TY - JOUR
T1 - The cultural psychology of control illusions of personal versus collective control in the United States and Japan
AU - Yamaguchi, Susumu
AU - Gelfand, Michele
AU - Ohashi, Megumi M.
AU - Zemba, Yuriko
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - This study focused on the cultural psychology of control in the United States and Japan. The authors tested a hypothesis that Japanese would tend to overestimate their ability to control their outcomes collectively compared to personally, whereas Americans would show the reverse tendency. As expected, Japanese participants in the group condition, relative to those in the individual condition, were more optimistic about obtaining a favorable outcome. American men, on the other hand, were more optimistic in the individual condition. Interestingly, similar to the Japanese participants, American women showed a reverse but nonsignificant tendency to be more optimistic in the group condition. These results indicate that the psychology of control is both gendered and cultured.
AB - This study focused on the cultural psychology of control in the United States and Japan. The authors tested a hypothesis that Japanese would tend to overestimate their ability to control their outcomes collectively compared to personally, whereas Americans would show the reverse tendency. As expected, Japanese participants in the group condition, relative to those in the individual condition, were more optimistic about obtaining a favorable outcome. American men, on the other hand, were more optimistic in the individual condition. Interestingly, similar to the Japanese participants, American women showed a reverse but nonsignificant tendency to be more optimistic in the group condition. These results indicate that the psychology of control is both gendered and cultured.
KW - Control orientation
KW - Cross-cultural
KW - Cultural psychology
KW - Illusion of control
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U2 - 10.1177/0022022105280513
DO - 10.1177/0022022105280513
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:27744510321
VL - 36
SP - 750
EP - 761
JO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
SN - 0022-0221
IS - 6
ER -