新证据发现,中国大陆的年轻人现在是双文化的人
Yi-Meng Wang1,2, Feng-Yan Wang2, Thomas Talhelm3
1School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China.
British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953)
|January 13, 2025
概括
中国大陆的年轻人表现出双文化主义,采用基于文化启动的不同思维方式. 然而,老年人并不表现出这种双文化适应.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 跨文化心理学 跨文化心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
背景情况:
- 双文化主义研究主要集中在特定地区的个人身上.
- 之前的研究表明,在香港大学生中存在双文化主义.
- 在年轻的中国大陆人口中,双文化主义的程度仍然未被充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查中国大陆年轻人的双文化地位.
- 检查文化原始化对归因风格的影响.
- 建立对使用老年人进行双文化主义研究的负控制.
主要方法:
- 在之前的香港研究中使用的双文化主义测试方法的复制.
- 在中国大陆的大学生身上对文化启动 (中国人与美国人) 的实验性操纵.
- 评估归因风格 (内部与外部) 作为文化影响的衡量标准.
- 包括一个年长的成年人对照组 (1978年之前的改革开放政策) 来测试双文化主义.
主要成果:
- 第1项研究复制了先前的发现,证实了香港大学生的双文化主义.
- 第二项研究表明,中国大陆的大学生表现出双文化反应:中国的初始化导致了外部归因,而美国的初始化导致了内部归因.
- 第三项研究发现,中国大陆老年人中没有双文化主义的证据,支持文化曝光和政策变化的作用.
结论:
- 中国大陆的年轻一代表现出双文化主义,受到中国和美国文化接触的影响.
- 这些发现将双文化主义的概念扩展到中国大陆,并突出了社会历史背景 (如改革开放政策) 的影响.
- 该研究提供了关键的负控制,区分当代的双文化适应和历史的文化规范.
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