Ongoing voluntary settlement and independent agency: Evidence from several cultural tasks

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1042.2018.01928

Abstract

Abstract:

The voluntary frontier settlement hypothesis proposed that voluntary frontier settlement leads to independent agency. The present work compared 538 college students from Shenzhen (an ongoing voluntary frontier settlement region) and Xiangfan. Controlling for resident status, the Singelis self-construal scale, the collectivist orientation scale, the triad task, the attribution task and loyalty/nepotism task were administered to examine the relationship between ongoing voluntary settlement and independent agency. As predicted, the results indicated that residents of Shenzhen scored higher in self-reported independent index, lower in self-reported collectivist orientation and holistic thinking, lower in rewarding honest friend and higher in punishing dishonest friend than those from Xiangfan. These findings indicate that Shenzhen as an ongoing voluntary frontier settlement is more independent than other regions of Mainland China such as Xiangfan. This implies that even in a generally interdependent culture in East Asia, ongoing voluntary frontier settlement leads to independent agency.

Key words: voluntary frontier settlement, independent agency, cultural tasks, Shenzhen

CLC Number:

B849:C91

LUO Cheng, REN Xiaopeng. Ongoing voluntary settlement and independent agency: Evidence from several cultural tasks[J]. Advances in Psychological Science, 2018, 26(11): 1928-1934.

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测量指标	深圳地区		襄樊地区
测量指标	本地人	外地人	本地人	外地人
个体主义指数	-0.32 ± 0.69	-0.31 ± 0.84	-0.53 ± 0.67	-0.60 ± 0.80
集体主义取向	3.52 ± 0.56	3.50 ± 0.46	3.93 ± 0.43	3.89 ± 0.48
整体性思维	0.65 ± 0.26	0.64 ± 0.24	0.81 ± 0.22	0.84 ± 0.19
素质归因	0.68 ± 0.26	0.71 ± 0.23	0.68 ± 0.27	0.65 ± 0.26
反事实素质归因	0.63 ± 0.28	0.61 ± 0.25	0.62 ± 0.29	0.61 ± 0.29
对朋友的奖励	664.94 ± 315.71	730.81 ± 266.77	781.19 ± 320.22	804.26 ± 276.31
对陌生人的奖励	532.47 ± 324.22	539.46 ± 304.87	545.54 ± 362.36	503.72 ± 347.85
对朋友的惩罚	444.16 ± 353.36	440.54 ± 333.83	357.43 ± 386.87	344.15 ± 371.03
对陌生人的惩罚	457.14 ± 370.78	454.59 ± 329.18	451.49 ± 403.39	410.64 ± 377.29

测量指标	深圳地区		襄樊地区
测量指标	本地人	外地人	本地人	外地人
个体主义指数	-0.32 ± 0.69	-0.31 ± 0.84	-0.53 ± 0.67	-0.60 ± 0.80
集体主义取向	3.52 ± 0.56	3.50 ± 0.46	3.93 ± 0.43	3.89 ± 0.48
整体性思维	0.65 ± 0.26	0.64 ± 0.24	0.81 ± 0.22	0.84 ± 0.19
素质归因	0.68 ± 0.26	0.71 ± 0.23	0.68 ± 0.27	0.65 ± 0.26
反事实素质归因	0.63 ± 0.28	0.61 ± 0.25	0.62 ± 0.29	0.61 ± 0.29
对朋友的奖励	664.94 ± 315.71	730.81 ± 266.77	781.19 ± 320.22	804.26 ± 276.31
对陌生人的奖励	532.47 ± 324.22	539.46 ± 304.87	545.54 ± 362.36	503.72 ± 347.85
对朋友的惩罚	444.16 ± 353.36	440.54 ± 333.83	357.43 ± 386.87	344.15 ± 371.03
对陌生人的惩罚	457.14 ± 370.78	454.59 ± 329.18	451.49 ± 403.39	410.64 ± 377.29