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    Beware of friends: The cultural psychology of relational mobility and cautious intimacy

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    Authors
    Li, L.
    Adams, G.
    Kurtis, T.
    Hamamura, Takeshi
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Li, L. and Adams, G. and Kurtis, T. and Hamamura, T. 2015. Beware of friends: The cultural psychology of relational mobility and cautious intimacy. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 18 (2): pp. 124-133.
    Source Title
    Asian Journal of Social Psychology
    DOI
    10.1111/ajsp.12091
    ISSN
    1367-2223
    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47646
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Previous research has contrasted patterns of cautious or prevention-oriented relationality in various West African settings with patterns of growth or promotion-oriented relationality in many North American settings. The present research draws upon the concept of relational mobility to test the hypothesis that different patterns of relationality have their source in respective affordances for embedded interdependence or abstracted independence. Study 1 investigated the relationship between cautious intimacy and perception of relational mobility among a sample of Hong Kong students. Study 2 compared students in Hong Kong and North American settings to test whether differences in perception of relational mobility mediated the hypothesized differences in caution about friends. Study 3 used an experimental manipulation among a sample of Hong Kong students to test the hypothesis that increased perception of relational mobility reduces caution about friends. Results reveal broad support for the hypotheses. Whether as a measured variable or as an experimental treatment, the perception of relational mobility was negatively related to caution about friends. Moreover, this relationship mediated hypothesized cross-national differences in caution about friendship. A discussion of the results considers intersections of cultural and ecological approaches to psychology and implications for theoretical conceptions of interdependence.

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