Culture and Social Support Provision

Chen, Jacqueline M.; Kim, Heejung S.; Mojaverian, Taraneh; Morling, Beth

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“…People from individualistic cultures, such as the United States, tend to prefer coping strategies that are framed in terms of their own thoughts and feelings (e.g., Morling, Kitayama, & Miyamoto, 2003), and are more likely than people from collectivistic cultures to seek (Kim, Sherman, Ko, & Taylor, 2006; Mortenson, Burleson, Feng, & Liu, 2005;Shams, 2001;Taylor et al, 2004; for reviews, see Feng & Burleson, 2006;Kim, Sherman, & Taylor, 2008) and value emotional support (Burleson & Mortenson, 2003) or emotional expression (Butler, Lee, & Gross, 2007, 2009. Therefore, the following hypothesis was proposed based on the above reasoning and review of relevant literature:Hypothesis 4 (H4): American participants will respond to advice offered in conjunction with emotional support more positively than Chinese participants.There is research evidence showing that in collectivistic cultures, offering problemfocused support such as advice is a culturally appropriate way to respond to others' stress (Chen et al, 2012;Chentsova-Dutton & Vaughn, 2012). Relatedly, accommodating to others' influence attempts, especially when the influencer is believed to have an other-serving motive (e.g., helping the target solve a problem), is normative in collectivist cultures (Savani, Morris, Naidu, Kumar, & Berlia, 2011).…”

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When Should Advice Be Given? Assessing the Role of Sequential Placement of Advice in Supportive Interactions in Two Cultures

Feng

2012

Communication Research

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The current study assessed an integrated model of advice giving (Emotional supportProblem inquiry and analysis-Advice) with 572 participants from United States and 540 participants from mainland China. Participants read and responded to a hypothetical scenario in which they received advice from a friend. Advice that was offered following the moves of emotional support and problem inquiry and analysis was judged by both American and Chinese participants to be higher in quality and was more likely to be implemented than advice that did not follow this sequential pattern. Compared to Chinese participants, American participants evaluated advice offered with emotional support or problem inquiry and analysis as higher in quality. Participants with a higher independent self-construal also rated advice offered in conjunction with emotional support or problem inquiry and analysis as higher in quality than participants with a lower independent self-construal. Keywordssequential placement, advice-giving model, emotional support, problem inquiry and analysis, advice quality, intention to implement advice, culture, individualism-collectivism, selfconstrual, U.S., Chinese Advice, which can be defined as recommendation about what to do, think, or feel to manage a situation (MacGeorge, Graves, Feng, Gillihan, & Burleson, 2004), is a very common way for individuals to respond to others' problems and is a near-ubiquitous component of supportive interactions (e.g., Goldsmith & Fitch, 1997; Article 914Communication Research 41 (7) 2011). Research has shown that people's responses to advice can be influenced by a variety of factors, including the extent to which the advice attends to the recipient's desired self-image (Goldsmith & MacGeorge, 2000;MacGeorge, Feng, Butler, & Budarz, 2004), perceived content features of the advised course of action (Feng & Burleson, 2008;, and the perceived characteristics of advice-giver (for a review, see MacGeorge, Feng, & Thompson, 2008).A major limitation with prior research on advice was that advice had been typically studied as an independent form of support that functions on its own, and most studies had ignored the interconnectedness of various supportive acts. In recognition of this limitation, Feng (2009) advocated that more research attention be paid to the sequential placement of advice in supportive interactions. Feng (2009) argued that advice can be integrated with other forms of supportive acts, such as comforting and problem inquiry and analysis, in a complementary fashion to achieve optimal effect. Based on these assumptions, Feng (2009) proposed a theoretical framework called the Integrated Model of Advice-giving (IMA), which suggests that advice in supportive interactions should be more effective after the helper has first provided emotional support to the target and then engaged in problem inquiry and analysis to assess the relevance of advice. Feng's (2009) initial testing of this model with European American subjects largely supported those predictions.Given that IMA has...

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When Should Advice Be Given? Assessing the Role of Sequential Placement of Advice in Supportive Interactions in Two Cultures

Feng

2012

Communication Research

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“…Chen and her colleagues showed that Japanese participants appeared to be more eager to provide support in order to achieve the goal of closeness and increased the support recipient’s self esteem more than European Americans [53]. It is likely that seeking instrumental support is not only a culturally acceptable type of support, but also a way for Asian/Chinese immigrants who were less acculturated to utilize this method to stay close with their support recipient.…”

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Social Support and Networks: Cardiovascular Responses Following Recall on Immigration Stress Among Chinese Americans

Lee

Suchday

Wylie‐Rosett

2013

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Social support has been shown to act as a buffer for cardiovascular responses to stress. However, little is known about how social support and networks are related to cardiovascular responses to immigration stress recall. The current study evaluated the impact of structural and functional support on cardiovascular reaction following immigrant stress recall provocation as well as the moderation effect of interdependent self-construal among first-generation Chinese immigrants. One hundred fifty Chinese immigrants were recruited in the New York Chinatown area. Participants completed questionnaires assessing their levels of social support and networks, and interdependent self-construal. Following adaptation, participants recalled a recent post-immigration stress-provoking situation. Cardiovascular measures were taken during adaptation, stressor task, and recovery period. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed. Social network size and type, as well as perceived emotional support were positively predictive of systolic blood pressure (SBP) reactivity changes. Instrumental support seeking was a positive predictor of SBP and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) reactivity. The moderation effect between instrumental support seeking and interdependent self-construal were significantly predictive of DBP reactivity and recovery, suggesting that perceptions about themselves in relation to others is a crucial factor for determining whether support seeking is beneficial or not. Social support was not a direct buffer on cardiovascular responses to stress among Chinese immigrants. Chinese values of interdependence and collectivism may partly explain the disconfirming results. Still, when interdependent self-construal was taken into account, Chinese immigrants who had less interdependent self-construal, but solicited more instrumental support, had faster adaptation to stress over the long term.

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“…Finally, because scores on personality-related scales (such as caregiving) fluctuate somewhat across cultures (Chen, Kim, Mojaverian, & Morling, 2012), we recommend replicating our study in different cultures in order to obtain a more comprehensive view of how caregiving relates to life satisfaction and physical health.…”

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Does Helping Others Impair Caregivers' Health? Associating Caregiving, Life Satisfaction, and Physical Health

Reizer

Hetsroni

2015

soc behav pers

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We examined whether or not negative caregiving orientations, namely hyperactivation and deactivation, impair physical health of caregivers through the mediating role of life satisfaction. A sample of Israeli adults (N = 354) completed self-report scales measuring caregiving, life satisfaction, and self-rated health (SRH). Caregiving hyperactivation and deactivation predicted reductions in both life satisfaction and SRH of caregivers. A mediation model suggested that the associations between negative caregiving orientations and physical health are significantly mediated by life satisfaction. The results are discussed in relation to the contribution of individuals' interpersonal perceptions to their physical health.

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Culture and Social Support Provision

Cited by 100 publications

References 33 publications

When Should Advice Be Given? Assessing the Role of Sequential Placement of Advice in Supportive Interactions in Two Cultures

When Should Advice Be Given? Assessing the Role of Sequential Placement of Advice in Supportive Interactions in Two Cultures

Social Support and Networks: Cardiovascular Responses Following Recall on Immigration Stress Among Chinese Americans

Does Helping Others Impair Caregivers' Health? Associating Caregiving, Life Satisfaction, and Physical Health

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