Japanese cultural mutual praise in interpersonal communication: An exploration by utilizing implicit self-construal measurement

本研究采用外显和内隐两种测量方法，对日本文化中的人际交往行为（相互表扬及相关行为）进行了探讨。在一些研究中，对中国或美国的数据与日本的数据进行了文化比较研究。主要调查结果如下。(1)在日本、中国和美国，这三个国家的自我贬低可以通过不同的变量来预测。研究结果支持传统的文化自我框架。(2)IAT测量的内隐自我-他人评价没有显著变化。通过内隐测量和外显测量的结果比较，发现自我-他人评价的变化不是内化的变化，而是策略性的变化。(3)本研究探讨了日本人和中国人的自卑倾向的预测因素。与中国人相比，日本人的谦逊倾向是经过深思熟虑的。

Japanese cultural interpersonal communication behaviors (mutual praise and related behaviors) were explored both in explicit and implicit measurements. In some research, cultural comparative investigations were conducted between the data in China or the US and the data obtained in Japan. The main findings are as follows. (1) In Japan, China, and the US, the self-effacement could be predicted by different variables in each three countries. The findings supported the traditional cultural-self framework. (2) Implicit Self-Other evaluations measured by IAT have not been significantly changed. By comparing the results in implicit measurement with explicit measurement, the findings showed that the changes in evaluations for Self-Other were suggested not as internalized changes, but as strategic changes. (3) Predictive factors for the self-effacing tendencies for Japanese and Chinese were examined. In Japanese, the self-effacing tendencies were well-considered, compared to those of Chinese.