Cultural Differences in Attitudes Toward Action and Inaction: The Role of Dialecticism
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Psychology
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Volume
4
Issue
5
First Page
521
Last Page
528
Publication Date
9-1-2013
Abstract
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. © The Author(s) 2013.
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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1177/1948550612468774
Recommended Citation
Zell, E., Su, R., Li, H., Ho, M., Hong, S., Kumkale, T., Stauffer, S., Zecca, G., Cai, H., Roccas, S., Arce-Michel, J., de Sousa, C., Diaz-Loving, R., Botero, M., Mannetti, L., Garcia, C., Carrera, P., Cabalero, A., Ikemi, M., Chan, D., Bernardo, A., Garcia, F., Brechan, I., Maio, G., & Albarracín, D. (2013). Cultural Differences in Attitudes Toward Action and Inaction: The Role of Dialecticism. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4 (5), 521-528. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550612468774
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