The Moderating Effect of Zhong-Yong Thinking (Style) over Self-handing Behavior on Psychological Adjustment
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Deng, Chuan-Zhong
Abstract
The primary feature of Self-handing behavior is “to express appropriate behavior in various situations”. Though previous studies regarding Self-handing behavior have already pointed out that Self-handing behavior is associated with psychological adjustment, however, the essential “monitoring mechanisms” underlying Self-handing behavior had yet to be explored. We suspected that Zhong-Yong thinking style could be one of the monitoring mechanisms, and it should bring about positive outcomes of Self-handing behavior. We postulated that people with high Self-handing behavior and high Zhong-Yong thinking would end up with better psychological adjustment. Two studies were conducted to examine the moderating effect of Zhong-Yong thinking style over Self-handing behavior on psychological adjustment, Study 1 used “strategy-situation fit” as Self-handing behavior index, but did not support the hypothesis. In order to rule out the possibility that scenarios used in Study 1 may not take the participants’ cultural background into account, study 2 used “Ren (忍, forebearance) questionnaire”- which is more indigenous by nature, to index Self-handing behavior. Results of regression analysis showed that there was a significant interaction effect of Zhong-Yong thinking and Ren Self-handing behavior in predicting psychological adjustment. It partly supported the moderator hypothesis for Zhong-Yong thinking style. That is, compared to people with high Ren Self-handing behavior and low Zhong-Yong thinking, people with high Ren Self-handing behavior and high Zhong-Yong thinking have higher level of psychological adjustment. It shows how Zhong-Yong thinking style plays a crucial role for Self-handing behavior-more Self-handing behavior is good for us if only we are also prone to think in a Zhong-Yong way. Limitations of this study and suggestions for future research were also discussed.
Subjects
Self-handing behavior
Zhong-Yong thinking
monitoring mechanism
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