Zell Ethan, Su Rong, Li Hong, Ringo Ho Moon-Ho, Hong Sungjin, Kumkale Tarcan, Stauffer Sarah D, Zecca Gregory, Cai Huajian, Roccas Sonia, Arce-Michel Javier, de Sousa Cristina, Diaz-Loving Rolando, Botero Maria Mercedes, Mannetti Lucia, Garcia Claudia, Carrera Pilar, Cabalero Amparo, Ikemi Masatake, Chan Darius, Bernardo Allan, Garcia Fernando, Brechan Inge, Maio Greg, Albarracín Dolores
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA.
Soc Psychol Personal Sci. 2013 Sep;4(5):521-528. doi: 10.1177/1948550612468774. Epub 2012 Dec 14.
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.
当前的研究考察了不同国家在对待行动与不作为的态度上是否存在差异。预计辩证的东亚社会成员在对待行动/不作为的态度上会表现出积极的关联。然而，预计非辩证的欧美社会成员在对待行动/不作为的态度上会表现出消极的关联。来自19个国家的年轻人完成了辩证思维以及对待行动/不作为态度的测量。多层次建模的结果表明，正如预测的那样，与来自低辩证性国家的人相比，来自高辩证性国家的人在对待行动和不作为的态度上表现出更积极的关联。此外，在控制了个人主义-集体主义、神经质、国内生产总值和反应方式等文化差异后，这些发现依然成立。讨论突出了这些发现对于行动/不作为目标、辩证性和文化的意义。
