Culture, psychological proximity to the past and future, and self-continuity

doi:10.1002/ejsp.2544

	Culture, psychological proximity to the past and future, and self-continuity
	Ji，Li Jun 1; Hong，Emily K.1; Guo，Tieyuan 2; Zhang，Zhiyong 3; Su，Yanjie 3; Li，Ye 4
	2019-06-19
Source Publication	European Journal of Social Psychology
ISSN	10990992 00462772
Volume	49 Issue:4 Pages: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
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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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