Are Compassionate and Self-Image Goals Comparable across Cultures?
Dariusz Kuncewicz , Yu Niiya , Jennifer Crocker
Abstract
This study tested whether compassionate goals to support others and self-image goals to maintain and defend desired self-images: 1) are equivalent constructs across three cultures (U.S., Japan, Poland); 2) overlap with interdependent self-construal; and 3) predict relationships and growth measures similarly in each country. We re-analyzed data from American (n = 130) and Japanese (n = 203) students, reported in Niiya et al. (2013), along with new data from Poland (n = 246). Single and multiple group confirmatory analyses showed that the two-factor structure holds across the three cultures. Interdependence correlated with compassionate and self-image goals only in Japan. In all three samples, compassionate goals correlated with non-zero-sum belief, feeling close, growth-seeking, self-compassion, and learning from failures, whereas self-image goals correlated with defensive responses to conflicts and validation-seeking. Our results suggest that compassionate and self-image goals may serve similar functions in relationships and growth across cultures.Author | |||||
Journal series | Polish Psychological Bulletin, ISSN 0079-2993, e-ISSN 1641-7844, (B 15 pkt) | ||||
Issue year | 2015 | ||||
Vol | 46 | ||||
No | 4 | ||||
Pages | 513-522 | ||||
Publication size in sheets | 0.5 | ||||
Keywords in English | compassionate goals; self-image goals; cultures | ||||
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DOI | DOI:10.1515/ppb-2015-0058 | ||||
URL | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ppb.2015.46.issue-4/ppb-2015-0058/ppb-2015-0058.xml | ||||
Language | en angielski | ||||
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Score (nominal) | 15 | ||||
Publication indicators | : 2015 = 0.297 | ||||
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