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Expression Of Anger And Ill Health In Two Cultures: An Examination Of Inflammation And Cardiovascular Risk, Shinobu Kitayama, Jiyoung Park, Jennifer Morozink Boylan, Yuri Miyamoto, Cynthia S. Levine, Hazel Rose Markus, Mayumi Karasawa, Christopher L. Coe, Norito Kawakami, Gayle D. Love, Carol D. Ryff
Expression Of Anger And Ill Health In Two Cultures: An Examination Of Inflammation And Cardiovascular Risk, Shinobu Kitayama, Jiyoung Park, Jennifer Morozink Boylan, Yuri Miyamoto, Cynthia S. Levine, Hazel Rose Markus, Mayumi Karasawa, Christopher L. Coe, Norito Kawakami, Gayle D. Love, Carol D. Ryff
Psychological and Brain Sciences Faculty Publication Series
Expression of anger is associated with biological health risk (BHR) in Western cultures. However, recent evidence documenting culturally divergent functions of the expression of anger suggests that its link with BHR may be moderated by culture. To test this prediction, we examined large probability samples of both Japanese and Americans using multiple measures of BHR, including pro-inflammatory markers (interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein) and indices of cardiovascular malfunction (systolic blood pressure and ratio of total to HDL cholesterol). We found that the link between greater expression of anger and increased BHR was robust for Americans. As predicted, however, this association was …
Passive Facebook Usage Undermines Affective Wellbeing: Experimental And Longitudinal Evidence, Jiyoung Park, Philippe Verduyn, David Lee, Holly Shablack, Ariana Orvell, Joseph Bayer, Oscar Ybarra, John Jonides, Ethan Kross
Passive Facebook Usage Undermines Affective Wellbeing: Experimental And Longitudinal Evidence, Jiyoung Park, Philippe Verduyn, David Lee, Holly Shablack, Ariana Orvell, Joseph Bayer, Oscar Ybarra, John Jonides, Ethan Kross
Psychological and Brain Sciences Faculty Publication Series
Prior research indicates that Facebook usage predicts declines in subjective well-being over time. How does this come about? We examined this issue in 2 studies using experimental and field methods. In Study 1, cueing people in the laboratory to use Facebook passively (rather than actively) led to declines in affective well-being over time. Study 2 replicated these findings in the field using experience-sampling techniques. It also demonstrated how passive Facebook usage leads to declines in affective well-being: by increasing envy. Critically, the relationship between passive Facebook usage and changes in affective well-being remained significant when controlling for active Facebook use, …
Culturally Non-Preferred Cognitive Tasks Require Compensatory Attention: A Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (Fnirs)Investigation, Asuka Murata, Jiyoung Park, Ioulia Kovelman, Xiaosu Hu, Shinobu Kitayama
Culturally Non-Preferred Cognitive Tasks Require Compensatory Attention: A Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (Fnirs)Investigation, Asuka Murata, Jiyoung Park, Ioulia Kovelman, Xiaosu Hu, Shinobu Kitayama
Psychological and Brain Sciences Faculty Publication Series
Previous work shows that as compared to European Americans, Asians are more holistic (or less focused) in perceptual processing. Drawing on this evidence, we expected that extra attention control would be recruited to perform focused processing for Asians and holistic processing for European Americans. Eight Asian American and 13 European American young adults judged whether a given framed-line was the same in length as the framed-line shown on the previous trial on the basis of either an absolute or relative criterion. Their brain activities were monitored with functional near infrared spectroscopy. As predicted, Asian Americans showed an increased activation in …
Culture, Inequality, And Health: Evidence From The Midus And Midja Comparison, Jiyoung Park, Carol Ryff, Yuri Miyamoto, Jennifer Boylan, Christopher Coe, Mayumi Karasawa, Norito Kawakami, Chiemi Kan, Gayle Love, Cynthia Levine, Hazel Markus, Shinobu Kitayama
Culture, Inequality, And Health: Evidence From The Midus And Midja Comparison, Jiyoung Park, Carol Ryff, Yuri Miyamoto, Jennifer Boylan, Christopher Coe, Mayumi Karasawa, Norito Kawakami, Chiemi Kan, Gayle Love, Cynthia Levine, Hazel Markus, Shinobu Kitayama
Psychological and Brain Sciences Faculty Publication Series
This article seeks to forge scientific connections between three overarching themes (culture, inequality, health). Although the influence of cultural context on human experience has gained notable research prominence, it has rarely embraced another large arena of science focused on the influence social hierarchies have on how well and how long people live. That literature is increasingly focused psychosocial factors, working interactively with biological and brain-based mechanisms, to account for why those with low socioeconomic standing have poorer health. Our central question is whether and how these processes might vary by cultural context. We draw on emerging findings from two parallel …
Cultural Variation In Implicit Independence: An Extension Of Kitayama Et Al., Jiyoung Park, Yukiko Uchida, Shinobu Kitayama
Cultural Variation In Implicit Independence: An Extension Of Kitayama Et Al., Jiyoung Park, Yukiko Uchida, Shinobu Kitayama
Psychological and Brain Sciences Faculty Publication Series
Previous research shows that European Americans are consistently more independent (or less interdependent) than Japanese when implicit indices are used to assess independence (vs. interdependence). The present work extended this evidence by including a novel implicit association test (IAT), as an index of implicit attitude towards independence and interdependence. Consistent with the previous findings, as compared to Japanese, Americans were significantly higher in multiple indices of implicit independence (vs. interdependence) including personal (vs. social) self-definition, experience of disengaging (vs. engaging) emotions and personal (vs. social) form of happiness. Furthermore, as compared to Japanese, Americans had a significantly more positive implicit …