Cultural Differences in Attitudes Toward Action and Inaction: The Role of Dialecticism

January 21, 2021

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Cultural Differences in Attitudes Toward Action and Inaction: The Role of Dialecticism

Publicated to: Social Psychological and Personality Science. 4 (5): 521-528 - 2013-09-01 4(5), DOI: 10.1177/1948550612468774

Authors:

Zell, E; Su, R; Li, H; Ho, MHR; Hong, SJ; Kumkale, T; Stauffer, SD; Zecca, G; Cai, HJ; Roccas, S; Arce-Michel, J; de Sousa, C; Diaz-Loving, R; Botero, MM; Mannetti, L; Garcia, C; Carrera, P; Cabalero, A; Ikemi, M; Chan, D; Bernardo, A; Garcia, F; Brechan, I; Maio, G; Albarracín, D

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Battelle Ctr Analyt & Publ Hlth, St Louis, MO USA - Author

Cardiff Univ, Cardiff CF10 3AX, S Glam, Wales - Author

Cardiff University - Author

Centro de Investigaciones y Asistencia en Psicología - Author

Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China - Author

Chinese Academy of Sciences - Author

Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China - Author

Chinese University of Hong Kong - Author

Ctr Invest & Asistencia Psicol, Santa Cruz, Bolivia - Author

De La Salle Univ, Manila 1004, Philippines - Author

De La Salle University-Manila - Author

Fdn Aigle, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina - Author

Fundación Aiglé - Author

Inst Piaget, Almada, Portugal - Author

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Koc Univ, Istanbul, Turkey - Author

Koc Universitesi - Author

Nanyang Technol Univ, Singapore 639798, Singapore - Author

Nanyang Technological University - Author

Nihon Univ, Tokyo, Japan - Author

Nihon University - Author

Open Univ Israel, Raanana, Israel - Author

Open University of Israel - Author

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro - Author

Univ Autonoma Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author

Univ Illinois, Champaign, IL USA - Author

Univ Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland - Author

Univ N Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27410 USA - Author

Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico - Author

Univ Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia - Author

Univ Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Author

Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA - Author

Univ Rome, Rome, Italy - Author

Univ Valle Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Author

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author

Universidad del Norte - Author

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala - Author

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Author

Università degli studi di Roma la Sapienza - Author

Université de Lausanne (UNIL) - Author

Universitetet i Oslo - Author

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Author

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Abstract

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. © The Author(s) 2013.

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Keywords

action researchattitudesattitudinal ambivalencecollectivismcontradictionculture and cognitionculture/ethnicityemotionsgoalsindividualismselfAction researchAttitudesAttitudinal ambivalenceCulture and cognitionCulture/ethnicityGeneral action

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The work has been published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2013, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Clinical Psychology. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

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This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Argentina; Bolivia; China; Colombia; Guatemala; Hong Kong; Israel; Italy; Japan; Mexico; Norway; Philippines; Portugal; Singapore; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom; United States of America.

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