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In this study, a questionnaire was developed with a comparative high reliability and validity to
investigate 415 college graduates from 4 different types of universities. It is found that the process
of graduates’ experiences of stress is complex and dynamic. They tend to attribute the main causes
which influence the results of seeking-job to inside ones, such as their all-around qualities. They
adopt pragmatic ways as the main coping strategy, following which is the ideal coping ways. It is
showed significant differences on gender, major and graduate-situation at present which we cannot
ignore.
4055.4 Future outlook and financial strain: Testing the personal agency and latent deprivation
models of unemployment and well-being, Peter Creed 1 , Jan Klisch 2 , 1 School of Applied
Psychology, Griffith University - Gold Coast, Australia, 2 Griffith University, Australia
Two-hundred and thrity-nine unemployed adults completed scales measuring well-being, financial
strain, future outlook, and latent benefits of employment. The study tested (1) the relative
contributions of the Agency Restriction and Latent Deprivation models in predicting well-being,
(2) whether financial strain interacted with future outlook, and (3) whether financial strain was
mediated by future outlook. The Agency Restriction model was found to be a better predictor of
well-being. No interaction effects were identified. Future outlook mediated the effects of financial
strain. The study concluded that examining internal personal agency processes is needed to explain
the decline in well-being associated with unemployment.
4056 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
History of psychology in China
Convener and Chair: G.H. Blowers, Hong Kong SAR, China
4056.1 Motzu on love and will, C. Lee, Sino-American Institute of Transpersonal studies, Santa
Ana, CA, USA
Many psychologists may be familiar with Rollo May’s best seller book Love and Will, which was
published in 1970. However, there may be only few who have heard of Motzu, the rival of
Confucius, and his works on Love and Will which was written 24 centuries ago. In this paper,
Motzu and his understanding of Love and Will will be introduced in three parts: 1) The various
meanings of love and will; 2) How love and will were differently understood by Confucius and
Motzu; 3) How love and will were differently perceived by May and Motzu. Finally, an overall
critique will be offered from the modern psychological perspectives.
4056.2 The self [wo] in the heart of the ancient Chinese: Its implications, features and its
enlightenment, F. Wang, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
The “wo” in the ancient Chinese, referred to the entity that is made of one’s body. The features of
“wo” are: Emphasize the moral self, but look down upon the intellect self; Praise the big self and
soft self, repress the small self and the hard self; Prefer to say the ideal self, but not the real self;
Advocate the dependent self, but strangle the independent self. Based on the features of “wo”, we
suggested that the healthy self must be the one that couple hardness with softness, and emphasizes
both the real self and the ideal self.
4056.3 Psychology of heart in Chinese tradition, H. Shen, South China Normal University,
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