Agency and Communion Related to Mental Health in Japanese Young Adults |
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Authors: | Kumi Hirokawa Itsuko Dohi |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan;(2) Department of Psychology, Kobe Shoin Women’s University, 1-2-1 Shinohara Obanoyama, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo 657-0015, Japan |
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Abstract: | Based on Bakan’s (1966) theory, Helgeson (1994) presented a conceptual model of the relationships of biological sex, agency, and communion with psychological and physical
well-being. This study was designed to examine the relationships of mitigated and unmitigated agency (M, M-) /communion (F,
F-) with mental health in Japanese young adults. Participants were 602 (247 men, 355 women) undergraduate students and vocational
school students in Japan. The average age of the participants was 20.0 years (SD=4.1). The results showed that communion (F)
was positively associated with social support, unmitigated communion (F-) was strongly and positively associated with dysphoria
for both men and women, unmitigated agency (M-) was also positively associated with dysphoria for women, and agency (M) was
negatively associated with dysphoria for women. Both M and F were positively associated and F- was negatively associated with
self-esteem for both men and women. M may moderate F-, and social support may moderate M-, for women. Thus our findings partially
supported Helgeson’s model. |
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Keywords: | Agency/communion Unmitigated agency/communion Mental health Social support Japanese adults |
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