The Effects of Cultural Differences on Constructive Capitalization Responses on Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Outcome Variables

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2015
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Haverford College. Department of Psychology
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The current paper examines cultural differences in capitalization responses based on independent and interdependent self schemas, capitalization, and social support. Previous research has closely reviewed how the process of seeking social support, the effectiveness of social support and responses to social support can differ based on cultural group. The proposed study aims to address the same fields within the concept of capitalization, which is the sharing of good news with others. We examine the effects of different constructive capitalization responses on self reported happiness, self esteem, relationship closeness and relationship satisfaction between Asian Americans and European American groups. We aim to see whether any such differences are mediated or explained by cultural orientation (independence, interdependence) and other culture related values (emotion expressivity, harmony values, modesty bias). We hypothesized that Asian Americans will experience greater benefit from passive constructive capitalization responses than European Americans. Furthermore, Asian Americans will find a collectivistic oriented active constructive capitalization response more beneficial while European Americans will consider an individually oriented active constructive response more beneficial. Statistical analyses revealed an interaction effect of race and condition on relationship satisfaction such that EAs in the ACI group rated relationship satisfaction higher than EAs in the PC group. There was also a significant main effect of condition on relationship satisfaction, a marginal main effect of condition on self esteem and a marginal main effect of race on relationship closeness. The study was the first to cross-culturally examine the various effects of constructive capitalization responses.
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