Hannah C Williamson, Clare R Thomas, Po-Heng Chen, Betul Urganci, María Alonso-Ferres, Inmaculada Valor-Segura
{"title":"Relationship Attributions Are Not Universal: Cultural Variation in Levels and Links With Satisfaction.","authors":"Hannah C Williamson, Clare R Thomas, Po-Heng Chen, Betul Urganci, María Alonso-Ferres, Inmaculada Valor-Segura","doi":"10.1177/00220221261468380","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00220221261468380","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>How individuals explain their partner's behavior is a key cognitive process in romantic relationships. These \"relationship attributions\" have been consistently linked with relationship quality, but most evidence comes from Western, individualistic contexts. The cultural psychology literature suggests that attributional processes are shaped by broader cognitive and social norms, raising questions about their universality in close relationships. In a pre-registered, cross-cultural design, individuals in romantic relationships from Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United States (<i>N</i> = 2,347) reported on causal and responsibility attributions and relationship satisfaction. We tested country-level differences in levels of attributions and whether the association between attributions and satisfaction was moderated by country. Mean levels of causal and responsibility attributions differed significantly: Taiwanese participants reported the highest levels, followed by Turkey, the U.S., and Spain. Higher levels of causal and responsibility attributions were associated with lower satisfaction in all countries, but the strength of this association varied: it was strongest in Turkey and the U.S., moderate in Spain, and weakest in Taiwan. Relationship attributions are thus culturally patterned in both degree and function. These findings underscore the importance of integrating cultural context into theories of relationship cognition and caution against assuming the universality of attribution-satisfaction links.</p>","PeriodicalId":48354,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13450069/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148698145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erika L Roach, Iris B Mauss, Yuuko Uchikoshi, Qing Zhou
{"title":"Emotion Beliefs and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese American and Mexican American Parents in Low-Income Immigrant Families.","authors":"Erika L Roach, Iris B Mauss, Yuuko Uchikoshi, Qing Zhou","doi":"10.1177/00220221251408369","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00220221251408369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The present study compared two types of emotion beliefs-emotion malleability (<i>can control</i> beliefs) and emotion control <i>(should control</i> beliefs)-in low-income Chinese American (CA; <i>N</i>=222) and Mexican American (MA; <i>N</i>=91) immigrant parents and examined their relations with depressive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>313 CA and MA immigrant parents (<i>M<sub>age</sub></i> =40.09 years, 183 mothers 130 fathers) completed validated measures assessing <i>can control</i> beliefs, <i>should control</i> beliefs, depressive symptoms, and socio-demographic variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant differences were detected between CA and MA parents in <i>can control</i> and <i>should control</i> beliefs. Several socio-demographic variables predicted <i>can control</i> and <i>should control</i> beliefs. <i>Can control</i> beliefs were associated with lower depressive (β = -0.28, p < 0.001), while <i>should control</i> beliefs were associated with higher depressive symptoms (β = 1.99, p < 0.01) in both CA and MA parents. Cultural group did not moderate these relations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CA and MA parents endorsed comparable levels of emotion beliefs and the relations between emotion beliefs and depressive symptoms were consistent across groups. These findings suggest that interventions targeting emotion beliefs among low-income immigrant parents should focus on enhancing <i>can control</i> beliefs while addressing potentially maladaptive <i>should control</i> beliefs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48354,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13048785/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147624277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking Modernization and Value Change in China: Moral Decline or Emancipative Shift?","authors":"Xue Gong","doi":"10.1177/00220221251385541","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00220221251385541","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Modernization, particularly in Western contexts, is often conceptualized as a driver of emancipative value change; the Chinese experience offers a different narrative-one in which modernization is associated with the erosion of shared moral norms and the emergence of a so-called moral crisis. Despite these competing views, empirical research remains limited regarding whether modernization in China erodes shared moral norms or fosters emancipative value change. Using data from the World Values Survey conducted in China in 2007, 2012, and 2018, this study examines both perspectives by analyzing intergenerational differences in moral values and standards. It finds that, compared to pre-reform generations, post-reform generations exhibit higher moral standards and demonstrate more diverse and emancipative moral values. In addition, moral standards have increased over time across the general population. These results suggest that the so-called moral crisis in China should be understood as a transformation of morality rather than its decline. These findings help to clarify an influential concept, illuminate how China's modernization shapes the moral outlook of its citizens, and contribute to comparative debates on socio-economic modernization and value change.</p>","PeriodicalId":48354,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology","volume":"57 4","pages":"632-651"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13167023/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147934701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew Wice, Yoko Takagi, Kamil Hankour, Aaron John
{"title":"Depictions of Prosocial Behavior in U.S. and Japanese Children’s Picture Books","authors":"Matthew Wice, Yoko Takagi, Kamil Hankour, Aaron John","doi":"10.1177/00220221241283918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241283918","url":null,"abstract":"In the current study, we analyzed prosocial content in children’s picture books in the United States ( N = 40) and Japan ( N = 40). Results revealed cultural commonality and differences in the nature of the prosocial behaviors depicted. While acts involving characters helping others fulfill goals were frequent in both cultures, children’s books in the United States were more likely than those in Japan to contain depictions of characters providing emotional comfort. Japanese children’s books, on the contrary, were more likely to involve mutual collaboration and sharing. The findings demonstrate how valued forms of prosocial behavior are reflected in cultural products that are geared toward children.","PeriodicalId":48354,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology","volume":"56 4","pages":"337-353"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147913777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cultural Variation in Attitudes Toward Social Chatbots.","authors":"Dunigan P Folk, Chenxi Wu, Steven J Heine","doi":"10.1177/00220221251317950","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00220221251317950","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Across two studies (Total <i>N</i> = 1,659), we found evidence for cultural differences in attitudes toward socially bonding with conversational AI. In Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 675), university students with an East Asian cultural background expected to enjoy a hypothetical conversation with a chatbot (vs. human) more than students with European background. Moreover, they were less uncomfortable and more approving of a hypothetical situation where someone else socially connected with a chatbot (vs. human) than the students with a European background. In Study 2 (preregistered; <i>N</i> = 984), we found similar evidence for cultural differences comparing samples of Chinese and Japanese adults currently living in East Asia to adults currently living in the United States. Critically, these cultural differences were explained by East Asian participants increased propensity to anthropomorphize technology. Overall, our findings suggest there is cultural variability in attitudes toward chatbots and that these differences are mediated by differences in anthropomorphism.</p>","PeriodicalId":48354,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology","volume":"56 3","pages":"219-239"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11945465/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143755195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia S Rotzinger, Lene Arnett Jensen, Amber Gayle Thalmayer
{"title":"Ubuntu in Namibia and Kenya: How Emerging Adults Live an Essential African Value Today.","authors":"Julia S Rotzinger, Lene Arnett Jensen, Amber Gayle Thalmayer","doi":"10.1177/00220221241309863","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00220221241309863","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychology in Africa often relies on Euro-American theories, despite their limitations in African cultures. Here, a shift to an Afrocentric perspective was made by exploring <i>Ubuntu</i> in two sub-Saharan African countries using a cultural-developmental psychology approach for in-depth emic understanding. Ubuntu (also known as <i>botho</i>, etc.) is a moral ideal that at core means placing a higher importance on the community than on oneself. Most literature on this important African concept has been theoretical rather than empirical, and little is known about how well it describes contemporary worldviews and experiences of emerging adults. In this interview study, Namibian and Kenyan emerging adults (ages 18-20 years, <i>N</i> = 23) shared their views on, identification with, and behaviors shaped by Ubuntu values. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to develop four themes that convey the advantages and disadvantages described: I am because I am connected; Together we do better; Following and passing on traditions; and Costs of community-freeloaders and restrictions. Findings support the theoretical literature on Ubuntu while contributing the voices of a new generation, coming of age into a mix of tradition and globalization. Participants identified strongly with Ubuntu values and practiced them in old and new ways. They also sometimes desired more autonomy in the realms of education and spirituality. This empirical study on Ubuntu offers insights into the lived experience of a philosophy and values of ongoing importance in the African region and sets the stage for a research agenda to integrate this important construct into cross-cultural psychology.</p>","PeriodicalId":48354,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology","volume":"56 2","pages":"194-213"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11896755/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143626595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cory L Cobb, Christopher P Salas-Wright, Sehun Oh, Mildred M Maldonado-Molina, Eric C Brown, Maria Duque, Melissa M Bates, Jose Rodriguez, Seth J Schwartz
{"title":"Intrapersonal, Cultural, and Community Assets among Puerto Rican Hurricane Maria Survivors: A Latent Profile Analysis.","authors":"Cory L Cobb, Christopher P Salas-Wright, Sehun Oh, Mildred M Maldonado-Molina, Eric C Brown, Maria Duque, Melissa M Bates, Jose Rodriguez, Seth J Schwartz","doi":"10.1177/00220221241283441","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00220221241283441","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In September 2017, Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico and resulted in the deaths of thousands of people, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the mass migration of hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans to the U.S. mainland. Because of these events, Puerto Rican Hurricane Maria survivors on the U.S. mainland are at risk for depressive symptomatology. The purpose of this study was to examine sources of protection against depressive symptoms in this population, with a focus on identifying protective assets and how such assets are differentially distributed across subsets of survivors. A sample of 319 Puerto Rican Hurricane Maria survivors (<i>M</i> <sub>age</sub> = 38.5 years, 77% women) completed surveys of intrapersonal, cultural, and community assets, as well as a measure of depressive symptoms. Results showed that optimism and religiosity at the intrapersonal level, and collective efficacy and community safety at the community level, emerged as significant protective assets against depression. Results from a latent profile analysis revealed four classes of survivors based on their degree and type of protection: High Protection, Safe Community, Moderate Protection, and Low Protection. The High Protection class reported fewer depressive symptoms compared with the Moderate and Low Protection classes but reported similar levels of depressive symptoms as the Safe Community class. Findings suggest that intrapersonal cognitive factors, and community efficacy and safety factors may represent salient assets among hurricane survivors on the U.S. mainland. Findings also illustrate that subsets of Puerto Rican Hurricane Maria survivors vary in their degree and type of protective assets.</p>","PeriodicalId":48354,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology","volume":"56 1","pages":"3-19"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12456457/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145139126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rony Kayrouz, Eyal Karin, Lauren Staples, Olav Nielssen, Shane Cross, Blake F. Dear, Nickolai Titov
{"title":"A Quantitative Systematic Review to Evaluate the Favorability of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) on the Acceptability, Feasibility, and Clinical Utility for Clinicians, Patients, and Relatives","authors":"Rony Kayrouz, Eyal Karin, Lauren Staples, Olav Nielssen, Shane Cross, Blake F. Dear, Nickolai Titov","doi":"10.1177/00220221241269994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241269994","url":null,"abstract":"The Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) is a semi-structured interview in the DSM-5 comprised of three parts: a core-16-item questionnaire, an informant version for relatives or relevant others, and 12 supplementary modules placing culture and context at the center of patient assessment and treatment to clarify diagnosis and treatment and ensure patients feel understood. The paper aims to synthesize the current quantitative evidence on CFI’s favorability (i.e., whether it is feasible, acceptable, and valuable) for patients, clinicians, and relatives. A mixed-methods synthesis methodology was used to assess the impact of the favorability of the CFI for patients, clinicians and relatives, and clinicians’ cultural competence. The synthesis included 10 studies on the clinician’s competency, attitudes, training, and diagnosis, three studies on the views of the patients and clinicians about the CFI, and five studies with 34 estimates ( n = 581) on the favorability of the CFI for patients, clinicians and relatives. Clinicians reported that the CFI increased their cultural knowledge across research, training, and practice settings. Patients reported that the CFI prioritized their perspective and increased rapport-building. A quantitative estimate from the five studies on the acceptability, utility, and feasibility of CFI from patients, relatives, and clinicians was favorable, suggesting that patients, relatives, and clinicians were satisfied with using the CFI. A protocol for standardizing CFI training and practice to inform future research using mixed-methods designs that include randomized control trials (RCTs) to examine the effect of the CFI on the clinician’s cultural competence, working alliance, and patient’s level of functioning was recommended.","PeriodicalId":48354,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142268558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Studying Culture, a Methodological Endeavor","authors":"Deborah L. Best","doi":"10.1177/00220221241273917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241273917","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48354,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142182691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Khama Chibwana, Mark Hoelterhoff, Paul Kawale, Cristóbal Guerra, Charles Marley, Action Amos, Paul Mekani, Susannah Johnston, Alinafe Chibwana, Emily P. Taylor, Clara Calia, Corinne Reid
{"title":"Exploring Professional and Carer Stakeholder Conceptualizations of Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Malawi Using a Contextual Co-Design Methodology: The Interplay of Pathology, the Supernatural, and a Pathway to Healing","authors":"Khama Chibwana, Mark Hoelterhoff, Paul Kawale, Cristóbal Guerra, Charles Marley, Action Amos, Paul Mekani, Susannah Johnston, Alinafe Chibwana, Emily P. Taylor, Clara Calia, Corinne Reid","doi":"10.1177/00220221241249461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241249461","url":null,"abstract":"In Malawi, there is a high prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents. However, access to specialized care is scarce due to a lack of public policies, resources, and cultural factors. In this context, the aim of this research is to understand how child and adolescent mental health is conceptualized by key stakeholders in Malawi. The participants were 117 stakeholders (59 female and 58 male) involved with children’s mental health from different roles. They participated in workshops, focus groups, and open interviews. The data were processed following the steps of thematic analysis. The results show agreement between the different stakeholders in conceptualizations of child and adolescent mental health in Malawi, where symptoms and signs are not necessarily related to the Western vision, as well as the interaction between natural and supernatural sources in the genesis of mental disorders. Likewise, a pattern of help-seeking is described in which traditional healers stand out over hospitals. Finally, the results allow us to highlight the suggestions made by practitioners, policymakers, community leaders, and academics to improve access to and provision of mental health for children and adolescents in Malawi.","PeriodicalId":48354,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142182692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}