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Communication Correlates of Individualism and Collectivism

Talk Directed at One or more Addressees in Family Conversations

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ID2350005
AuthorsSik Hung Ng (0000-0002-1225-7466, Victoria University of Wellington), Weiting Ng (0000-0001-6396-8981, Victoria University of Wellington, corresponding author), Cynthia S F Loong (Victoria University of Wellington), Cynthia Loong (Victoria University of Wellington), An Ping He (0000-0001-9337-7912, South China Normal University), James H Liu (0000-0001-9520-5727, Victoria University of Wellington), Ann Weatherall (0000-0002-0298-6681, Victoria University of Wellington)
Year2000
Volume19
Issue1
Pages26-45
Publication date2000-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-927X • E-ISSN: 1552-6526
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0261927x00019001002
OpenAlexW2164449290
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited29

Conversations in 12 European and 12 Chinese families in New Zealand were recorded and a sample of 15,988 turns of talk was coded under single-and multiaddressee turns. As predicted, the two types of turns varied with cultural individualism/collectivism in both inter-and subcultural comparisons. Single-addressee turns were more common in European (individualistic) than in Chinese (collectivistic) families, and in high (individualistic) than in low (collectivistic) acculturated Chinese families; the reverse was true for multiaddressee turns. The predicted relationship was confirmed by an individual-level comparison: Members of Chinese families who were highly acculturated used more single-and fewer multiaddressee turns when compared with less highly acculturated members. This relationship was unaffected by language (English or Chinese) or age of family members. In a separate analysis of the effect of turn types on turn taking, it was found that multiaddressee turns were associated with more false starts (two or more members started talking simultaneously). Implications of the results for cross-cultural and communication research were discussed

Collectivism · Cross-cultural · Cultural diversity · Cultural values · Individualism · Political science · Sociology · Digital Communication and Language · Gender Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Social Psychology

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