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Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in perceived societal threats

Societal threats that face the world today seem overpowering, especially for young generations who will need to develop creative solutions. The present study examined the relationships between societal threats and social motives. Social motives function to orient individuals toward the social world...

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Main Authors: Kashima, E.S., Ochoa, D.P, Nicolas, G., Getrude C. Ah Gang @Grace, Du, H., Klackl, J., Plusnin, N., Miriyagalla, U.P., Kashima, Y., Fiske, S.T.
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HM1001-1281 Social psychology
HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races
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spelling my.ums.eprints.307072021-10-26T07:15:08Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30707/ Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in perceived societal threats Kashima, E.S. Ochoa, D.P Nicolas, G. Getrude C. Ah Gang @Grace Du, H. Klackl, J. Plusnin, N. Miriyagalla, U.P. Kashima, Y. Fiske, S.T. HM1001-1281 Social psychology HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races Societal threats that face the world today seem overpowering, especially for young generations who will need to develop creative solutions. The present study examined the relationships between societal threats and social motives. Social motives function to orient individuals toward the social world and prepare them to engage socially. This adaptive function of social motives may be particularly useful when threats are looming in the environment. We thus expected that perceived societal threats would correlate positively with activation of social motives, especially among individuals with lower self-esteem, who tend to show higher interdependency when threatened. Our cross-cultural samples from Australia, the United States, New Zealand, the Philippines, China (Macao), Malaysia (Sabah), and Austria (N = 1,269) showed evidence to support these expectations. Perceived societal threats correlated positively with all social motives (Belong, Understand, Control, Esteem, and Trust); however, the link was most vital for the Control motive, and especially in the United States and China. In line with our expectations, higher perceived societal threats were associated with more robust social motives, especially among those with low self-esteem. Potential mechanisms through which social motives assist adaptation to societal threats and country-specific contents of threats are discussed. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30707/1/Exploring%20the%20adaptive%20role%20of%20core%20social%20motives%20in%20perceived%20societal%20threats-Abstract.pdf Kashima, E.S. and Ochoa, D.P and Nicolas, G. and Getrude C. Ah Gang @Grace and Du, H. and Klackl, J. and Plusnin, N. and Miriyagalla, U.P. and Kashima, Y. and Fiske, S.T. (2021) Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in perceived societal threats. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. ISSN 1367-2223 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85109411079&doi=10.1111%2fajsp.12490&origin=inward&txGid=6034ec055543a06a76c505be200459ed ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12490
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topic HM1001-1281 Social psychology
HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races
spellingShingle HM1001-1281 Social psychology
HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races
Kashima, E.S.
Ochoa, D.P
Nicolas, G.
Getrude C. Ah Gang @Grace
Du, H.
Klackl, J.
Plusnin, N.
Miriyagalla, U.P.
Kashima, Y.
Fiske, S.T.
Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in perceived societal threats
description Societal threats that face the world today seem overpowering, especially for young generations who will need to develop creative solutions. The present study examined the relationships between societal threats and social motives. Social motives function to orient individuals toward the social world and prepare them to engage socially. This adaptive function of social motives may be particularly useful when threats are looming in the environment. We thus expected that perceived societal threats would correlate positively with activation of social motives, especially among individuals with lower self-esteem, who tend to show higher interdependency when threatened. Our cross-cultural samples from Australia, the United States, New Zealand, the Philippines, China (Macao), Malaysia (Sabah), and Austria (N = 1,269) showed evidence to support these expectations. Perceived societal threats correlated positively with all social motives (Belong, Understand, Control, Esteem, and Trust); however, the link was most vital for the Control motive, and especially in the United States and China. In line with our expectations, higher perceived societal threats were associated with more robust social motives, especially among those with low self-esteem. Potential mechanisms through which social motives assist adaptation to societal threats and country-specific contents of threats are discussed.
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author Kashima, E.S.
Ochoa, D.P
Nicolas, G.
Getrude C. Ah Gang @Grace
Du, H.
Klackl, J.
Plusnin, N.
Miriyagalla, U.P.
Kashima, Y.
Fiske, S.T.
author_facet Kashima, E.S.
Ochoa, D.P
Nicolas, G.
Getrude C. Ah Gang @Grace
Du, H.
Klackl, J.
Plusnin, N.
Miriyagalla, U.P.
Kashima, Y.
Fiske, S.T.
author_sort Kashima, E.S.
title Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in perceived societal threats
title_short Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in perceived societal threats
title_full Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in perceived societal threats
title_fullStr Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in perceived societal threats
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in perceived societal threats
title_sort exploring the adaptive role of core social motives in perceived societal threats
publisher Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30707/1/Exploring%20the%20adaptive%20role%20of%20core%20social%20motives%20in%20perceived%20societal%20threats-Abstract.pdf
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