Open- and closed-mindedness in cross-cultural adaptation: The roles of mindfulness and need for cognitive closure

Kashima, Emiko S.; Greiner, T.; Sadewo, Giovanni Radhitio Putra; Ampuni, Sutarimah; Helou, Linah; Nguyen, Vinh; Lam, Ben C. P.; Kaspar, Kai

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2017.05.001

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“…The participants were moderately well-adjusted, which is consistent with previous findings in similar Australian contexts (Kashima et al, 2017;Rosenthal, Russell, & Thomson, 2007). Both psychological adjustment (MT1 = 4.02, SDT1 = 1.04; MT2 = 4.00, SDT2 = 0.92; MT3 = 3.93, SDT3 = 0.97) and sociocultural adjustment (MT1 = 3.78, SDT1 = 0.69; MT2 = 3 .92, SDT2 = 0.66; MT3 = 3.84, SDT3 = 0.75) were stable over the three time-points.…”

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International Students’ Cross-Cultural Adjustment: Social Selection or Social Influence?

Sadewo

Kashima

Gallagher

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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International education provides students with an opportunity to develop new social networks while they fit in to the new culture. In a three-wave longitudinal study, we investigated how social networks and psychological adjustment coevolve within a group of international students enrolled in a coursework degree at the tertiary level. Using the Stochastic Actor-Oriented Model (SAOM), we identified the occurrences of social selection based on the levels of psychological and sociocultural adjustment. More specifically, students tended to deselect classmates who were dissimilar in their level of psychological adjustment and to befriend those who differed in their levels of sociocultural adjustment. In contrast, little evidence was found to suggest that features of social networks influenced students’ adjustment. Potential applications of this new method to future acculturation research are suggested.

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confidence: 91%

International Students’ Cross-Cultural Adjustment: Social Selection or Social Influence?

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Kashima

Gallagher

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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“…Mental rigidity is the desire to reduce ambiguity through category-based processing and receive answers on given topics (Webster and Kruglanski, 1994). It leads to seeking simplified, one-sided information while disregarding more complex aspects of the situation (Sharifi, 2019), and psychological maladjustment to new situations (Kashima et al, 2017). This trait is of high relevance to stressful or uncertain circumstances, such as war, natural disasters, or disease (Kruglanski et al, 2002).…”

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Fighting Coronavirus One Personality at a Time: Need for Structure, Trait Victimhood, and Adherence to COVID-19 Health Guidelines

2020

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Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have issued several guidelines to curb the pandemic's disastrous effects. However, measures' effectiveness is dependent upon people's adherence to them. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the potential factors that explain guideline adherence. In the present brief research report, we investigated need for structure and trait victimhood, i.e., the tendency to feel like a victim, and their effect on fear of the pandemic, which in turn, predicted guideline adherence. Furthermore, the association between fear and guideline adherence was shaped by participants' global self-efficacy: higher levels of self-efficacy predicted more guideline adherence regardless of fear levels. The present findings may be relevant to health messaging endeavors aiming to improve compliance with guidelines.

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“…Despite not practicing mindfulness meditation, a positive attitude toward mindfulness meditation was documented among the community members in this study. Given the community members’ curiosity and openness to practice mindfulness meditation and the evidence that mindfulness meditation might play an essential role in cross-cultural adaptation (Kashima et al, 2017), an important challenge for clinicians is to incorporate mindfulness meditation without changing CBT’s core tenets. A possible solution could be to design multicomponent interventions based on common change principles of CBT and MBIs including attention change (gaining an adaptive self-focused attention), metacognitive change (altering verbal meaning and emotional significance), and context engagement (promoting adaptive imagining and behavioral responses; Fresco & Mennin, 2019).…”

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Improving the cultural sensitivity of cognitive–behavioral therapy for Chinese migrants with depression: Community members’ and clinicians’ perspectives.

Bercean¹,

Breen²,

McEvoy³

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Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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The aim of the present study was to document clinicians' and community members' perspectives on the cultural adaptation of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to Chinese migrants with depression. Thirty-four participants, recruited using snowballing and purposive sampling, participated in 12 individual semistructured interviews and 5 focus groups. Thematic analysis and a modified consensual qualitative research approach were used for data analysis. Five major themes were identified: mixed attitudes and perspectives toward CBT, improving the cultural sensitivity of cognitive restructuring, applications of behavioral strategies, attitudes toward mindfulness meditation, and the importance of incorporating core culturally sensitive strategies. The findings suggest that a client's interdependent self needs to be considered in future versions of CBT for Chinese migrants. In terms of therapy, this would involve an equal emphasis on adopting a culturally sensitive approach in using cognitive, behavioral, and focus techniques and cultivating cultural humility. As such, a key challenge for clinicians is to shift their clinical perspective from one of cultural competency (i.e., developing culture-specific expertise) to cultural humility (i.e., learning from clients about their culture and worldviews instead of assuming expertise). An emphasis on cultural sensitivity has the potential to improve clinical engagement and treatment outcomes of psychological interventions in an underrepresented population in counseling services. Public Significance StatementThe present study advances the idea that a client's interdependent self needs to be considered in future versions of cognitive-behavioral therapy for Chinese migrants. In practice, this would involve an equal emphasis on cognitive, behavioral, and focus techniques and cultivating cultural humility.

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Open- and closed-mindedness in cross-cultural adaptation: The roles of mindfulness and need for cognitive closure

Cited by 19 publications

References 55 publications

International Students’ Cross-Cultural Adjustment: Social Selection or Social Influence?

International Students’ Cross-Cultural Adjustment: Social Selection or Social Influence?

Fighting Coronavirus One Personality at a Time: Need for Structure, Trait Victimhood, and Adherence to COVID-19 Health Guidelines

Improving the cultural sensitivity of cognitive–behavioral therapy for Chinese migrants with depression: Community members’ and clinicians’ perspectives.

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