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FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.676526
Keywords
independence; interdependence; age; self-construal; cultural psychology; cultural agent; cultural game player
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [17K13909]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17K13909] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The study found that as age increases, Japanese individuals score higher on independence and lower on interdependence, particularly among younger generations. These cross-generational differences were not reflected in participants' preferences, but only in their actual behaviors.
The current study examined cross-generational differences in both independent and interdependent self-construal. Two studies using samples from across Japan that included a wide age range demonstrated that, with increasing age, Japanese respondents scored higher on independence, which was measured by a self-expression scale, and lower on interdependence, as measured by a rejection avoidance scale. Furthermore, these cross-over effects were not observed with regard to participants' preferences (i.e., the ideal state of the self), but were only observed in their actual selves (i.e., the actual state of the self). These results suggest that the Japanese, especially younger generations, cannot help but behave in an interdependent way despite being eager to be independent.
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