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Solicitation matters: Cultural differences in solicited and unsolicited support provision

Two studies aimed to examine cultural differences in social support provision, with or without solicitation, in Japan and the United States (US). In Study 1, we replicated a previous study with Japanese university students. We found that the Japanese participants did not provide social support when...

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Autores principales: Hashimoto, Hirofumi, Ohashi, Takuma, Yamaguchi, Susumu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9627144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36337562
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.953260
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author Hashimoto, Hirofumi
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description Two studies aimed to examine cultural differences in social support provision, with or without solicitation, in Japan and the United States (US). In Study 1, we replicated a previous study with Japanese university students. We found that the Japanese participants did not provide social support when it was not solicited, as compared with when it was solicited. Furthermore, in Study 2, participants were asked to respond to a questionnaire regarding a hypothetical stressful situation experienced by a close other and to indicate their willingness to provide support. We confirmed our hypothesis that Japanese participants hesitate to provide unsolicited support to close others (such as family members or close friends), even when they recognize that the close others are in need, whereas the American participants do not hesitate to provide such support. Contrastingly, regarding solicited support, the Japanese and Americans were equally ready to provide support, as hypothesized. The cultural difference in social support resides in the provision of unsolicited support. These results suggest that differences in culturally appropriate responses to needy people are responsible for the difference in the provision of unsolicited vs. solicited social support.
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spelling pubmed-96271442022-11-03 Solicitation matters: Cultural differences in solicited and unsolicited support provision Hashimoto, Hirofumi Ohashi, Takuma Yamaguchi, Susumu Front Psychol Psychology Two studies aimed to examine cultural differences in social support provision, with or without solicitation, in Japan and the United States (US). In Study 1, we replicated a previous study with Japanese university students. We found that the Japanese participants did not provide social support when it was not solicited, as compared with when it was solicited. Furthermore, in Study 2, participants were asked to respond to a questionnaire regarding a hypothetical stressful situation experienced by a close other and to indicate their willingness to provide support. We confirmed our hypothesis that Japanese participants hesitate to provide unsolicited support to close others (such as family members or close friends), even when they recognize that the close others are in need, whereas the American participants do not hesitate to provide such support. Contrastingly, regarding solicited support, the Japanese and Americans were equally ready to provide support, as hypothesized. The cultural difference in social support resides in the provision of unsolicited support. These results suggest that differences in culturally appropriate responses to needy people are responsible for the difference in the provision of unsolicited vs. solicited social support. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9627144/ /pubmed/36337562 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.953260 Text en Copyright © 2022 Hashimoto, Ohashi and Yamaguchi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Solicitation matters: Cultural differences in solicited and unsolicited support provision
title Solicitation matters: Cultural differences in solicited and unsolicited support provision
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title_full_unstemmed Solicitation matters: Cultural differences in solicited and unsolicited support provision
title_short Solicitation matters: Cultural differences in solicited and unsolicited support provision
title_sort solicitation matters: cultural differences in solicited and unsolicited support provision
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9627144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36337562
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.953260
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