的适当行为。结果支持了这一猜测。研究三考察了崇拜者的称赞对成就者自尊的影响，发现成就者谦虚之后的崇拜者称赞确实具有增强成就者自尊的作用。
The concept of modesty formerly seemed to efface one's own success which is opposed to self-enhancement. Taking the perspective of social script, this study proposes that Chinese modesty regarding one's success would result in others' more intensive compliments, which also has the function of enhancing oneself. Study 1 reconstructed the contents of the Chinese modesty script by asking participants to write down dialogues between achievers and admirers and found that when an achiever received an admirer's compliments, the former's dominant response was to deny his/her success modestly. On the contrary, when an admirer was confronted by an achiever's modest reaction, the dominant response for the admirer was to deny the achiever's modesty and to express compliments more intensively. Study 2 examined if people in Chinese societies would choose and judge people's proper behaviours in complimentary situations according to the modesty script. The results supported this speculation. Study 3 examined the effects of the admirer's compliments on the achiever's self-esteem and found that the admirer's compliments following the achiever's modesty did have the function of enhancing the achiever's self-esteem.