Publication Date
Spring 2025
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
Advisor
Christine Ma-Kellams; Arlene Asuncion; Shinchieh Duh
Abstract
Contemporary research on self-construal indicates that people define and perceive themselves either as independent or interdependent. Self-construal scales have become the most common method to quantitatively measure both types of self-construal across the United States, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Multidimensional measures of the self tend to be more accurate in defining the self than earlier dichotomous scales. In general, European Americans and Latin Americans perceived themselves as independent and East and Southeast Asians as interdependent. In the current study, undergraduate European American, East Asian American, Southeast Asian American, and Latin American students from San Jose State University were asked to complete the latest self-construal scale. This study attempted to replicate multidimensional self-construal findings on American, East Asian American, Southeast Asian American, and Latinx American samples holding acculturation constant. The results showed significant differences in harmony and self-reliance between Asian Americans and European and Latin Americans and found no significant differences between Latin Americans and European Americans. Future directions are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Lim, Jon Lorenz A., "Replicating Vignoles Et Al. Results on Multidimensional Self-construal: Comparing the United States, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America" (2025). Master's Theses. 5657.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.bfgf-gjep
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses/5657
