title: Analysis of the private, collective, and relational self-cognitions among Han and Tibetan Chinese.
abstract: Differences in the concepts of private, collective, and relational selves between two Chinese ethnic groups, the Han and Tibetan-adhering to the philosophies of Confucianism and Tibetan Buddhism, respectively-were examined. 128 students (54 men, 74 women; M age = 20.9 yr., SD = 2.2) completed the revised Twenty Statements Test and self-reference paradigm. Study 1 found that for Han participants relational and private selves were ranked similarly and as more important than the collective self. Studies 2 and 3 found that adjective words describing private and relational selves were recalled in greater proportions than words describing the collective self. Tibetan participants showed no significant differences between the three self-cognitions. The findings correspond to differences in self-identity among these two subcultures.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Marhaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mamat
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Tianyang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yanhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D018609:Tibet / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult