In the article by Bhullar, Schutte, and Malouff research was done to determine if cross-cultures individualistic and collectivistic differences influence psychological processes. They tried to see the contrasting results of culture tendencies on different psychological phenomena. Psychological process is the contribution of sensation, perception, attention, learning, and memory and how they influence the mind and human behavior. The psychological process or phenomena in this article is emotional intelligence, mental health, and satisfaction with life. Emotional intelligence is being able to use emotions in an adaptable way (e.g., Salovey & Mayer, 1990). Mayer, Salovey, and Caruso (2004) stated that emotional intelligence involved perception
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Australia is considered an individualistic culture, while India is a collectivistic culture. Individuals within a culture can have different levels of collectivistic and individualistic dispositions regardless of their main focus. According to the article, there were two hundred and seven participants residing in Australia and were recruited from a university in New South Wales. One hundred and sixty-three participants residing in India were recruited from three universities located in northern India. These participants were recruited either through announcements that were given at the start of lectures in the university or through postings online asking for volunteers for the study. Since they were from universities they were young adults being surveyed, both males and …show more content…
It was depicted that those individuals who had higher collectivist orientation have better emotional intelligence. They also had better perception of emotions in themselves and others. This finding agreed with a previous finding (e.g., Kang et al., 2003) which stated that emotion differentiation can increase a person’s interpersonal adaptability in collectivistic cultures. Individuals in Australia (an individualistic culture) reported poor mental health indicators like high levels of depression and stress. But the thing was that cultural orientation was not a predictor of anxiety and depression or satisfaction with life in the Australian sample nor in the Indian sample. It is thought that Collectivistic and Individualistic traits do not predict satisfaction with life but they can influence other factors like self-esteem and the quality of relationships, which can control judgements about satisfaction with life (Bhullar, Schutte & Malouff, 2012). However, in India (a collectivistic culture) participants demonstrated lower levels of depression, stress, and anxiety. This shows that being collectivistic can come with expectations that may have added an advantage in terms of mental health
Australia is considered an individualistic culture, while India is a collectivistic culture. Individuals within a culture can have different levels of collectivistic and individualistic dispositions regardless of their main focus. According to the article, there were two hundred and seven participants residing in Australia and were recruited from a university in New South Wales. One hundred and sixty-three participants residing in India were recruited from three universities located in northern India. These participants were recruited either through announcements that were given at the start of lectures in the university or through postings online asking for volunteers for the study. Since they were from universities they were young adults being surveyed, both males and …show more content…
It was depicted that those individuals who had higher collectivist orientation have better emotional intelligence. They also had better perception of emotions in themselves and others. This finding agreed with a previous finding (e.g., Kang et al., 2003) which stated that emotion differentiation can increase a person’s interpersonal adaptability in collectivistic cultures. Individuals in Australia (an individualistic culture) reported poor mental health indicators like high levels of depression and stress. But the thing was that cultural orientation was not a predictor of anxiety and depression or satisfaction with life in the Australian sample nor in the Indian sample. It is thought that Collectivistic and Individualistic traits do not predict satisfaction with life but they can influence other factors like self-esteem and the quality of relationships, which can control judgements about satisfaction with life (Bhullar, Schutte & Malouff, 2012). However, in India (a collectivistic culture) participants demonstrated lower levels of depression, stress, and anxiety. This shows that being collectivistic can come with expectations that may have added an advantage in terms of mental health