Self-esteem and culture: Differences in cognitive self-evaluations or affective self-regard?
Self-esteem and culture: Differences in cognitive self-evaluations or affective self-regard?
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-839x.2007.00222.x
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Oakes, Mark A.
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作者：
Cai, Huajian;Brown, Jonathon D.;Oakes, Mark A.
尽管东亚国家的人自称比西方国家的人自尊低，但这种差异的来源尚不清楚。我们进行了两项研究来阐明这个问题。研究1发现，在自我评价的认知指标上，中国参与者对自己的评价不如美国参与者积极，但在情感自尊的指标上，文化差异是不存在的。此外，一旦认知自我评估在统计上得到控制，全球自尊的文化差异就会消除。研究二发现，谦虚的文化差异是认知自我评价的文化差异的基础。这些发现表明，中国人对自己的感觉和美国人一样积极，但不太倾向于以过于积极的方式评价自己。
Although people from East Asian countries consistently report lower self-esteem than do those from Western countries, the origins of this difference are unclear. We conducted two studies to illuminate this issue. Study 1 found that Chinese participants appraised themselves less positively than American participants on a cognitive measure of self-evaluations, but cultural differences were absent on a measure of affective self-regard. Moreover, cultural differences in global self-esteem were eliminated once cognitive self-evaluations were statistically controlled. Study 2 found that cultural differences in modesty underlie cultural differences in cognitive self-evaluations. These findings suggest that Chinese feel as positively toward themselves as Americans do, but are less inclined to evaluate themselves in an excessively positive manner.