TY - JOUR
T1 - Avoiding Rejection or Seeking Harmony
T2 - The Underlying Motivation to Social Tune for Collectivists
AU - Skorinko, Jeanine L.M.
AU - Sinclair, Stacey
AU - Marotta, Satia
AU - Paris, Melissa
AU - Dai, Xing
AU - John, Melissa Sue
AU - Doyle, Aidan
AU - Greenleaf, Jessica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The current work examined why collectivists engage in more chronic social tuning: to seek harmony or to avoid rejection. In Study 1, 159 Asian participants self-reported being more motivated to avoid rejection in a situation involving social tuning. In Study 2, 190 Asian participants engaged in social tuning to a classmate’s perceived views more when primed to avoid rejection than seek harmony. While study 3 found that 192 American participants reported avoiding rejection in social tuning situations, Study 4, showed that 206 American participants did not engage in social tuning when primed to avoid rejection. Collectivists will social tune and reduce prejudice when motivated to avoid rejection. This warrants future attention to cultural variation in other social tuning domains.
AB - The current work examined why collectivists engage in more chronic social tuning: to seek harmony or to avoid rejection. In Study 1, 159 Asian participants self-reported being more motivated to avoid rejection in a situation involving social tuning. In Study 2, 190 Asian participants engaged in social tuning to a classmate’s perceived views more when primed to avoid rejection than seek harmony. While study 3 found that 192 American participants reported avoiding rejection in social tuning situations, Study 4, showed that 206 American participants did not engage in social tuning when primed to avoid rejection. Collectivists will social tune and reduce prejudice when motivated to avoid rejection. This warrants future attention to cultural variation in other social tuning domains.
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U2 - 10.1080/01973533.2024.2368781
DO - 10.1080/01973533.2024.2368781
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85196557801
SN - 0197-3533
VL - 46
SP - 295
EP - 313
JO - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
JF - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
IS - 5
ER -