Cultural frames of coping with stress styles. The role of individualism, collectivism and affiliativity
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individualism, collectivism, affiliativity, coping with stressAbstract
The purpose of this study was to test the association between individualistic, collectivistic and affiliative orientation and stress coping style. It was hypothesised that highly individualistic subjects will mainly choose change, self-blame and problem oriented styles, highly collectivistic subjects will choose emotional regulation and imitative coping style, whereas highly affiliative subjects will prefer the acting out style, defined as a tendency to express negative emotions and discuss problems with others.The Polish version of Lazarus and Folkman’s Ways of Coping Questionnaire (adapted by Łosiak) and Adamska’s Individualism, Collectivism and Affiliativity Questionnaire were used.Individualism was positively correlated with problem orientation, collectivism was positively correlated with resignation and situation accepting styles and negatively correlated with emotional regulation. The affiliative orientation was positively associated with problem orientation and imitative coping styles.The preferred coping style depends on the dominant social orientation.References
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Heine, S. J., Kitayama, S., Lehman, D. R., Takata, T., Ide, E., Leung, C. & Matsumoto, H. (2001). Divergent consequences of success and failure in Japan and North America. An investigation of self-improving motivations and malleable selves. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81(4), 599-615.
Hofstede, G. & Hofstede, G. J. (2007). Kultury i organizacje. Zaprogramowanie umysłu. Warszawa: Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne.
Łosiak, W. (1994). Dynamika emocji i radzenia sobie w stresie psychologicznym. Badania pacjentów chirurgicznych. Kraków: Wydawnictwo UJ.
Markus, S. R. & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the self. Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review, 98(3), 224-253.
Reykowski, J. & Smoleńska, Z. (1993). Collectivism, individualism and interpretation of social change: Limitations of a simplistic model. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 24, 89-107.
Schwartz, S. H. & Bilsky, W. (1990). Toward a theory of universal content and structure of values: extension and cross-cultural replications. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, 878-891.
Triandis, H. C., McCusker, C. & Hui, C. H. (1990). Multimethod probes of individualism and collectivism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 1006-1020.
Zaleski, Z. & Triandis, H. (1991). Indywidualizm - kolektywizm Polaków. Porównania międzykulturowe. In A. Januszewski, Z. Uchnast & T. Witkowski (Eds.). Wykłady z psychologii w KUL (pp. 127-144), T. 5. Lublin: RW KUL.
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2012-12-01
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Probosz, K., & Sobczyk, A. (2012). Cultural frames of coping with stress styles. The role of individualism, collectivism and affiliativity. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Psychologica, 5(1), 101–111. Retrieved from https://studia-psychologica.uken.krakow.pl/article/view/5582
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