Negotiable fate : social ecological foundation and psychological functions
Individuals can negotiate with fate for control through exercising personal agency within the limits that fate has determined, a belief that is referred to as negotiable fate. The current study examined: (a) the social ecological factors that contribute to the prevalence of this belief in negotiable...
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| author | Au, E. W. M. Mallorie, L. Chaturvedi, A. Viswanathan, M. Savani, K. Chiu, Chi-yue Zhang, Zhixue |
| author2 | Nanyang Business School |
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| description | Individuals can negotiate with fate for control through exercising personal agency within the limits that fate has determined, a belief that is referred to as negotiable fate. The current study examined: (a) the social ecological factors that contribute to the prevalence of this belief in negotiable fate and; (b) the psychological functions it serves. The results from a cross-cultural study suggested that negotiable fate is more prevalent in contexts where individuals face many constraints in the pursuit of their goals (i.e., in Mainland China versus the United States), and it promotes active coping and positive self-views in those contexts. The importance of understanding how fate beliefs are linked to sociocultural contexts was discussed in reference to the psychological control literature and cultural psychology. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1071602023-05-19T06:44:41Z Negotiable fate : social ecological foundation and psychological functions Au, E. W. M. Mallorie, L. Chaturvedi, A. Viswanathan, M. Savani, K. Chiu, Chi-yue Zhang, Zhixue Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology Individuals can negotiate with fate for control through exercising personal agency within the limits that fate has determined, a belief that is referred to as negotiable fate. The current study examined: (a) the social ecological factors that contribute to the prevalence of this belief in negotiable fate and; (b) the psychological functions it serves. The results from a cross-cultural study suggested that negotiable fate is more prevalent in contexts where individuals face many constraints in the pursuit of their goals (i.e., in Mainland China versus the United States), and it promotes active coping and positive self-views in those contexts. The importance of understanding how fate beliefs are linked to sociocultural contexts was discussed in reference to the psychological control literature and cultural psychology. 2013-12-04T09:17:50Z 2019-12-06T22:25:50Z 2013-12-04T09:17:50Z 2019-12-06T22:25:50Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Au, E. W. M., Chiu, C.-y., Zhang, Z .X., Mallorie, L., Chaturvedi, A., Viswanathan, M., et al. (2012). Negotiable fate : social ecological foundation and psychological functions. Journal of cross-cultural psychology, 43(6), 931-942. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107160 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18041 10.1177/0022022111421632 en Journal of cross-cultural psychology |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology Au, E. W. M. Mallorie, L. Chaturvedi, A. Viswanathan, M. Savani, K. Chiu, Chi-yue Zhang, Zhixue Negotiable fate : social ecological foundation and psychological functions |
| title | Negotiable fate : social ecological foundation and psychological functions |
| title_full | Negotiable fate : social ecological foundation and psychological functions |
| title_fullStr | Negotiable fate : social ecological foundation and psychological functions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Negotiable fate : social ecological foundation and psychological functions |
| title_short | Negotiable fate : social ecological foundation and psychological functions |
| title_sort | negotiable fate social ecological foundation and psychological functions |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107160 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18041 |
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