Japanese vs. American Values

Fk, Berrien

doi:10.1080/00224545.1965.9919598

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“…In China and Japan, people attend closely to the social order maintained through hierarchically structured relationships and emphasize the importance of polite and pleasant interpersonal interaction (Hwang, 1987). Reflecting this emphasis on harmonious relationships, Japanese society de-emphasizes individual achievements and assigns the success of the work group high priority (Berrien, 1965). Thus we hypothesized that Asians would more strongly associate good interpersonal relations with positive emotional adjustment than would Caucasians.…”

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Mental health values and preference for mental health resources of Japanese-American and Caucasian-American students.

Suan

Tyler²

1990

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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The authors investigated Asian-American underuse of mental health resources as a function of attitudes about the nature of mental health (mental health values) and resource preference for assistance with serious personal problems, with 91 Caucasian-American and 90 Japanese-American undergraduates. Mental Health Values Questionnaire (MHVQ) results revealed that Japanese Americans more strongly related several MHVQ scales to mental health (good interpersonal relations, trustworthiness, and absence of negative personal traits) than did Caucasian Americans. Nevertheless, they were less likely than Caucasian Americans to rank mental health professionals as first choice for assistance with serious interpersonal/emotional problems and more likely to prefer close friends for assistance. Mental health values and attitudes about appropriate help-seeking behavior are discussed in relation to the Asian-American underuse phenomenon. LANCE V SUAN is currently a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of North Dakota, where he received his MA in 1989.

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Mental health values and preference for mental health resources of Japanese-American and Caucasian-American students.

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The Abilities and Achievements of Orientals in North America

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The Acceptance of "Barnum" Personality Interpretations by Japanese, Japanese-American, and Caucasian American College Students

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Bond

1974

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Native Japanese, Japanese-American, and Caucasian American students at universities in Japan and Hawaii were compared on their acceptance of Barnum personality statements. The Barnum descriptions were filled with personality clich6s and were presented to the subjects as having been interpreted by "several clinical psychologists" from the Ss' Rorschach protocols. The results indicated that all three groups were equally and highly likely to endorse these descriptions as being true of themselves even when attempts were made to control for compliance effects. The findings were discussed with reference to similar acculturation influences in terms of mass media and course content self-concept learning experiences among university students. Finally, the utility of intra-and intercultural personality assessment was considered in terms of the high base rate Barnum statement acceptance.

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Japanese vs. American Values

Cited by 6 publications

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Mental health values and preference for mental health resources of Japanese-American and Caucasian-American students.

Mental health values and preference for mental health resources of Japanese-American and Caucasian-American students.

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The Acceptance of "Barnum" Personality Interpretations by Japanese, Japanese-American, and Caucasian American College Students

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