[Independent and interdependent self-schema in Japanese adolescents and elders].
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.
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Toshitake
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Department of Cultural Studies, Miyagi-Gakuin Women's University, Sendai, Japan. takatat@mgu.ac.jp
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent