Connection or Independence: Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Adolescents' Coping With Peer Victimization Using Mixed Methods

被引:13
作者
Ma, Ting-Lan [1 ]
Bellmore, Amy [2 ]
机构
[1] Edgewood Coll, Madison, WI 53717 USA
[2] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
关键词
cross-cultural study; peer victimization; coping strategy; adolescent; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE; AMERICAN; EQUIVALENCE; STRATEGIES; JAPANESE; CHINESE; ISSUE;
D O I
10.1177/0022022115605386
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
This study investigates differences and similarities in coping responses to peer victimization and the way culture is reflected in the social cognitions adolescents used in choosing their coping responses through a mixed-method design with 731 Taiwanese and 470 U.S. adolescents. Adolescents provided coping responses to peer victimization via both hypothetical situations and within structured open-ended questions. Two culturally distinctive psychological frameworks, seeking connection in Taiwan and showing independence in the United States, were reflected in both the coping responses that adolescents endorsed (i.e., more seeking adults' support in Taiwan and more problem-solving coping in the United States) and the social cognitions used in the coping process (e.g., connection seeking in Taiwan and self-independence demonstration in the United States). Taiwan and U.S. adolescents also differ in the prevalence of coping strategies in the real-life peer victimization descriptions in a way that was comparable with our quantitative findings (i.e., more seeking friends and adults' support in Taiwan and more solving the problem on one's own in the United States).
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页码:109 / 130
页数:22
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