Different functions of emotion regulation in linking harmony seeking and rejection avoidance to life satisfaction and social support in Germany, Hong Kong, and Japan

IF 2.1 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Asian Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI:10.1111/ajsp.12557

Fabian Schunk, Natalie Wong, Gen Nakao, Gisela Trommsdorff

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Abstract

This study examined whether two facets of interdependence, harmony seeking and rejection avoidance, were differently related to life satisfaction and social support from friends across cultures through the differential use of emotion regulation strategies. Specifically, we propose that individuals who seek harmony and avoid rejection regulate emotions differently to achieve social adaptation in their sociocultural contexts. University students from Germany (n = 129), Hong Kong (n = 136), and Japan (n = 123) completed our online survey. Data were analysed through multigroup structural equation modelling. Across cultures, harmony seeking was positively while rejection avoidance was negatively related to indices of social functioning (life satisfaction or social support). For Germans, emotion regulation (more rumination, less reappraisal, more suppression) completely mediated the associations of rejection avoidance with life satisfaction. Germans may emotionally overreact when fearing rejection, which is reflected in using dysfunctional emotion regulation strategies. In contrast, rejection avoidance was only weakly related to emotional dysregulation among Hong Kong Chinese and Japanese who might be adapted to fearing exclusion due to living in low relational mobility societies. Our findings demonstrate cultural similarities and differences in the interplay of harmony seeking and rejection avoidance with emotion regulation, life satisfaction, and social support.

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德国、香港和日本情绪调节在寻求和谐和避免拒绝与生活满意度和社会支持之间的不同作用

本研究通过对情绪调节策略的不同使用，考察了相互依赖的两个方面——寻求和谐和避免拒绝——是否与不同文化的生活满意度和来自朋友的社会支持有不同的关系。具体而言，我们提出寻求和谐和避免拒绝的个体通过不同的情绪调节方式来实现其社会文化环境中的社会适应。来自德国(129名)、香港(136名)和日本(123名)的大学生完成了我们的在线调查。通过多群结构方程模型对数据进行分析。在不同文化中，寻求和谐与社会功能指数(生活满意度或社会支持)呈正相关，而拒绝回避与社会功能指数呈负相关。对于德国人来说，情绪调节(更多的反刍，更少的重新评价，更多的抑制)完全介导了拒绝回避与生活满意度的关联。德国人在害怕被拒绝时可能会情绪过激，这反映在使用功能失调的情绪调节策略上。相比之下，拒绝回避与香港华人和日本人的情绪失调只有弱相关，他们可能由于生活在低关系流动性的社会中而适应害怕被排斥。我们的研究结果表明，在情感调节、生活满意度和社会支持方面，寻求和谐和拒绝回避的文化相似性和差异性。

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Asian Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Asian Journal of Social Psychology publishes empirical papers and major reviews on any topic in social psychology and personality, and on topics in other areas of basic and applied psychology that highlight the role of social psychological concepts and theories. The journal coverage also includes all aspects of social processes such as development, cognition, emotions, personality, health and well-being, in the sociocultural context of organisations, schools, communities, social networks, and virtual groups. The journal encourages interdisciplinary integration with social sciences, life sciences, engineering sciences, and the humanities. The journal positively encourages submissions with Asian content and/or Asian authors but welcomes high-quality submissions from any part of the world.