Perceived and received social support in two cultures: Collectivism and support among British and Spanish students
Perceived and received social support in two cultures: Collectivism and support among British and Spanish students
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DOI：
10.1177/0265407500172007
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发表时间：
2000-04-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Plaza, SH
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作者：
Goodwin, R;Plaza, SH
先前对社会支持的跨文化研究将观察到的支持的国家差异归因于假定的文化变量，但很少直接测量这些变量。此外，这项跨文化工作未能区分来自朋友和家人的支持，也未能区分全球对可用支持的看法和活动后收到的支持。在这项研究中，来自英国（N = 72）和西班牙（N = 68）的 140 名受访者完成了文化集体主义评估量表（Bierbrauer、Meyer 和 Wolfradt，1994 年）、感知全球支持的衡量标准（Cohen 和 Hoberman，1983 年），并获得了社会支持以及其他自尊指数（Rosenberg，1965 年）和生活满意度指数（Diener，Emmons， 拉森和格里芬，1985）。路径分析发现，正如预期的那样，西班牙受访者比英国受访者更加集体主义，并且集体主义预测了事件发生后报告的家庭支持以及全球对可用支持的看法。事件发生后，全球感知到的支持和来自朋友的支持与自尊显着相关，而自尊与全球支持和家庭成员的支持一起，与生活满意度显着相关。这些发现强调了在评估文化对支持的影响时分析文化价值观和社会支持的多重组成部分的重要性。
Previous cross-cultural research into social support has attributed national variations in observed support to assumed cultural variables, but has rarely measured these variables directly. Furthermore, this cross-cultural work has failed to differentiate between support from friends and from families, and between global perceptions of available support and the support received after an event. In this study, 140 respondents from UK(N = 72) and Spain (N = 68) completed scales assessing cultural collectivism (Bierbrauer, Meyer, & Wolfradt, 1994), measures of perceived global support (Cohen & Hoberman, '1983), and received social support, as well as additional indices of self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1965) and life satisfaction (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985). Path analytic analyses found that Spanish respondents were, as expected, more collectivist than their British counterparts, and that collectivism predicted reported family support after an event and global perceptions of available support. Global perceived support and support from friends after an event were significant correlates of self-esteem, which, along with global support and support from family members, was a significant correlate of life satisfaction. These findings underline the importance of analysing cultural values and the multiple components of social support when assessing the impact of culture on support.