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Nation-level moderators of the extent to which self-efficacy and relationship harmony predict students’ depression and life satisfaction: evidence from ten cultures

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posted on 2023-06-09, 03:04 authored by Peter B Smith, Abd Halim Ahmad, Ellinor Owe, Göksu Cagil Celikkol, Hu Ping, Alin Gavreliuc, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit, Muhammad Rizwan, Sylvia Xiaohua Chen, Hui Bee Teh, Vivian VignolesVivian Vignoles
Previous two-nation comparisons have provided evidence that self-efficacy may be a protective factor against depression in individualist cultures, whereas relationship harmony may be a stronger protective factor in collectivist cultures. However, wider sampling and more specific measures of cultural difference are required to test these conclusions. Student ratings of depression and life satisfaction were surveyed in 10 samples drawn from nine nations. Culture-level individualism positively moderated the relationship of self-efficacy to low depression. However, culture-level collectivism negatively moderated the linkage of relationship harmony to depression. To better understand these effects, four separate nation-level predictors derived from dimensions of self-construal were employed. Effects of self-efficacy were strongest where cultural models of selfhood emphasized self-direction (vs. receptiveness to influence); effects of relationship harmony were strongest where cultural models of selfhood emphasized dependence on others (vs. self-reliance). These results illustrate the value of unpackaging the diffusely defined concept of individualism-collectivism.

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  • Published

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Journal

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

ISSN

0022-0221

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SAGE Publications

Issue

6

Volume

47

Page range

818-834

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-09-23

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2016-09-23

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-09-23

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