Between Individualism and Collectivism: Perception and Profiles of Creativity in Poland and Japan

Gajda, Aleksandra; Oie, Mayumi

doi:10.1515/ctra-2017-0011

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“…Nevertheless, in the context of world cultural clusters, Georgia is believed to be close to the Eastern European cluster ( Tkeshelashvili, 2009 ). Similarly to Eastern European cultures ( Gajda and Oie, 2017 ), Georgian society is becoming more and more Western against the backdrop of globalization. A study of 108 business organizations found individualism largely prevailing ( Jamagidze et al, 2011 ); this is especially true for young working generations that value autonomy ( Sumbadze, 2012 ).…”

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Culture Related Factors May Shape Coping During Pandemics

2021

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This study aimed to examine how anxiety related to different styles of coping during the COVID-19 pandemic and how these relationships were moderated by the cultural orientations of individualism/collectivism and a person’s sense of meaning in life. A sample of 849 participants from Georgia completed an online survey during the final stage of lockdown. To measure the main variables, we used the State Anxiety Inventory, the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism Scale, the Meaning of Life Questionnaire, the COVID-19 Worry Scale, and the Ways of Coping Scale tailored to COVID-19 pandemic. The latter measured rational coping via the subscales of information accessing/processing and action-planning coping, and affective coping – via the subscales of passive-submissive and avoidant coping. Results suggested that anxiety positively predicted both affective coping styles and negatively predicted the action-planning coping style, while COVID-19 worry predicted all coping styles; presence of meaning in life positively predicted both rational coping styles and negatively predicted the avoidant coping style, while search for meaning positively predicted all coping styles; individualism negatively predicted the passive-submissive style and positively predicted the action-planning style, whereas collectivism predicted all coping styles; furthermore, individualism and collectivism moderated the link between anxiety and the passive-submissive coping style, presence of meaning in life moderated the link between anxiety and avoidant coping style, while search for meaning in life moderated the link between anxiety and the action-planning coping style. Overall, the findings enrich the cultural transactional theory of stress and coping, and generate insights for the culture-sensitive approach to the meaning in life. The results were conceptualized vis-a-vis Georgia’s intermediate position between clear-cut individualism and clear-cut collectivism.

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“…First, the USA is a highly individualistic culture, with a score of 91 on individualism, whereas Poland scores 60 on this dimension (Hofstede Insights, 2020). Poland represents a combination of individualistic and collectivistic values as a result of over 40 years of being subjected to communist rule of the USSR and predominance of Catholic Church, with an implementation of Western values after the end of communism in the 1980s (Gajda & Oie, 2017). In recent years, Poland has shifted somewhat toward individualism (Bartosik‐Purgat & Schroeder, 2007; Gajda & Oie, 2017).…”

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“…Poland represents a combination of individualistic and collectivistic values as a result of over 40 years of being subjected to communist rule of the USSR and predominance of Catholic Church, with an implementation of Western values after the end of communism in the 1980s (Gajda & Oie, 2017). In recent years, Poland has shifted somewhat toward individualism (Bartosik‐Purgat & Schroeder, 2007; Gajda & Oie, 2017). Second, Polish society endorses traditional notions of adulthood that include heterosexual marriage and having children, a general disapproval and low incidence of divorce, and less approval for alternative family and marital forms (e.g.…”

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Relationship status and mental and physical health among Polish and American young adults: The role of relationship satisfaction and satisfaction with relationship status

Adamczyk

Barr

Segrin

2021

Applied Psych Health & Well

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There is growing recognition that relationship factors besides relationship status play an important role in young adults’ mental and physical health. This study explored the concurrent (between‐individual) and longitudinal (within‐individual) associations between relationship status, relationship satisfaction, satisfaction with relationship status, and varied dimensions of health in samples of Polish and U.S. young adults. Data from young adults (aged 18–34 at Wave 1) were collected in a three‐wave investigation in Poland and in the USA with one‐year intervals between each of the measurements. The cross‐sectional analyses demonstrated that individuals in relationships reported better health, particularly if they were in a higher‐quality relationship. The fixed‐effects models showed that relationship quality was a much more consistent and powerful predictor of health than was relationship status; however, for depression, satisfaction with relationship status was an independent contributor to health. Cross‐cultural analyses revealed a stronger link between partner status and depression and emotional well‐being, and relationship satisfaction and psychological well‐being among Polish young adults than their American counterparts. The results demonstrated that characteristics of relationships and satisfaction with relationship status matter more for changes in health than relationship status alone and that these links may differ by cultural context.

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“…In Gajda & Oie (2017) study, they aimed to investigate the creativity profiles between two cultures which were Poland and Japan. The researchers quoted that according to Hofstede (1983), Japan is considered as a collectivist culture which is similar to other Eastern culture such as South Korean (Jang et al, 2019) which emphasize on cooperation, duty and compromise with the group while Poland, one of the Western countries is more dominated by individualistic value (Hofstede, 1983 as cited in Gajda et al, 2017). 597 participants were recruited among students from two universities in Warsaw and two Tokyo universities respectively which consisted of 230 Polish and 364 Japanese participants.…”

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“…The results show that Polish students indicate independence when presenting creativity while Japanese groups show lower independence in creativity presentation. Gajda et al (2017) explained that the Japanese function differently compared to European realities as they are more elaborated, depends on the team, and build an effective team as their goal that works well apart from crafting new products (Ahmadi Faqih et al, 2018;Herbig & Jacobs, 1996as cited in Gajda, 2017. However, some Japanese participants show that rather than making a revolutionary change, they exhibit higher cognitive curiosity, a great interest in acquiring knowledge, and the willingness to learn from traditional skills and customs despite having low creativity ability (Lubart, 1999;Mito, 2015as cited in Gajda, 2017.…”

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Attention, Perception, Memory, and Creativity: Understanding the Impact of Culture and Their Diversity in Cognitive Processes

Motevalli¹,

Hamzah²,

Michael³

2021

IJARPED

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The purpose of the review article is to deepen the understanding of cultural diversity in terms of cognitive processes to avoid cultural conflicts such as misunderstanding and miscommunication. In this review, we found that there is a link that connected some cognitive processes with culture from various perspectives in our recent findings. The overall research findings suggested that there are pieces of evidence of how culture can play a role and differ from other cultures in cognitive processes such as perception, attention, memory, and creativity. Evaluation and the measurement of the culture and cognition by the researchers in the studies were included in this review together with the results of the findings and some future implications for further research proposed by the researchers of the study in some studies reviewed. We will also review how people of various cultures adapt their cognition which differs them from other cultures in some studies. In conclusion, we hope that more factors should be considered for cross-cultural studies in cognition, and further critical interpretation is needed in this review article to made people realize the diversity of cognition in culture and accept it.

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Between Individualism and Collectivism: Perception and Profiles of Creativity in Poland and Japan

Cited by 12 publications

References 34 publications

Culture Related Factors May Shape Coping During Pandemics

Culture Related Factors May Shape Coping During Pandemics

Relationship status and mental and physical health among Polish and American young adults: The role of relationship satisfaction and satisfaction with relationship status

Attention, Perception, Memory, and Creativity: Understanding the Impact of Culture and Their Diversity in Cognitive Processes

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