1 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
2 Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2019 Apr;45(4):528-540. doi: 10.1177/0146167218789071. Epub 2018 Aug 24.
The present study examined cultural differences in the act of sharing positive events with others, called capitalization attempts. The first three studies tested whether capitalization attempts differ between two cultures using multiple methods: self-reports (Study 1), children's storybooks (Study 2), and Facebook (Study 3). We found that Koreans are less likely to share their positive events with others than European Americans. Study 4 further examined the antecedents and consequences of capitalization attempts. We replicated the earlier findings that Koreans are hesitant to share their positive events and demonstrated that this is because Koreans are more concerned about the potential negative consequences for social relationships. Moreover, we found that the cultural differences in capitalization attempts partly account for mean-level differences in well-being between cultures. Implications for capitalization, culture, and well-being are discussed.
本研究考察了与他人分享积极事件（称为资本增值尝试）的行为中的文化差异。前三项研究使用多种方法检验了两种文化之间的资本增值尝试是否存在差异：自我报告（研究 1）、儿童故事书（研究 2）和 Facebook（研究 3）。我们发现，与欧洲裔美国人相比，韩国人不太愿意与他人分享自己的积极事件。研究 4 进一步考察了资本增值尝试的前因和后果。我们复制了之前的发现，即韩国人在分享积极事件时犹豫不决，并表明这是因为韩国人更关心社交关系可能带来的负面后果。此外，我们发现，资本增值尝试的文化差异部分解释了文化间幸福感的平均水平差异。讨论了资本增值、文化和幸福感的含义。
