Meaning in Stressful Experiences and Coping Across Cultures

IF 2.4 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology Pub Date : 2022-07-06 DOI:10.1177/00220221221109552

L. Ji, Suhui Yap, Zhi Ao Mark Khei, Xin-qiang Wang, Bao-Chu Chang, S. Shang, Huajian Cai

引用次数: 3

Abstract

We report three studies to examine how culture may influence people’s tendency to see meaning in stressful experiences (MISE), as well as their coping responses. Using a newly developed MISE scale with established measurement invariance across both cultures, we found that Chinese participants were more likely than Euro-Canadians to see meaning in stressful experiences (Studies 1 and 2), to adopt acceptance and positive reframing coping styles (Study 1), and to respond more positively to the COVID-19 pandemic (Study 2). To establish a causal link between MISE and coping, we primed MISE in Study 3 with Chinese participants and found an increase in resilient coping. The research highlights the important roles of culture and meaning making in coping.

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压力体验中的意义与跨文化应对

我们报告了三项研究，以考察文化如何影响人们在压力体验中看到意义的倾向（MISE），以及他们的应对反应。使用一种新开发的在两种文化中都具有测量不变性的MISE量表，我们发现中国参与者比欧洲加拿大人更有可能看到压力经历的意义（研究1和2），采取接受和积极的应对方式（研究1），并对新冠肺炎大流行做出更积极的反应（研究2）。为了建立MISE和应对之间的因果关系，我们在研究3中对中国参与者启动了MISE，并发现弹性应对的增加。这项研究强调了文化和意义创造在应对中的重要作用。

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

4.60

自引率

6.70%

发文量

期刊介绍： Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology publishes papers that focus on the interrelationships between culture and psychological processes. Submitted manuscripts may report results from either cross-cultural comparative research or results from other types of research concerning the ways in which culture (and related concepts such as ethnicity) affect the thinking and behavior of individuals as well as how individual thought and behavior define and reflect aspects of culture. Review papers and innovative reformulations of cross-cultural theory will also be considered. Studies reporting data from within a single nation should focus on cross-cultural perspective. Empirical studies must be described in sufficient detail to be potentially replicable.