Developmental Process of Independent and Interdependent Self-Construal in Japanese Culture

Prehospital delay and independent/interdependent construal of self among Japanese patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Reducing the time from symptom onset to reperfusion therapy is an important approach to minimizing myocardial damage and to preventing death from acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Previous studies suggest that certain ethnic or national groups, such as the Japanese, are more likely to delay in accessing care than other groups. The aims of this paper were the following; (1) to examine whether c...

Interdependent self-construal and neural representations of self and mother.

Representations of self are thought to be dynamically influenced by one's surroundings, including the culture one lives in. However, neuroimaging studies of self-representations have either ignored cultural influences or operationalized culture as country of origin. The present study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the neural correlates of individual differences in interde...

Sharing Word-of-Mouths or not: the difference between Independent and Interdependent Self-Construal

With the high penetration of Internet, consumers now can share their consumption experience online. Word-of-mouths (WOMs) are now an important information source to get product and service information before making purchase decision. However, not all consumers tend to share their own consumption experience online, the question then arises about which kinds of consumers will share WOMs online. T...

Interdependent Self-Construal: A Link to Psychological Resilience

Reduced orbitofrontal cortical volume is associated with interdependent self-construal.

Interdependent self-construal refers to a view of the self as embedded in relationships with others. Prior work suggests that this construal is linked to a strong value placed on social obligations and duties. Interdependent people are therefore cognitively attuned to others and various social events in their surroundings while down-regulating their personal goals. In the present work, we exami...