title: The Higher Your Implicit Affiliation-Intimacy Motive, the More Loneliness Can Turn You Into a Social Cynic: A Cross-Cultural Study.
abstract: Research has shown that the strength of the implicit affiliation-intimacy motive moderates the effects of satisfaction and frustration of the need for affiliation-intimacy: Low relatedness was more closely related to envy for people high in the implicit affiliation-intimacy motive. The present study tests a moderating effect of the strength of the implicit affiliation-intimacy motive on the association between low relatedness and social cynicism in samples of elderly people from Germany, the Czech Republic, and Cameroon. A total of 616 participants provided information on their implicit affiliation-intimacy motive, relatedness, and social cynicism. As hypothesized, a moderation effect of the strength of the implicit affiliation-intimacy motive was found that held true regardless of participants' culture of origin: For people high in the implicit affiliation-intimacy motive, a lack of relatedness was associated with higher levels of social cynicism. Our findings complement other theories stating that positive relationships with others are a significant part of successful aging.
authors.affiliation: University of Trier.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.affiliation: University of Trier.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.affiliation: University of Trier.
authors.forename: Carolin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raihala
authors.affiliation: The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Poláčková Šolcová
authors.affiliation: Palacky University.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tavel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D002163:Cameroon; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D018153:Czech Republic; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010549:Personal Satisfaction