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Cross-cultural study on the meaning of self-esteem and its measurement in cultural context

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16530397
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Social psychology
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

YAMAGUCHI Susumu  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (80134427)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MORIO Hiroaki  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Assistant, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 助手 (80361559)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Keywordsself-esteem / cross-cultural
Research Abstract

Implicit self-esteem (ISE) as measured by the Implicit Association Test (IAT) was found to be universality positive in Japan, the U.S., and China. In addition, our study replicated a previous finding that Americans show higher explicit self-esteem on explicit measures of self-esteem than Japanese and Chinese. We also confirmed that ISE is positively correlated with planning fallacy among Japanese, which refers to people's tendency to be optimistic about the outcome of their planning. These results provide support to the predictive validity of IAT among Japanese. The construct validity of IAT and the mouse paradigm (MP) when they were applied to measure self-concept was also examined. The dynamic index of the self-concept as measured by MP was examined along with established self-esteem questionnaires and IAT, which is a measure of ISE based upon response latency. The results supported the validity of MP along with IAT. In addition, the intrinsic dynamics of self-concept and ISE were found to be related. Furthermore, we conducted a study on Mentsu, which is closely related to self-esteem. Mentsu is a public image related to one's social role. We attempted to show the difference between Mentsu and self-esteem, which represents positivity of one's self-evaluation. The result indicated that others are involved in Mentsu episodes more than self-esteem-relevant episodes.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2006 Other

All Journal Article (3 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Self-esteem in cultural context : The case of the Japanese.2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi, S., Lin, C., Aoki, S.
    • Journal Title

      Progress in Psychological Science around the World (Q.Jing, M.R.Rosenzweig, G.d'Ydewalle, H.Zhang, Chen Hsuan-Chih & K.Zhang (Eds.)) (Oxford : Psychology Press.) Vol.2 (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Self-esteem in cultural context : The case of the Japanese2006

    • Author(s)
      山口 勧
    • Journal Title

      Psychological Science around the World : Volume 2 (印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The dynamism of self-narratives and its relation to explicit and implicit self-esteem.

    • Author(s)
      Morio, H., Yamaguchi, S., Murakami, F., Ozaki, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Contributions to Asian Social Psychology (J.H.Liu, C.Ward, A.Bernardo, M.Karasawa, and R.Fischer (Eds.)) (London : Marshall Cavendish.) Vol.1 (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Self-esteem in cultural context : The case of the Japanese. In Q.Jing, M.R.Rosenzweig, G.d'Ydewalle, H.Zhang, Chen Hsuan-Chih & K.Zhang(Eds.), Progress in Psychological Science around the World.2006

    • Author(s)
      山口 勧
    • Publisher
      Oxford : Psychology Press(印刷中)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] The dynamism of self-narratives and its relation to explicit and implicit self-esteem. In : J.H.Liu, C.Ward, A.Bernardo, M.Karasawa, and R.Fischer (Eds.), Contributions to Asian Social Psychology, Vol.1.2006

    • Author(s)
      森尾博昭
    • Publisher
      London : Marshall Cavendish(印刷中)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 2004-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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