Department of Psychology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2013 Mar;26(2):171-86. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2012.659728. Epub 2012 Feb 16.
Previous research has found that Asians (vs. Caucasians) exhibit higher levels of ought and undesired self-discrepancies and prevention focus, all of which have been linked with anxiety. We examined these ethnic differences in the context of acculturation. Participants (N=155) completed two sessions scheduled a week apart. In Session 1, participants completed a computer task to measure self-discrepancy and prevention focus. In Session 2, participants' ought self-discrepancies and closeness to an undesired self were primed. Moderation analyses indicated that Asian participants who were highly assimilated to an Asian culture exhibited higher levels of a prevention focus. Acculturation also had significant moderation effects for affect when self-discrepancies were primed. Our results suggest that interventions based on these systems (i.e., self-system therapy) should consider acculturation when treating diverse individuals.
先前的研究发现，亚洲人（与白种人相比）表现出更高水平的应该和不期望的自我差异和预防焦点，所有这些都与焦虑有关。我们在文化适应的背景下研究了这些种族差异。参与者（N=155）在一周内分两次完成了两个会话。在第 1 会话中，参与者完成了一项计算机任务来测量自我差异和预防焦点。在第 2 会话中，参与者的应该自我差异和与不期望的自我的亲近程度被激发。调节分析表明，高度融入亚洲文化的亚洲参与者表现出更高水平的预防焦点。当自我差异被激发时，文化适应对情绪也有显著的调节作用。我们的结果表明，基于这些系统的干预措施（即自我系统疗法）在治疗不同个体时应考虑文化适应。
