Zhang Jun, Rong Guanglan, Du Wenxi, Bao Yan
College of International Studies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
Westa College, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Jan 8;15(1):53. doi: 10.3390/bs15010053.
Self-change is crucial for driving both individual growth and societal progress. Based on schema theory, this study proposes that indirect multicultural experiences may be an effective pathway to promote self-change, with positive emotions and meaning seeking serving as mediators, and social class as a moderator. To test this hypothesis, an online survey was conducted with 1627 participants aged 18-55 years, using scales to assess indirect multicultural experiences, self-change, positive emotions, meaning seeking, and both subjective and objective social classes. The results indicated that indirect multicultural experiences promote self-change not only by enhancing positive emotions but also by fostering meaning seeking. Additionally, social class moderated the relationship between indirect multicultural experiences and self-change, with subjective social class playing a more pronounced role than objective social class. Individuals with higher subjective social class overall benefited more from indirect multicultural experiences. These findings enhance our understanding of the mechanisms behind self-change and suggest that interventions aiming to foster personal growth and self-improvement can benefit from encouraging diverse cultural exposures, focusing on enhancing individuals' subjective sense of social class.
自我改变对于推动个人成长和社会进步都至关重要。基于图式理论，本研究提出，间接多元文化体验可能是促进自我改变的有效途径，积极情绪和意义寻求作为中介变量，社会阶层作为调节变量。为了验证这一假设，对1627名年龄在18至55岁之间的参与者进行了一项在线调查，使用量表来评估间接多元文化体验、自我改变、积极情绪、意义寻求以及主观和客观社会阶层。结果表明，间接多元文化体验不仅通过增强积极情绪促进自我改变，还通过培养意义寻求来实现。此外，社会阶层调节了间接多元文化体验与自我改变之间的关系，主观社会阶层比客观社会阶层发挥了更显著的作用。总体而言，主观社会阶层较高的个体从间接多元文化体验中受益更多。这些发现加深了我们对自我改变背后机制的理解，并表明旨在促进个人成长和自我提升的干预措施可以从鼓励多样化的文化接触中受益，重点是增强个体的主观社会阶层感。
