Cultural differences in people's psychological responseto COVID-19
The present research studied Chinese and Euro-Canadian students during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on their affect, optimism, well-being, and meaning in life. The results revealed both differences and similarities across cultures. As predicted, Chinese participants reported more positive affect...
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| author | Yap, Suhui Lee, Albert Ji, Li-Jun Li, Ye Dong, Ying |
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| description | The present research studied Chinese and Euro-Canadian students during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on their affect, optimism, well-being, and meaning in life. The results revealed both differences and similarities across cultures. As predicted, Chinese participants reported more positive affect and less negative affect, higher optimism, higher state psychological well-being, and higher meaning presence, compared to Euro-Canadian participants. The findings were replicated after a week's delay. Analyses on longitudinal data showed that state optimism, state well-being, and meaning presence influenced one another over time. These variables also mediated the cultural differences in one another. These results are consistent with cultural work on naïve dialecticism and non-linear lay theory of change. Results also demonstrate underlying relationships among the constructs that are common to both cultural groups. Broadly, the present research highlights the impact of culture on people's response to challenging life situations and the mechanisms underlying these cultural differences. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1540862023-03-05T15:33:58Z Cultural differences in people's psychological responseto COVID-19 Yap, Suhui Lee, Albert Ji, Li-Jun Li, Ye Dong, Ying School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Psychology COVID-19 State Well-Being The present research studied Chinese and Euro-Canadian students during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on their affect, optimism, well-being, and meaning in life. The results revealed both differences and similarities across cultures. As predicted, Chinese participants reported more positive affect and less negative affect, higher optimism, higher state psychological well-being, and higher meaning presence, compared to Euro-Canadian participants. The findings were replicated after a week's delay. Analyses on longitudinal data showed that state optimism, state well-being, and meaning presence influenced one another over time. These variables also mediated the cultural differences in one another. These results are consistent with cultural work on naïve dialecticism and non-linear lay theory of change. Results also demonstrate underlying relationships among the constructs that are common to both cultural groups. Broadly, the present research highlights the impact of culture on people's response to challenging life situations and the mechanisms underlying these cultural differences. Ministry of Education (MOE) Published version This research was supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC) research grants (435-2012-1279 and 435-2018-0061) to L-JJ, and MOE Tier 1 grants (002511-00001 and 020167- 00001) to AL. 2022-06-08T06:25:18Z 2022-06-08T06:25:18Z 2021 Journal Article Yap, S., Lee, A., Ji, L., Li, Y. & Dong, Y. (2021). Cultural differences in people's psychological responseto COVID-19. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 636062-. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636062 1664-1078 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154086 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636062 34322051 2-s2.0-85111358199 12 636062 en MOE 002511-00001 MOE 020167- 00001 Frontiers in Psychology © 2021 Yap, Lee, Ji, Li and Dong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology COVID-19 State Well-Being Yap, Suhui Lee, Albert Ji, Li-Jun Li, Ye Dong, Ying Cultural differences in people's psychological responseto COVID-19 |
| title | Cultural differences in people's psychological responseto COVID-19 |
| title_full | Cultural differences in people's psychological responseto COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Cultural differences in people's psychological responseto COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural differences in people's psychological responseto COVID-19 |
| title_short | Cultural differences in people's psychological responseto COVID-19 |
| title_sort | cultural differences in people s psychological responseto covid 19 |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology COVID-19 State Well-Being |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154086 |
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