A comparison of self-complexity in the United States and South Korea
- Authors
- Brown, Christina M.; Shilling, Aaron A.; Park, Sun W.
- Issue Date
- 2017
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- Self-complexity; culture; self-concept; self-construal
- Citation
- SELF AND IDENTITY, v.16, no.1, pp.16 - 36
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SELF AND IDENTITY
- Volume
- 16
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 16
- End Page
- 36
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/86381
- DOI
- 10.1080/15298868.2016.1213765
- ISSN
- 1529-8868
- Abstract
- Self-complexity, a measure of self-concept structure consisting of number of self-aspects and relatedness of self-aspects, was compared in the United States and South Korea. University students in each country completed measures of self-complexity and self-construal. In two studies, participants from South Korea had more self-aspects and overall self-complexity (as measured by H) than participants from the United States. Self-construal was not responsible for these differences. In addition, a comparison of previous self-complexity research carried out in different countries supports the conclusion that people from East Asian countries have more self-aspects than people from the United States. The results are discussed in terms of broader cultural differences in psychological phenomena.
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