| Culture, psychological proximity to the past and future, and self-continuity | |
| Ji，Li Jun1; Hong，Emily K.1; Guo，Tieyuan2; Zhang，Zhiyong3; Su，Yanjie3; Li，Ye4 | |
| 2019-06-19 | |
| Source Publication | European Journal of Social Psychology
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| ABS Journal Level | 3 |
| ISSN | 10990992 00462772 |
| Volume | 49Issue:4Pages:735-747 |
| Abstract | The present research explores how culture influences individuals’ psychological proximity to the past and future, which may predict differences in perceived self-continuity across time. In Studies 1 and 2, we hypothesized and found that Chinese participants saw the past and future as more connected and subjectively closer to the present compared to Euro-Canadians. Following this, we expected and found in Studies 3 and 4 that Chinese participants perceived greater self-continuity over time than Euro-Canadians. Additionally, perceived closeness to the past mediated the effect of culture on past–present self-continuity, which subsequently predicted present–future self-continuity. Study 5 further documented a causal effect of perceived distance to the past on self-continuity. These results suggest that cultural differences in temporal attention to the past and future play a pivotal role in people's sense of self-continuity across time. This has important implications for temporal focalism, intertemporal discounting, and social interactions between Chinese and Euro-Canadians. |
| Keyword | culture future past self-continuity temporal distance |
| DOI | 10.1002/ejsp.2544 |
| URL | View the original |
| Language | 英语 |
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| Document Type | Journal article |
| Collection | University of Macau |
| Affiliation | 1.Department of PsychologyQueen's University,Kingston,Canada 2.Department of PsychologyUniversity of Macau,Macao 3.School of Psychological and Cognitive SciencesBeijing University,Beijing,China 4.Department of PsychologyCentral China Normal University,Wuhan,China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Ji，Li Jun,Hong，Emily K.,Guo，Tieyuan,et al. Culture, psychological proximity to the past and future, and self-continuity[J]. European Journal of Social Psychology,2019,49(4):735-747. |
| APA | Ji，Li Jun,Hong，Emily K.,Guo，Tieyuan,Zhang，Zhiyong,Su，Yanjie,&Li，Ye.(2019).Culture, psychological proximity to the past and future, and self-continuity.European Journal of Social Psychology,49(4),735-747. |
| MLA | Ji，Li Jun,et al."Culture, psychological proximity to the past and future, and self-continuity".European Journal of Social Psychology 49.4(2019):735-747. |
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