Pursuit of comfort and pursuit of harmony: Culture, relationships, and social support seeking
Pursuit of comfort and pursuit of harmony: Culture, relationships, and social support seeking
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DOI：
10.1177/0146167206291991
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
Taylor, Shelley E.
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作者：
Kim, Heejung S.;Sherman, David K.;Taylor, Shelley E.
这项研究调查了来自集体主义文化的人是否比来自个人主义文化的人更不可能寻求社会支持，因为他们对潜在的扰乱他们的社会网络更加谨慎。研究一发现，来自集体主义文化的亚裔美国人比来自个人主义文化的欧裔美国人更少寻求社会支持，而且寻求社会支持的效果也更差。研究2发现，欧洲裔美国人寻求支持的意愿不受关系启动的影响，而亚裔美国人在关系启动更接近自我时，寻求支持的意愿更低。研究3重复了研究2的结果，发现寻求支持和期望社会支持的倾向与人际关系的担忧有关。这些发现强调了文化差异关系模式在理解社会支持交易中的重要性。
This research examined whether people from collectivistic cultures are Less likely to seek social support than are people from individualistic cultures because they are more cautious about potentially disturbing their social network. Study I found that Asian Americans from a more collectivistic culture sought social support less and found support seeking to be Less effective than European Americans from a more individualistic culture. Study 2 found that European Americans' willingness to seek support was unaffected by relationship priming, whereas Asian Americans were willing to seek support less when the relationship primed was closer to the self Study 3 replicated the results of Study 2 and found that the tendency to seek support and expect social support to be helpful as related to concerns about relationships. These findings underscore the importance of culturally divergent relationship patterns in understanding social support transactions.