Changing the world through changing the self: Understanding a new control strategy through self-reported coping plans in two cultures

Jenny Kurman; Chin Ming Hui; Orrie Dan

doi:10.1177/0022022110388565

Changing the world through changing the self: Understanding a new control strategy through self-reported coping plans in two cultures

Jenny Kurman, Chin Ming Hui, Orrie Dan

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

This study proposes a new control strategy, control via self-improvement, in addition to primary and secondary control. This strategy is aimed at an actual external change (primary target), whereas the means to reach the goal is self-improvement (secondary target-the self). A study conducted in Israel and in Hong Kong indicated that the strategy of control via self-improvement exists in the achievement domain and is more prevalent in Hong Kong than in Israel.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-22
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Volume	43
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022110388565
State	Published - Jan 2012

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article: This work was supported by the Israel National Trustees, Grant No. 2002/55 given to the first author and by a direct research grant from the Chinese University of Hong Kong given to the second author.

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attributions
control strategies
culture
face
self-improvement

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Social Psychology
Cultural Studies
Anthropology

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