Cultural differences in explicit and implicit support provision and underlying motivations for self-esteem, closeness, and relational concerns
This research explores how culture influences the motivations underlying explicit (emotional and instrumental) and implicit (companionship and attentiveness) support provision. Two studies (N = 1,106) compared the responses of European Americans and Japanese individuals to a close other’s stressful...
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| description | This research explores how culture influences the motivations underlying explicit (emotional and instrumental) and implicit (companionship and attentiveness) support provision. Two studies (N = 1,106) compared the responses of European Americans and Japanese individuals to a close other’s stressful event. The results showed that European Americans were more likely than Japanese to provide explicit support and more motivated to increase the close other’s self-esteem and feeling of closeness. Conversely, Japanese individuals were more likely to provide attentiveness support, motivated by concern for an entire group and a friend. These findings support the motivation as a mediator hypothesis. On the other hand, the culture as a moderator hypothesis applied to the association between concern for an entire group motivation and implicit support provision. Specifically, concern for an entire group motivation predicted companionship support provision only in Japanese, while it predicted attentiveness support provision mainly in European Americans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bbd6926a7ecb4741a06544d4f8e4b9372023-08-03T12:33:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-08-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12027291202729Cultural differences in explicit and implicit support provision and underlying motivations for self-esteem, closeness, and relational concernsRina Tanaka0Shaofeng Zheng1Keiko Ishii2Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, JapanHitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, JapanThis research explores how culture influences the motivations underlying explicit (emotional and instrumental) and implicit (companionship and attentiveness) support provision. Two studies (N = 1,106) compared the responses of European Americans and Japanese individuals to a close other’s stressful event. The results showed that European Americans were more likely than Japanese to provide explicit support and more motivated to increase the close other’s self-esteem and feeling of closeness. Conversely, Japanese individuals were more likely to provide attentiveness support, motivated by concern for an entire group and a friend. These findings support the motivation as a mediator hypothesis. On the other hand, the culture as a moderator hypothesis applied to the association between concern for an entire group motivation and implicit support provision. Specifically, concern for an entire group motivation predicted companionship support provision only in Japanese, while it predicted attentiveness support provision mainly in European Americans.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1202729/fullculturesocial support provisionexplicit vs. implicit social supportrelational concernsself-esteem |
| spellingShingle | Rina Tanaka Shaofeng Zheng Keiko Ishii Cultural differences in explicit and implicit support provision and underlying motivations for self-esteem, closeness, and relational concerns Frontiers in Psychology culture social support provision explicit vs. implicit social support relational concerns self-esteem |
| title | Cultural differences in explicit and implicit support provision and underlying motivations for self-esteem, closeness, and relational concerns |
| title_full | Cultural differences in explicit and implicit support provision and underlying motivations for self-esteem, closeness, and relational concerns |
| title_fullStr | Cultural differences in explicit and implicit support provision and underlying motivations for self-esteem, closeness, and relational concerns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural differences in explicit and implicit support provision and underlying motivations for self-esteem, closeness, and relational concerns |
| title_short | Cultural differences in explicit and implicit support provision and underlying motivations for self-esteem, closeness, and relational concerns |
| title_sort | cultural differences in explicit and implicit support provision and underlying motivations for self esteem closeness and relational concerns |
| topic | culture social support provision explicit vs. implicit social support relational concerns self-esteem |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1202729/full |
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