TY - JOUR
T1 - Culture, Cross-Role Consistency, and Adjustment
T2 - Testing Trait and Cultural Psychology Perspectives
AU - Church, A. Timothy
AU - Anderson-Harumi, Cheryl A.
AU - del Prado, Alicia M.
AU - Curtis, Guy J.
AU - Tanaka-Matsumi, Junko
AU - Valdez Medina, José L.
AU - Mastor, Khairul A.
AU - White, Fiona A.
AU - Miramontes, Lilia A.
AU - Katigbak, Marcia S.
PY - 2008/9/1
Y1 - 2008/9/1
N2 - Trait and cultural psychology perspectives on cross-role consistency and its relation to adjustment were examined in 2 individualistic cultures, the United States (N = 231) and Australia (N = 195), and 4 collectivistic cultures, Mexico (N = 199), the Philippines (N = 195), Malaysia (N = 217), and Japan (N = 180). Cross-role consistency in trait ratings was evident in all cultures, supporting trait perspectives. Cultural comparisons of mean consistency provided support for cultural psychology perspectives as applied to East Asian cultures (i.e., Japan) but not collectivistic cultures more generally. Some but not all of the hypothesized predictors of consistency were supported across cultures. Cross-role consistency predicted aspects of adjustment in all cultures, but prediction was most reliable in the U.S. sample and weakest in the Japanese sample. Alternative constructs proposed by cultural psychologists-personality coherence, social appraisal, and relationship harmony-predicted adjustment in all cultures but were not, as hypothesized, better predictors of adjustment in collectivistic cultures than in individualistic cultures.
AB - Trait and cultural psychology perspectives on cross-role consistency and its relation to adjustment were examined in 2 individualistic cultures, the United States (N = 231) and Australia (N = 195), and 4 collectivistic cultures, Mexico (N = 199), the Philippines (N = 195), Malaysia (N = 217), and Japan (N = 180). Cross-role consistency in trait ratings was evident in all cultures, supporting trait perspectives. Cultural comparisons of mean consistency provided support for cultural psychology perspectives as applied to East Asian cultures (i.e., Japan) but not collectivistic cultures more generally. Some but not all of the hypothesized predictors of consistency were supported across cultures. Cross-role consistency predicted aspects of adjustment in all cultures, but prediction was most reliable in the U.S. sample and weakest in the Japanese sample. Alternative constructs proposed by cultural psychologists-personality coherence, social appraisal, and relationship harmony-predicted adjustment in all cultures but were not, as hypothesized, better predictors of adjustment in collectivistic cultures than in individualistic cultures.
KW - adjustment
KW - consistency
KW - cultural psychology
KW - culture
KW - trait psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51449101552&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.739
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.739
M3 - Article
C2 - 18729706
AN - SCOPUS:51449101552
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 95
SP - 739
EP - 755
JO - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
IS - 3
ER -