Independent and interdependent self-schema in Japanese adolescents and elders

• Takata Toshitake

  Miyagi-Gakuin Women's University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 日本人青年と中高年層における相互独立的・相互協調的自己スキーマの形成
• ニホンジン セイネン ト チュウコウネンソウ ニ オケル ソウゴ ドクリツテキ ソウゴ キョウチョウテキ ジコ スキーマ ノ ケイセイ

Abstract

The study investigated the functions of self-schema pertaining to independent and interdependent self-construal. Four groups of participants, who had (a) independent schema, (b) interdependent schema, (c) both schemata, or (d) neither schema (aschematic), were compared in cognitive performance on a schema-relevant information processing task. Study I, with college students, found that interdependent schemata were used in the task by the interdependent (b) and the both (c) group, but independent schemata were not used by the independent (a) and the both (c) group. Study II, with aged participants, found that not only the interdependent schemata were used by the interdependent (b) and the both (c) group, but also independent schemata were used by the independent (a) and the both (c) group. These findings provide evidence for Takata's (2004) hypotheses that the interdependent self is internalized in adolescence and the independent self develops after adulthood in Japanese culture.

Journal

• The Japanese journal of psychology

  The Japanese journal of psychology 78 (5), 495-503, 2007

  The Japanese Psychological Association

Keywords

• independent self
• interdependent self
• self-schema
• developmental change
• Japanese culture

Details

• CRID: 1390001205078543488
• NII Article ID: 130002027047
• NII Book ID: AN00123620
• DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.78.495
• ISSN: 18841082
• ISSN: 00215236
• NDL BIB ID: 9325101
• PubMed: 18186284
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/9325101
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I9325101
• Text Lang: ja
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