The effect of academic performance, individualistic and collectivistic orientation on Chinese youth’s adjustment

Tan, Tony Xing; Yi, Zhiyao; Camras, Linda A.; Cheng, Ke; Li, Zhengjie; Sun, Yu; Chen, Nuanling

doi:10.1007/s11218-021-09650-x

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“…According to Zhang et al ( 2016 ), personal values rather than cultural values had a significant influence on ageism attitudes. Moreover, considering the increasing aging population, changes in the social economic environment, and cultural values (e.g., the younger generation becoming more individualistic, Tan et al, 2021 ) in China, we believe that our findings could be generalized to other societies. Nevertheless, replication studies are indeed necessary in the future.…”

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confidence: 77%

To help or not: negative aging stereotypes held by younger adults could promote helping behaviors toward older adults

Chen

Zou

et al. 2023

Curr Psychol

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Aging stereotypes affect older adults’ behaviors, however, it is unclear whether and how (negative) aging stereotypes influence younger adults’ behaviors toward older adults. Two possibilities arose, such that aging stereotypes would reduce helping behaviors according to TMT and SIT; while based on the BIAS map, we would expect the opposite. The present study aimed to further compare the two possibilities by examining the effect of negative aging stereotypes on younger adults’ helping behaviors, and testing which theory would fit the data better. In a cross-sectional study (Study 1), 112 Chinese younger adults ( M = 22.67, SD = 2.56) were recruited. Aging stereotypes were measured by the Ambivalent Ageism Scale and the abbreviated ageism questionnaire. And their prosocial behaviors were measured by the modified third-party punishment task. The results revealed that high benevolent ageism would increase helping behaviors toward older adults. In the following experiment with aging stereotype priming (positive, neutral vs. negative) among 130 Chinese younger adults ( M = 26.82, SD = 3.70), we confirmed the influence of negative aging stereotypes on prosocial behaviors measured by both third-party punishment and Social Value Orientation tasks. Study 2 further demonstrated that pity might mediate the association between negative aging stereotypes and behaviors. Our results indicated that younger adults’ negative aging stereotypes could increase their prosociality toward older adults through pity in line with BIAS maps. It also had significant theoretical and practical implications for future research. For example, with more education and intergenerational contact in younger generation which could evoke pity feelings for older adults, could help to build harmonious intergenerational relations. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-023-04371-0.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 77%

To help or not: negative aging stereotypes held by younger adults could promote helping behaviors toward older adults

Chen

Zou

et al. 2023

Curr Psychol

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“…Collectivistic values also appear to boost altruistic and prosocial behaviors in young people (Booysen et al, 2021;Zhang & Han, 2021). On the other hand, individualism plays a stronger role in adolescents' academic performance (Tan et al, 2021) and self-valuation (Zhang & Han, 2021). Indeed, recent investigations have noted specific differences between PYD indicators that are more valued by adolescents from individualistic contexts (e.g., efficacy-related indicators; Dvorsky et al, 2019) and those that are emphasized in collectivistic societies (e.g., socioemotional indicators; Buenconsejo et al, 2022;Chen et al, 2018;Wong et al, 2021).…”

Section: Toward An Integrative Paradigm Of Pydmentioning

confidence: 98%

Toward an Integrative Paradigm of Positive Youth Development: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy

Buenconsejo¹,

Datu²

2022

Human Development

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Positive youth development (PYD) has gained considerable traction among researchers and practitioners in promoting adolescent well-being and mental health. Several models have also been proposed in conceptualizing and measuring PYD, almost all of which were developed in individualistic and Western contexts. The abundance of overlapping PYD indicators from different models poses a challenge in further expanding the applicability of PYD in diverse cultural settings. Based on a review of major PYD paradigms (i.e., Five/Six/7 Cs model, 15 PYD constructs, and the 40 developmental assets framework), we propose an integrative paradigm of PYD, which organizes the different indicators of adolescent thriving into three clusters: (a) intrapersonal-immediate, (b) interpersonal-proximal, and (c) ecological-distal indicators. Building on prior empirically supported models of PYD, this paradigm aims to provide a common and unifying taxonomy among developmental scientists in conceptualizing and measuring adolescent thriving without neglecting the specificity of adolescent development in various ecologies. Future directions for PYD researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to advance the field are discussed.

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“…According to Lu (2006), group orientation creates a "cultural fit" with the social expectations of China's collectivist culture. It has also been shown to be positively associated with psychosocial adjustment: for instance, adolescents who focus more on group orientation have greater social competence and higher self-esteem, while also experiencing less loneliness and depressive symptoms (Chen et al, 2012;Liu et al, 2018;Wang et al, 2018;Tan et al, 2021).…”

Section: Group Orientation and Mental Health In Rural And Urban Contextsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Self-orientation, which emphasizes personal competition and independence, is increasingly accepted, particularly by the young urban generations (Chen et al, 2005(Chen et al, , 2021Liu et al, 2018). For example, a study of 6th to 12th grade Chinese students revealed that individualistic orientation positively contributed to adolescents' perceived self-worth (Tan et al, 2021). However, the large-scale market-oriented reform and urbanization in China has been largely limited to urban centers and cities.…”

Section: Group Orientation and Mental Health In Rural And Urban Contextsmentioning

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Changes in Chinese early adolescents’ group orientation and mental health from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic

Han

Xia²,

Yang³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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Adolescence is a critical period for formulating and developing value orientations. The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically restricted people’s lives, potentially leading adolescents to reevaluate what they prioritize in life (i.e., their values) and affecting their mental health. Previous studies suggest that Chinese early adolescents’ group orientation is negatively associated with mental health more strongly in rural than in urban, whereas this rural–urban differs may vary after the outbreak of the pandemic. To examine potential changes in group orientation, mental health, and their associations during the pandemic, two cross-sectional surveys of ninth-grade students in the same three school were conducted in rural and urban China in 2019 and 2021. The results showed that compared with students before the pandemic (2019, N = 516, 48.8% girls, Mage = 14.87 years), students during the pandemic (2021, N = 655, 48.1% girls, Mage = 14.80 years) displayed lower group orientation such as group responsibility and rule abiding of rural students, and higher loneliness and depressive symptoms. Social equality, group responsibility and rule abiding were all significantly negatively associated with loneliness and depressive symptoms. Those negative associations were stronger in the urban regions than in the rural region. Follow-up invariance analysis revealed that this rural–urban difference in the relations between social equality, group responsibility, and rule abiding and mental health problems was only significant during (and not before) the pandemic. The protective effect of group orientation on mental health seems to be weakened only in rural contexts. The results suggest that significant changes in macrolevel contexts may play an important role in shaping adolescents’ value orientation and mental health.

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The effect of academic performance, individualistic and collectivistic orientation on Chinese youth’s adjustment

Cited by 13 publications

References 57 publications

To help or not: negative aging stereotypes held by younger adults could promote helping behaviors toward older adults

To help or not: negative aging stereotypes held by younger adults could promote helping behaviors toward older adults

Toward an Integrative Paradigm of Positive Youth Development: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy

Changes in Chinese early adolescents’ group orientation and mental health from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic

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