Can Cultural Worldviews Influence Network Composition?

Social Forces ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 1595-1618 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Vaisey ◽  
O. Lizardo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Worldviews ◽  
Network Composition

The joy of obligation: Human cultural worldviews can enhance the rewards of meeting obligations

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma E. Buchtel
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Heritage Culture ◽  
Confucian Heritage Culture ◽  
Cultural Worldviews

Abstract Is it particularly human to feel coerced into fulfilling moral obligations, or is it particularly human to enjoy them? I argue for the importance of taking into account how culture promotes prosocial behavior, discussing how Confucian heritage culture enhances the satisfaction of meeting one's obligations.

Intergenerational Relationships in Cross-Cultural Comparison

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1159-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Nauck ◽  
Jana Suckow
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Intergenerational Relationships ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Exchange Relationships ◽  
Mothers And Daughters ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Network Composition

The article explores the relevance of intergenerational relationships within the overall network of young mothers and grandmothers in seven societies: Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, Turkey, Israel, and Germany. The empirical base is 2,945 named network members in 249 pairs of interviews of grandmothers and their daughters from a cross-cultural pilot study. The network composition of both generations and the network activities with spouses, daughters, and mothers is described. The results confirm the high exclusivity and expressivity of the conjugal family in societies with an affinal kinship regime and the high, lifelong significance of instrumental and expressive exchange relationships between mothers and daughters in patrilineal societies. Furthermore, in all societies, common expressive activities are decisive for the perceived quality of the intergenerational relationships, whereas instrumental activities are without any influence even in those societies where they are of great importance for the intergenerational relationships.

scholarly journals Fear of self-annihilation and existential uncertainty as predictors of worldview defense: Comparing terror management and uncertainty theories

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Rubin
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Terror Management Theory ◽  
Terror Management ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Need For Closure ◽  
Control Stimulus ◽  
Worldview Defense ◽  
Cultural Worldviews ◽  
Threat Stimulus ◽  
Existential Uncertainty

Terror management theory (TMT) proposes that thoughts of death trigger a concern about self-annihilation that motivates the defense of cultural worldviews. In contrast, uncertainty theorists propose that thoughts of death trigger feelings of uncertainty that motivate worldview defense. University students (N = 414) completed measures of the chronic fear of self-annihilation and existential uncertainty as well as the need for closure. They then evaluated either a meaning threat stimulus or a control stimulus. Consistent with TMT, participants with a high fear of self-annihilation and a high need for closure showed the greatest dislike of the meaning threat stimulus, even after controlling for their existential uncertainty. Contrary to the uncertainty perspective, fear of existential uncertainty showed no significant effects.

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