Cultural Self-Orientation and Rejection of Requests

The present study examined whether individuals would respond differently, as a function of cultural self-orientations, when their requests were rejected. Also examined was whether individuals with different cultural self-orientations would predict differently how their interaction partner would respond when they rejected his or her request. Furthermore, it was investigated whether experimentally induced perspective- taking would influence responses to rejection and predictions of responses to rejection. It was found that responses to rejection as well as predictions of responses to rejection varied as a function of individual’s independent self-orientation and perspective-taking. However, no significant effects were found with regard to interdependent self-orientation. Based on these results, the implications that cultural self-orientations have for request rejection and social behavior in general are discussed, and future directions are suggested

keywords: 부탁의 거절, 독립적 문화성향, 상호의존적 문화성향, 조망수용, 대인지각, request rejection, independent self-construal, interdependent self-construal, perspective-taking, interpersonal perception

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Vol.21 No.2

Cultural Self-Orientation and Rejection of Requests

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Korean Psychological Journal of Culture and Social Issues