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social interaction in Japan & Korea’s socio-cultural context, L.S.M. Whang 1 , K. Ikeda 2 , 1 Yonsei
University, Seoul, Korea; 2 The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Cyberspace has become a main part of Korean youth daily life. We investigated social interaction
and their consequences in a cyberworld, so-called Online game. The MMORPG (Massive
Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) function as a simulated societies by itself. We explored
the evolution of cyber communities by Korean & Japanese users. Community activities, such as
clan activities were compared for youth in each culture. Social communities were emerged by the
difference of social context in real world. We also explored the degree of game addiction of youth
in both societies, depending upon their image of the cyberworld.
5071 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Social axioms: Current status as a general framework for cross-cultural research
Convener and Chair: K. Leung, Hong Kong SAR, China
5071.1 Social axioms: Current status as a general framework for cross-cultural research, K.
Leung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Social axioms are general beliefs that people hold about their material, personal, social, and
spiritual realities. Leung, Bond and their colleagues have developed a comprehensive list of social
axioms, which were assessed in Hong Kong, Venezuela, the United States, Germany, and Japan.
An equivalent five-factor structure was identified: Social Cynicism, Reward for Application,
Social Complexity, Fate Control, and Spirituality, which was subsequently replicated in a global
study of social axioms. Ecological correlations between social axiom dimensions and a wide range
of country-level indexes reveal an interesting pattern of results and support the usefulness and
validity of these dimensions.
5071.2 Cross-sectional and longitudinal confirmatory factor models for the italian social axioms:
A construct validation, A.L. Comunian, University of Padua Italy, Padova, Italy
Construct validity of the Italian Social Axioms Survey (SAS-I) was tested in two respects. Firstly,
the purported five dimensional structure of the SAS-I were tested. Secondly, the relations of the
axioms dimensions to coping style were analysed. The SAS-I was given to an adult sample (N=
181) in three occasions along with a time interval of 2 years with a study-specific coping scale in
occasion 2 and 3. Dimensionality assumptions were tested using cross-sectional second order
confirmatory factor analysis. Results were supportive of both the purported five-dimensions
structure and hypothesized relationships to coping. Implications for further validation studies are
discussed.
5071.3 Intergenerational transmission of social axioms, K. Boehnke, International University
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Presumably for the first time, this paper reports data on intergenerational transmission of social
axioms. Using Bierbauer and Klinger's 60-item version of the social axioms questionnaire of
Leung and Bond, 160 East German triads of university students, their mothers and fathers were
surveyed. The paper presents intergenerational correlations both on the item and the subscale level
of the social axioms scale. Analyses make it obvious that there is substantial correlation between
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