Hashimoto Hirofumi
Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.
Front Psychol. 2021 Jun 15;12:676526. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.676526. eCollection 2021.
The current study examined cross-generational differences in both independent and interdependent self-construal. Two studies using samples from across Japan that included a wide age range demonstrated that, with increasing age, Japanese respondents scored higher on independence, which was measured by a self-expression scale, and lower on interdependence, as measured by a rejection avoidance scale. Furthermore, these cross-over effects were not observed with regard to participants' preferences (i.e., the ideal state of the self), but were only observed in their actual selves (i.e., the actual state of the self). These results suggest that the Japanese, especially younger generations, cannot help but behave in an interdependent way despite being eager to be independent.
当前的研究考察了独立型和互依型自我建构的代际差异。两项研究使用了来自日本各地、涵盖广泛年龄范围的样本，结果表明，随着年龄的增长，日本受访者在通过自我表达量表衡量的独立性方面得分更高，而在通过拒绝回避量表衡量的互依性方面得分更低。此外，这些交叉效应在参与者的偏好（即自我的理想状态）方面未被观察到，而仅在他们的实际自我（即自我的实际状态）中被观察到。这些结果表明，日本人，尤其是年轻一代，尽管渴望独立，但却不由自主地以互依的方式行事。
