Journal article
Cultural Differences in Attitudes Toward Action and Inaction: The Role of Dialecticism
Social psychological & personality science, Vol.4(5), pp.521-528
09/01/2013
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612468774
PMCID: PMC6103533
PMID: 30147848
Abstract
The current research examined whether nations differ in their attitudes toward action and inaction. It was anticipated that members of dialectical East Asian societies would show a positive association in their attitudes toward action/inaction. However, members of non-dialectical European-American societies were expected to show a negative association in their attitudes toward action/inaction. Young adults in 19 nations completed measures of dialectical thinking and attitudes toward action/inaction. Results from multi-level modeling showed, as predicted, that people from high dialecticism nations reported a more positive association in their attitudes toward action and inaction than people from low dialecticism nations. Furthermore, these findings remained after controlling for cultural differences in individualism-collectivism, neuroticism, gross-domestic product, and response style. Discussion highlights the implications of these findings for action/inaction goals, dialecticism, and culture.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cultural Differences in Attitudes Toward Action and Inaction: The Role of Dialecticism
- Creators
- Ethan Zell - University of North Carolina at GreensboroRong Su - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignHong Li - BattelleMoon-Ho Ringo Ho - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSungjin Hong - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignTarcan Kumkale - Koç UniversitySarah D. Stauffer - University of LausanneGregory Zecca - University of LausanneHuajian Cai - Chinese Academy of SciencesSonia Roccas - Open University of IsraelJavier Arce-Michel - CIUDADCristina de Sousa - Instituto PiagetRolando Diaz-Loving - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMaria Mercedes Botero - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignLucia Mannetti - Sapienza University of RomeClaudia Garcia - Universidad del Valle de GuatemalaPilar Carrera - Universidad Autónoma de MadridAmparo Cabalero - Universidad Autónoma de MadridMasatake Ikemi - Nihon UniversityDarius Chan - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAllan Bernardo - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignFernando Garcia - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignInge Brechan - University of OsloGreg Maio - Cardiff UniversityDolores Albarracín - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social psychological & personality science, Vol.4(5), pp.521-528
- DOI
- 10.1177/1948550612468774
- PMID
- 30147848
- PMCID
- PMC6103533
- NLM abbreviation
- Soc Psychol Personal Sci
- ISSN
- 1948-5506
- eISSN
- 1948-5514
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380491502771
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