CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science.
Mental Health Education Center.
Am Psychol. 2022 Sep;77(6):786-788. doi: 10.1037/amp0001013.
By examining the changes in the conceptual associations between individualism-collectivism and 10 other concepts based on the Google Ngram Chinese Corpus from the 1950s to the 1990s, Hamamura et al. (2021) inferred (a) no rise in individualism; (b) continuing collectivism; and (c) no effect of modernization on individualism in contemporary China. We question the validity of these conclusions given the following issues in their research: (a) misinterpretation of statistical results; (b) improper calculation of cultural associations; and (c) inappropriate generalization of specific findings. Contrary to their original findings, our reanalysis of their data suggests that individualism has been increasingly accepted and associated with some positive (vs. negative) aspects of life (e.g., income vs. loss, richness vs. poverty) over recent decades in China. Future research should use more rigorous methods and diverse corpora to clarify and explain changes in individualism and collectivism in China. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
通过考察个体主义-集体主义与其他 10 个概念之间的概念关联在 20 世纪 50 年代至 90 年代基于谷歌 Ngram 中文语料库的变化，Hamamura 等人（2021 年）推断出：（a）个体主义没有上升；（b）持续的集体主义；（c）现代化对当代中国个体主义没有影响。鉴于他们研究中的以下问题，我们对这些结论的有效性提出了质疑：（a）对统计结果的误解；（b）文化关联的不当计算；（c）对特定发现的不恰当概括。与他们的原始发现相反，我们对他们数据的重新分析表明，在中国，过去几十年，个体主义越来越被接受，并与生活的一些积极（而非消极）方面联系在一起（例如，收入与损失、富裕与贫穷）。未来的研究应该使用更严格的方法和更多样化的语料库来澄清和解释中国个体主义和集体主义的变化。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
