ERIC Number: EJ745356
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Dec
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7732
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Social vs. Self-Directed Events among Japanese and Americans
Smith, Herman W.; Francis, Linda E.
Social Forces, v84 n2 p821-830 Dec 2005
Cultural expectations provide meaning to human perceptions of who-does-what-to-whom-where. However, the effects of actions directed at oneself have been much less systematically studied. This article replicates the American factorial design of Britt and Heise (1992) in a Japanese setting. The analysis demonstrates both cultural similarities and differences in psychological principles for attaching meanings to self-directed events. Cross-cultural differences in creating a sense of self-fulfillment or self-actualization are expressed through emotional labeling and trait attribution.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expectation, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Self Actualization, Labeling (of Persons), Attribution Theory, Factor Analysis, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Locus of Control, Emotional Response, Psychology
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan; United States
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