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Cultural similarities and differences in social identification in Japan and Australia
Author(s) -
Kashima Emiko S.,
Hitokoto Hidehumi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2009.01273.x
Subject(s) - identification (biology) , situational ethics , psychology , affordance , social psychology , dimension (graph theory) , face (sociological concept) , cognition , social cognition , cultural diversity , cognitive psychology , sociology , social science , botany , mathematics , neuroscience , pure mathematics , biology , anthropology
A comparison of social identification processes in Australia and Japan found some similarities and differences. In both countries, identification with smaller face‐to‐face groups was found to be stronger than identification with larger social categories; however, Australians scored higher on the affective dimension of social identification, whereas Japanese scored higher on the cognitive dimension. Moreover, positive situations from Australia and negative situations from Japan were estimated by respondents from both cultures to be more influential in determining how much they identify with their ingroups, showing a cultural situation‐bias effect. Situational affordances of social identification across cultures are discussed.