The effect of vertical-horizontal individualism-collectivism on acculturation and the moderating role of gender

	The effect of vertical-horizontal individualism-collectivism on acculturation and the moderating role of gender
	Zhang, Jingyu1,2 ; Mandl, Heinz 3; Wang, Erping1
刊名	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS
	2011
卷号	35 期号:1 页码:124-134
关键词	Vertical-horizontal Individualism Collectivism Gender role Acculturation
ISSN号	0147-1767
通讯作者	Wang, EP (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, 4A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.
产权排序	1
英文摘要	Based on a sample of 131 Chinese international students in Germany, the study examined (1) the influence of vertical-horizontal individualism-collectivism (Triandis & Gelfand. 1998) on mainstream and heritage acculturation and (2) the moderating role of gender on these relationships. It was hypothesized that both vertical-horizontal individualism would enhance mainstream acculturation and both vertical-horizontal collectivism would enhance heritage acculturation. From a gender role and a value-motivation perspective, a moderating effect of gender was also hypothesized. Since the vertical dimension is related to power and achievement values which is more important for men, men who scored high in this dimension would be more likely to acculturate than women. Since the horizontal dimension is related to universalism and benevolence which is more important for women, women who scored high in this dimension would be more likely to acculturate than men. The hierarchical regression analysis shows that (1) women's mainstream acculturation was higher than men's, but no gender difference was found in heritage acculturation; (2) the influence of horizontal individualism on mainstream acculturation was stronger for women than for men, but adopting vertical individualism has an equally positive effect on acculturation for both gender groups; (3) vertical collectivism had a positive influence on heritage acculturation for men but not for women, while horizontal collectivism had a stronger influence on heritage acculturation for women than men. These findings were discussed using a gender role perspective and the possible changes in cultural transitions. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
学科主题	Social psychology
收录类别	SSCI
原文出处	http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0147176710000982/1-s2.0-S0147176710000982-main.pdf?_tid=516ac388-d906-11e4-aa07-00000aab0f6b&acdnat=1427958368_db971ad72cd1fa6d72118bbc5bbe515b
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000286847200012
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/13292]
专题	心理研究所_社会与工程心理学研究室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Munich, Dept Psychol, D-80539 Munich, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Jingyu,Mandl, Heinz,Wang, Erping. The effect of vertical-horizontal individualism-collectivism on acculturation and the moderating role of gender[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS,2011,35(1):124-134.
APA	Zhang, Jingyu,Mandl, Heinz,&Wang, Erping.(2011).The effect of vertical-horizontal individualism-collectivism on acculturation and the moderating role of gender.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS,35(1),124-134.
MLA	Zhang, Jingyu,et al."The effect of vertical-horizontal individualism-collectivism on acculturation and the moderating role of gender".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS 35.1(2011):124-134.