Individualism,collectivism, and Chinese adolescents' aggression: intracultural variations |
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| Authors: | Yan Li Mo Wang Cixin Wang Junqi Shi |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois;2. Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland;3. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska‐Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska;4. Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | This study examined the relations between cultural values (i.e., individualism and collectivism) and aggression among 460 (234 girls) Chinese adolescents. Conflict level and social status insecurity were examined as potential explaining mechanisms for these relations. The results showed that adolescents' endorsement of collectivism was negatively related to their use of overt and relational aggression as reported by teachers and peers, whereas positive associations were found between the endorsement of individualism and adolescent aggression. Adolescents' conflict level and social status insecurity accounted for a significant part of these associations. Findings of this study demonstrate the importance of examining intracultural variations of cultural values in relation to adolescent aggression as well as the process variables in explaining the relations. Aggr. Behav. 36:187–194, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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| Keywords: | cultural value individualism collectivism overt aggression relational aggression conflict level social status insecurity Chinese adolescents |
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