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of autonomy and relatedness, the autonomous-related self, better satisfies the two basic human
needs for relatedness and agency, thus promising to be a more healthy human pattern.
4021.3 Are the Japanese more interdependent than the Americans? A comparison by the
independent vs. interdependent concept, K. Takahashi, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo,
Japan
This paper aimed to examine the well-known hypothesis, that is, Japanese are more interdependent
than Western people, with empirical data of close relationships of the Japanese and American
people. In this paper, I would like to claim how it is dangerous to conclude cultural differences
based on simple and direct comparisons of assessment scores between the cultures. Further, I
would propose the necessity of relative comparisons between the cultures, and also assert how
Asian perspective cast unique and different light on conventional cross-cultural studies, which
used to be done under the dichotomic view of cultures, that is, Independent vs. Interdependent.
4021.4 Beyond the two and three dimensional models of ‘selfways’, T.S. Saraswathi, Formerly
with the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Bangalore, India
The independent and interdependent self paradigm has received much attention since the early
nineties. Recently, the efficacy of this compelling paradigm is being questioned about its
explanatory power. Using the Hindu world view, the present paper examines the possible existence
of multiple combinations of the autonomous and socially embedded selves, governed by (a)
context specificity, and (b) tolerance for dissonance and apparent dichotomies. The plea is for a
more culture sensitive understanding of constructs such as agency and interdependency;
accounting for possible variations in the expression of agency; and the absence of isomorphism
between individual and cultural levels of functioning.
4028 POSTER
Culture and psychology
4028.1 The process of integration of post-chernobyl re-immigrants: Age, feelings of national
identity and reflection of relations of environment, Boris Ijuk, University Hradec Králové,Czech
Republic
The paper dealt with influence of re-immigration of individuals of Czech origin on integration to
the life conditions in the Czech republic after 10-12 years from relocation. It was found out by
answer sheets (60 women, 51 men) that this feeling is best displayed among women, especially in
four age-classes: 18-25, 26-35, 46-55 and over 65. Concerning men this feeling is best displayed
in age-class over 65. The curve of values of linguistic skills of informants corresponds with the
feeling of national identity. A positive relation of environment to re-immigrants helps to the
feeling of national identity.
4028.2 Cross-cultural investigation of representations about a moral person, Margarita
Volovikova 1 , Ludmila Grenkova 2 , Natasha Eliseeva 2 , 1 Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute
of Psychology, Russian Federation; 2 Smolensk Humanitarian University, Russian Federation
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