In the article, “Social Anxiety and Social Norms in Individualistic and Collectivistic Countries” by SinaSimone S., Nina H., Lynn A., Ronald M. R., Stefan G. H., Junwen C., Kyng J., and Susan B. (2010), one study was conducted, and it examined two theories. The first theory correlated whether or not social development is connected to individualistic or collectivist cultures. The second theory compared and contrast individualism and collectivism and how it affects social norms within the United States. They hypothesized that a) collectivist countries use strict social norms to ensure group harmony within the society; however, they instill fear by evoking social anxiety when a norm is violated, and b) higher selfreports of social anxiety may
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Schwartz et al. (2010) conducted two studies, which examined three theories, the first one being how communalism, familism, and filial piety would mold on a family and/or relationship construct. Second, how would it be related to collectivism. Finely, would it relate to positive psychsocial functioning and psychological distress. They hypothesized that a) family/relationship construct will be unrelated with individualism and American culture and identity, b) family/relationship will be positively associated with wellbeing and negatively with distress (Schwartz et al. …show more content…
This was done by asking the participants to describe what made the client feel bad about themselves. As a result, individualism did not have any relationship with empathy while collectivism was the opposite. Meaning, those with collectivistic backgrounds, had higher levels of empathy.
There was a sample of 318 young adults, 1829, in which there were two different groups of people (White American and African American). The researcher had to determine their “familism, collectivism, and interdependence”. Putting the needs of family over the needs of yourself is a simple definition of familism. The first hypothesis was that familism, in a sense, would be constant between all the ethnic groups. Secondly, he stated that there would be no difference with familism scores between the ethnic groups. Thirdly, he stated that the convergent validity of familism would be constant between the ethnic groups.
The first hypothesis was tested by a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. The second was tested by doing an analysis of variance with the familism scores. Lastly, the third hypothesis was tested by correlating the familism scores with the other scores from collectivism and interdependence. The hypotheses were supported by the information from the
Schwartz et al. (2010) conducted two studies, which examined three theories, the first one being how communalism, familism, and filial piety would mold on a family and/or relationship construct. Second, how would it be related to collectivism. Finely, would it relate to positive psychsocial functioning and psychological distress. They hypothesized that a) family/relationship construct will be unrelated with individualism and American culture and identity, b) family/relationship will be positively associated with wellbeing and negatively with distress (Schwartz et al. …show more content…
This was done by asking the participants to describe what made the client feel bad about themselves. As a result, individualism did not have any relationship with empathy while collectivism was the opposite. Meaning, those with collectivistic backgrounds, had higher levels of empathy.
There was a sample of 318 young adults, 1829, in which there were two different groups of people (White American and African American). The researcher had to determine their “familism, collectivism, and interdependence”. Putting the needs of family over the needs of yourself is a simple definition of familism. The first hypothesis was that familism, in a sense, would be constant between all the ethnic groups. Secondly, he stated that there would be no difference with familism scores between the ethnic groups. Thirdly, he stated that the convergent validity of familism would be constant between the ethnic groups.
The first hypothesis was tested by a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. The second was tested by doing an analysis of variance with the familism scores. Lastly, the third hypothesis was tested by correlating the familism scores with the other scores from collectivism and interdependence. The hypotheses were supported by the information from the