Psychological Impact of First Names: Individual Level and Group Level Evidence

Hong, Su; Xiaopeng, Ren

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1042.2015.00879

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“…As we in the introduction section, people in Chinese culture are signi cantly impacted by their names in their social life; one of the most important sources of these impacts is lling others' expectations. As our names contain the expectations and wishes of our parents, we want to show people that we are worthy of the characters (Su and Ren 2015).…”

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“…Taking China as an example, their names are much more straightforward, as people use characters as the basic units of the language (as words in English). As names are just words or combination of words we use in our everyday life, it is straightforward to derive the implication of the names (Su and Ren 2015). For example, my childhood friend is "Cong (smart) Chen"; everyone understands that his parents wish their child to be talented.…”

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Given Names Change Consumption Decisions: Evidence from the Female Body Image Market in China

Fang

Bian

2022

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Names play important roles in Chinese culture; people often obtain their first impression of others by interpreting their names. As “feminine qualities” are favored in the naming of girls, many females receive names with implications of beauty in China. How do these names impact the life of Chinese females? In this paper, which uses survey data from 314 Chinese female as a sample, we tested the impact of beauty in a name on people’s consumption decisions in the body image market. According to the results of a ordinary linear regression, we found that a direct implication of beauty in names results in an increase of 9.51k CNY in appearance improvement consumption on average, which is approximately 43% of the average spending in appearance improvement in our sample.. Additionally, with mediation analysis, we found that this impact is partly caused by the Chinese culture in which people obtain impressions of others through their given names.

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Given Names Change Consumption Decisions: Evidence from the Female Body Image Market in China

Fang

Bian

2022

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“…From a structural perspective, Chinese names place the surname in front of the rst name to emphasise clan ancestry, whilst English names place the rst name rstly to emphasise individual uniqueness (Su & Ren, 2015). Chinese names have an asymmetrical power structure, and English names are more symmetrical (Hu & Luo, 2017).…”

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Host name-liking and subjective well-being of international students in western society: Self-esteem as a mediator

Qiangyan

Huang

Wang

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Studies have indicated that original name-liking is a predictor of self-esteem and subjective well-being. However, it has been customary for Chinese international students to adopt host names, that is, English names, as a part of their East-West cultural transition. Using a sample of 218 Chinese international students in the UK, this study explored whether host name-liking followed a similar psychological mechanism to original name-liking and predicted subjective well-being, particularly via self-esteem. The findings indicated that, similar to original name-liking, host name-liking was positively associated with self-esteem and subjective well-being, and self-esteem played a mediating role in the association between host name-liking and subjective well-being. The findings provided insight into the relationship between host name-liking and subjective well-being, as well as practical suggestions for minorities.

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