TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural Differences in Attitudes Toward Action and Inaction
T2 - The Role of Dialecticism
AU - Zell, Ethan
AU - Su, Rong
AU - Li, Hong
AU - Ho, Moon Ho Ringo
AU - Hong, Sungjin
AU - Kumkale, Tarcan
AU - Stauffer, Sarah D.
AU - Zecca, Gregory
AU - Cai, Huajian
AU - Roccas, Sonia
AU - Arce-Michel, Javier
AU - de Sousa, Cristina
AU - Diaz-Loving, Rolando
AU - Botero, Maria Mercedes
AU - Mannetti, Lucia
AU - Garcia, Claudia
AU - Carrera, Pilar
AU - Cabalero, Amparo
AU - Ikemi, Masatake
AU - Chan, Darius
AU - Bernardo, Allan
AU - Garcia, Fernando
AU - Brechan, Inge
AU - Maio, Greg
AU - Albarracín, Dolores
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - The current research examined whether nations differ in their attitudes toward action and inaction. It was anticipated that members of dialectical East Asian societies would show a positive association in their attitudes toward action/inaction. However, members of non-dialectical European-American societies were expected to show a negative association in their attitudes toward action/inaction. Young adults in 19 nations completed measures of dialectical thinking and attitudes toward action/inaction. Results from multi-level modeling showed, as predicted, that people from high dialecticism nations reported a more positive association in their attitudes toward action and inaction than people from low dialecticism nations. Furthermore, these findings remained after controlling for cultural differences in individualism-collectivism, neuroticism, gross-domestic product, and response style. Discussion highlights the implications of these findings for action/inaction goals, dialecticism, and culture.
AB - The current research examined whether nations differ in their attitudes toward action and inaction. It was anticipated that members of dialectical East Asian societies would show a positive association in their attitudes toward action/inaction. However, members of non-dialectical European-American societies were expected to show a negative association in their attitudes toward action/inaction. Young adults in 19 nations completed measures of dialectical thinking and attitudes toward action/inaction. Results from multi-level modeling showed, as predicted, that people from high dialecticism nations reported a more positive association in their attitudes toward action and inaction than people from low dialecticism nations. Furthermore, these findings remained after controlling for cultural differences in individualism-collectivism, neuroticism, gross-domestic product, and response style. Discussion highlights the implications of these findings for action/inaction goals, dialecticism, and culture.
KW - action research
KW - attitudes
KW - attitudinal ambivalence
KW - culture and cognition
KW - culture/ethnicity
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84881264121
U2 - 10.1177/1948550612468774
DO - 10.1177/1948550612468774
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AN - SCOPUS:84881264121
SN - 1948-5506
VL - 4
SP - 521
EP - 528
JO - Social Psychological and Personality Science
JF - Social Psychological and Personality Science
IS - 5
ER -