Culture, cross-role consistency, and adjustment: Testing trait and cultural psychology perspectives

A.T. Church; C.A. Anderson-Harumi; A. M. del Prado; G.J. Curtis; J. Tanaka-Matsumi; J.L. Valdez Medina; K.A. Mastor; F.A. White; L.A. Miramontes; M.S. Katigbak

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.739

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Culture, cross-role consistency, and adjustment: Testing trait and cultural psychology perspectives

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Culture, cross-role consistency, and adjustment: Testing trait and cultural psychology perspectives

A.T. Church, C.A. Anderson-Harumi, A. M. del Prado, G.J. Curtis, J. Tanaka-Matsumi, J.L. Valdez Medina, K.A. Mastor, F.A. White, L.A. Miramontes and M.S. Katigbak

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol.95(3), pp.739-755

2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.739

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Abstract

Trait and cultural psychology perspectives on cross-role consistency and its relation to adjustment were examined in 2 individualistic cultures, the United States (N = 231) and Australia (N = 195), and 4 collectivistic cultures, Mexico (N = 199), the Philippines (N = 195), Malaysia (N = 217), and Japan (N = 180). Cross-role consistency in trait ratings was evident in all cultures, supporting trait perspectives. Cultural comparisons of mean consistency provided support for cultural psychology perspectives as applied to East Asian cultures (i.e., Japan) but not collectivistic cultures more generally. Some but not all of the hypothesized predictors of consistency were supported across cultures. Cross-role consistency predicted aspects of adjustment in all cultures, but prediction was most reliable in the U.S. sample and weakest in the Japanese sample. Alternative constructs proposed by cultural psychologists—personality coherence, social appraisal, and relationship harmony—predicted adjustment in all cultures but were not, as hypothesized, better predictors of adjustment in collectivistic cultures than in individualistic cultures.

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Title: Culture, cross-role consistency, and adjustment: Testing trait and cultural psychology perspectives
Authors/Creators: A.T. Church (Author/Creator) - Washington State University
C.A. Anderson-Harumi (Author/Creator) - Washington State University
A. M. del Prado (Author/Creator) - Washington State University
G.J. Curtis (Author/Creator) - Western Sydney University
J. Tanaka-Matsumi (Author/Creator) - Kwansei Gakuin University
J.L. Valdez Medina (Author/Creator)
K.A. Mastor (Author/Creator) - National University of Malaysia
F.A. White (Author/Creator) - The University of Sydney
L.A. Miramontes (Author/Creator) - Washington State University
M.S. Katigbak (Author/Creator) - Washington State University
Publication Details: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol.95(3), pp.739-755
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Identifiers: 991005542199107891
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 6 Social Sciences; 6.73 Social Psychology; 6.73.130 Cognitive Biases
Web Of Science research areas: Psychology, Social
ESI research areas: Psychiatry/Psychology