| Project/Area Number |
23830077
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Social psychology
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Woman's Christian University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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| Keywords | 社会系心理学 / 比較文化 / ネットワーク / 一般的信頼 |
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| Research Abstract |
Previous research has shown that Japanese have less positive attitudes toward strangers and interact with them less frequently than Americans and Koreans. This study investigates whether such cultural differences in relationship with strangers can be explained by the differences in social network structure between Japanese and Americans/Koreans. Comparative online survey in Japan, the United States, and Korea revealed that 1) Japanese had lower general trust and fewer interactions with strangers than both of Americans and Koreans, 2) these cultural differences were partially mediated by the difference in network size and network boundary density (i.e. Japanese lower trust and fewer interaction can be explained by their smaller network and lower boundary density), 3) low boundary density among Japanese compared to Americans can be partially explained by their unwillingness to connect their friends who belong to different groups, because of their concerns about their different faces they show to their friends depending on their roles and relationships in each groups.
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