Key Definitions and Terms
What is the term used to describe an individual's cognitive affective processing based on their response to rejection from others?
Social rejection
Within both studies, what scale is used within the questionnaires?
Likert scale
Which study produced statistically significant results?
Both study 1 and 2 produced partial but significant results
East Asian cultures maintain a strong sense of belonging through their high social relations and harmony. What term is used to describe their social culture?
Collectivism
What is the term used to describe the amount of opportunities given within a society to select partners?
Relational mobility
In this study by Sato et al, what approach did the researcher use to analyse the cultural difference in sensitivity to rejection?
Socio-ecological approach
What was the mediator in both studies?
Relational mobility
Which nationality was used to analyse the cultural difference in each study?
Study 1: Japanese and American
Study 2: Japanese and Canadian
What is the Japanese term used to describe an individual that has a high fear of using inappropriate behaviour because of their concern for others?
Taijin Kyofusho
In study 2, what was the name of the scale used to measure the allocentric social anxiety of each participant?
Taijin Kyofusho Scale
In study 1, what was the correlation between the relational mobility score and rejection sensitivity score?
Negative correlation
Which cultures are motivated based on the human need to belong with others?
All culture, it is a fundamental human need
What is the term used to describe the process of ensuring that the questionnaire scales given in both languages have equivalent meaning?
Back-translation
What incentive did the studies use to encourage participants to complete the study?
Japanese participants received monetary payment . American/Canadian participants received particle course credit.
To determine the effect of the mediator, where two procedures were used?
Multiple regression analysis
Bootstrap procedure
What are the two effects that Sato et al. mentions occur as a result of Americans embracing greater levels of individuality?
More distant for other and situation
Less concern for damaging relationship
What was the term used to describe the mutual benefit of surrounding oneself with in-group members that shared similar sensitivity levels to social rejection?
Bounded reciprocity
In study 1, rejection sensitivity questionnaire was used to measure participants general rejection sensitivity, what were the two measures required to determine the magnitude of participant general rejection sensitivity?
Reverse rejection likelihood/ measure expected acceptance
Degree of concern/anxiety (1554)
When using the bootstrap procedure, what was the number of samples and percentage of the bias-corrected interval used?
5000 and 95%
What are the three self-perceived behaviours that Sato et al. mentioned occur when an individual engages in Taijin Kyofusho?
Blushing, improper facial expression, inappropriate staring