Sentences with phrase «collectivist cultures»

Cross cultural comparisons of romantic love often focus on the primacy of love in decisions to marry (Dion and Dion, 1996) concluding that it is less important in collectivist cultures in which marriages are often arranged by parents, relatives or friends who focus on the potential partner's social standing and socioeconomic background.

Collectivist cultures value cooperation with each working towards the family or group goals e.g. Japan and Israel (Eastern Cultures).

For examples, cross-cultural psychologists might investigate how parenting styles differ between collectivist cultures versus individualist cultures as well as how these differences in upbringing influence adult behavior.

In collectivist cultures such as that of Sri Lanka, the family is the first group a person becomes a member of.

In the book Bridging Cultures Between Home and School, Elise Trumbull et al. discuss collectivist cultures.

«The Dispositions of Elementary School Children of Individualistic and Collectivist Cultures Who Are Intrinsically Motivated to Seek Information.»

Both in my country of origin and also where I currently live, as in most collectivist cultures, belonging is evident in daily life.

A key reason for comparing a Hong Kong sample with a British one was that it allowed us to compare a more collectivist culture with an individualist one and so it was crucial to test this assumption.

It will draw samples of participants from the UK and Hong Kong as examples of Western individualist and Eastern collectivist cultures and explore Dion and Dion's claims concerning individualism leading to Eros and Collectivism to Pragma.

Kim and Hatfield (2004) argued that through globalisation and the media, Western views of romantic love and ways of finding a romantic partner have started to pervade collectivist cultures.

Taken together these findings support Dion and Dion's (1996) argument that collectivist cultures promote concern for family and societal expectations resulting in Pragma, whilst the more selfish individualist culture allows for the game - playing attitude toward love which emphasises enjoyment over commitment.

«People who live in collectivist cultures are often more other - directed,» said Sundar.

Collectivist cultures, meaning cultures that place greater value on the good of the group as opposed to the individual, are more likely to cosleep than societies that emphasize the individual.

However, collectivist cultures, such as those of China and Japan, tend to focus more on group goals, such as those of a work group or family, and there is less focus on personal freedom.

Collectivist cultures, on the other hand, tend to see people as connected with others and embedded in a broader social context — as such, they tend to emphasize interdependence, family relationships, and social conformity.

Collectivist cultures, such as those permeating Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, and China, emphasize group and family goals — working together cohesively for the good of the group — while individualism, such as that found in the United States, values self needs and goals.

«The Information - Seeking Behavior of Intrinsically Motivated Elementary School Children of a Collectivist Culture.»

Personality correlates of allocentric tendencies in individualist and collectivist cultures

Thus, individuals or groups with a greater innate proclivity to collectivist organization would have had greater fitness, causing these alleles to increase in frequency in collectivist cultures.

When personality and culture clash: the psychological distress of allocentrics in an individualist culture and idiocentrics in a collectivist culture

The growing body of research on cultural differences has focused on eastern vs. western cultures, and has shown overall less elaborative reminiscing in collectivist cultures than autonomous cultures, but still show variability in reminiscing related to child outcome.

Dion and Dion's (1996) prediction concerning greater Pragma in collectivist cultures was upheld, although it was a lack of individualism, rather than an increased collectivist score that was key in predicting this love style.

By including participants from Hong Kong and the UK it was possible to test Dion and Dion's (1996) theory concerning the difference between individualist and collectivist cultures» attitudes toward love and the results provided partial support.

Such cultural influences can explain why cognitive strategies that attribute the causes of a stressful event to others (Other - blame) in collectivist cultures (e.g., Chinese) are associated with high levels of anxiety [16], although they are not evident in individualist cultures (e.g., Spanish and Dutch).

The current study aimed to explore how self - construals affect subjective well - being (SWB) in China, which has a collectivist culture.