Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Social Sciences
First Advisor
Cottrell, Catherine
Keywords
United States, Philippines, Anxiety, Modesty, Culture
Area of Concentration
Psychology
Abstract
Previous cultural research has shown that there lies a disparity in the way people of Western, individualistic cultures and the way those of Eastern, collectivistic cultures interpret socially anxious and self-effacing behaviors (e.g., being modesty or shy in a group, playing down achievements, attributing achievements to luck). The current study aims to investigate cross-cultural variations in self-reported social anxiety, as well as interpretations of self-effacing behaviors among nonclinical samples in the United States (an individualistic society) and the Philippines (a collectivistic society). Participants were recruited through the social media website of Facebook and completed an online survey via SurveyMonkey. The researcher predicted that Filipino participants’ interdependent self-construals will be positively associated with social anxiety, whereas American participants’ independent self-construals will be negatively associated with social anxiety. Moreover, Filipino participants will be more likely to interpret self-effacing behaviors as behaviors of modesty, while American participants will be more likely to interpret such as behaviors of social anxiety.
Recommended Citation
Garcia, Marina, "Where Modesty Meets Anxiety: A Cross-Cultural Study On Self-Effacing Behavior Among Americans and Filipinos" (2015). Theses & ETDs. 5028.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/5028