Deborah A Cai
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 193221 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Deborah A Cai |
| NOMBRES | Deborah A |
| APELLIDO | Cai |
| FIRMA | CAI D A |
| AFILIACIONES | Temple University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7759-2628 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 82 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Are People Hesitating-Or Just Postponing-to Get the Covid-19 Vaccine? Vaccine Outreach in Marginalized Urban Communities
Across Philadelphia, approximately 80% of adults are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. However, many zip codes in the city remain far below the city-wide vaccination rate. These zip codes correspond to marginalized sections of the city and to neighborhoods with a high proportion of residents of color and high levels of poverty. In-depth interviews were conducted with representatives from 15 community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve such co…
Inertia in cognitive processes
Conflict, communication and team collaboration
Purpose Given the growing relationship between Nigeria and the USA, the purpose of this study is to compare conflict communication of Nigerians and Americans. Design/methodology/approach A total of 186 Nigerians and 214 Americans completed an online survey of Hammer’s (2005) Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory as well as items about the effect of conflict on team collaboration. Findings Contrary to expectations, Nigerians reported using more d…
How Americans Make Sense of Two Novel Pandemics
Using Galileo theory and method of multidimensional scaling (MDS), we compared the psychological distances between concepts related to two pandemic viruses, Zika and COVID-19. Surveys (Zika, N = 410; COVID-19, N = 291) were used to investigate the role of media use and interpersonal communication on the relationship between 10 concepts in multidimensional spaces. We asked these four research questions: Do the two spaces represent the two pandemic…
Psychological discrepancy in message-induced belief change
Message discrepancy is the difference between the position of an advocated belief in a message and the position of a message receiver’s initial belief, and psychological discrepancy is how the message’s discrepancy is perceived by the receiver. The present study tested Fink et al.’s [(1983). Positional discrepancy, psychological discrepancy, and attitude change: Experimental tests of some mathematical models. Communication Monographs, 50(4), 413–…
Brother, Can You Spare Some Time, or a Dime
This study investigates the role that culture plays in the effect of intimacy, relationship type, and resources on obligations. Participants ( n = 144 U.S. undergraduates and n = 122 Chinese undergraduate and graduate students) were asked about their obligations to another person. Chinese, as compared to Americans, reported greater obligation and greater likelihood to expend money to help another. Americans reported greater intimacy with others a…
The Effect of Conflict Goals on Avoidance Strategies
Avoidance is proposed to be a goal-directed behavior rather than a behavior that reflects passivity or inaction. To evaluate this proposition, a typology of conflict goals and a typology of conflict avoidance strategies are created, and the relationship between nonavoidance strategies and the elements of these 2 typologies are evaluated within a structural equation model (N = 352). Findings show that, except for pretending and withdrawal, conflic…
The semantics of social influence
This study investigates how language is used to make sense of influence attempts. More specifically, the perceived potency and evaluation of both influence agents and targets and the influence tactic used are examined for their effect on the actors' perceived power and influence success. The two influence tactics examined are threats and attempts to persuade. A pilot study (N=145) and main experiment (N=189) were conducted to create 84 simple sen…
Conflict style differences between individualists and collectivists
This study investigated the fundamental beliefs regarding cross-cultural differences in conflict styles. The sample consisted of 188 graduate students from 31 different countries residing in the U.S. Findings indicated that assumptions regarding the relationship of culture to conflict style preferences may not be valid. Preference for using five conflict styles were measured: avoiding, obliging, integrating, compromising, and dominating. The inte…
A test of a cultural model of patients' motivation for verbal communication in patient‐doctor interactions
In theory, two‐way communication between patient and physician is desirable. However, there is a dearth of research that has explored the effects of patients’ culture and cultural orientations on patients’ ability to actively participate in the medical encounter. The purpose of this paper was to test the effects of patients’ culture and cultural orientations on assertiveness and communication apprehension during medical interviews. According to t…
The Business of Business Negotiation
Although focused primarily on the goal of transacting business, the intercultural negotiation literature is highly interdisciplinary, drawing not only from business and management, but also from psychology, international relations, law, and linguistics. The common factor connecting this literature is the need to communicate effectively across cultures. To address communication’s role in international negotiation, this chapter offers a model for o…
Cultural influences on the preferred forms of requesting and re‐requesting
Most studies of cross‐cultural requesting strategy have been concerned with initial message production only; rarely have they addressed the issue of what happens when the listener rejects the requestor's initial request and fails to comply. Furthermore, the cultural differences in requesting styles have not been examined in terms of individual‐level analysis. The purpose of this project was to describe and compare the preferred linguistic forms f…
Conflict style differences between individualists and collectivists
This study investigated the fundamental beliefs regarding cross-cultural differences in conflict styles. The sample consisted of 188 graduate students from 31 different countries residing in the U.S. Findings indicated that assumptions regarding the relationship of culture to conflict style preferences may not be valid. Preference for using five conflict styles were measured: avoiding, obliging, integrating, compromising, and dominating. The inte…
Cultural influences on the preferred forms of requesting and re‐requesting
Most studies of cross‐cultural requesting strategy have been concerned with initial message production only; rarely have they addressed the issue of what happens when the listener rejects the requestor's initial request and fails to comply. Furthermore, the cultural differences in requesting styles have not been examined in terms of individual‐level analysis. The purpose of this project was to describe and compare the preferred linguistic forms f…
A test of a cultural model of patients' motivation for verbal communication in patient‐doctor interactions
In theory, two‐way communication between patient and physician is desirable. However, there is a dearth of research that has explored the effects of patients’ culture and cultural orientations on patients’ ability to actively participate in the medical encounter. The purpose of this paper was to test the effects of patients’ culture and cultural orientations on assertiveness and communication apprehension during medical interviews. According to t…
The Effect of Conflict Goals on Avoidance Strategies
Avoidance is proposed to be a goal-directed behavior rather than a behavior that reflects passivity or inaction. To evaluate this proposition, a typology of conflict goals and a typology of conflict avoidance strategies are created, and the relationship between nonavoidance strategies and the elements of these 2 typologies are evaluated within a structural equation model (N = 352). Findings show that, except for pretending and withdrawal, conflic…
Brother, Can You Spare Some Time, or a Dime
This study investigates the role that culture plays in the effect of intimacy, relationship type, and resources on obligations. Participants ( n = 144 U.S. undergraduates and n = 122 Chinese undergraduate and graduate students) were asked about their obligations to another person. Chinese, as compared to Americans, reported greater obligation and greater likelihood to expend money to help another. Americans reported greater intimacy with others a…
The semantics of social influence
This study investigates how language is used to make sense of influence attempts. More specifically, the perceived potency and evaluation of both influence agents and targets and the influence tactic used are examined for their effect on the actors' perceived power and influence success. The two influence tactics examined are threats and attempts to persuade. A pilot study (N=145) and main experiment (N=189) were conducted to create 84 simple sen…
Are People Hesitating-Or Just Postponing-to Get the Covid-19 Vaccine? Vaccine Outreach in Marginalized Urban Communities
Across Philadelphia, approximately 80% of adults are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. However, many zip codes in the city remain far below the city-wide vaccination rate. These zip codes correspond to marginalized sections of the city and to neighborhoods with a high proportion of residents of color and high levels of poverty. In-depth interviews were conducted with representatives from 15 community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve such co…
Psychological discrepancy in message-induced belief change
Message discrepancy is the difference between the position of an advocated belief in a message and the position of a message receiver’s initial belief, and psychological discrepancy is how the message’s discrepancy is perceived by the receiver. The present study tested Fink et al.’s [(1983). Positional discrepancy, psychological discrepancy, and attitude change: Experimental tests of some mathematical models. Communication Monographs, 50(4), 413–…
The Business of Business Negotiation
Although focused primarily on the goal of transacting business, the intercultural negotiation literature is highly interdisciplinary, drawing not only from business and management, but also from psychology, international relations, law, and linguistics. The common factor connecting this literature is the need to communicate effectively across cultures. To address communication’s role in international negotiation, this chapter offers a model for o…
Cultural influences on the preferred forms of requesting and re‐requesting
Most studies of cross‐cultural requesting strategy have been concerned with initial message production only; rarely have they addressed the issue of what happens when the listener rejects the requestor's initial request and fails to comply. Furthermore, the cultural differences in requesting styles have not been examined in terms of individual‐level analysis. The purpose of this project was to describe and compare the preferred linguistic forms f…
A test of a cultural model of patients' motivation for verbal communication in patient‐doctor interactions
In theory, two‐way communication between patient and physician is desirable. However, there is a dearth of research that has explored the effects of patients’ culture and cultural orientations on patients’ ability to actively participate in the medical encounter. The purpose of this paper was to test the effects of patients’ culture and cultural orientations on assertiveness and communication apprehension during medical interviews. According to t…
Conflict style differences between individualists and collectivists
This study investigated the fundamental beliefs regarding cross-cultural differences in conflict styles. The sample consisted of 188 graduate students from 31 different countries residing in the U.S. Findings indicated that assumptions regarding the relationship of culture to conflict style preferences may not be valid. Preference for using five conflict styles were measured: avoiding, obliging, integrating, compromising, and dominating. The inte…
The semantics of social influence
This study investigates how language is used to make sense of influence attempts. More specifically, the perceived potency and evaluation of both influence agents and targets and the influence tactic used are examined for their effect on the actors' perceived power and influence success. The two influence tactics examined are threats and attempts to persuade. A pilot study (N=145) and main experiment (N=189) were conducted to create 84 simple sen…
Brother, Can You Spare Some Time, or a Dime
This study investigates the role that culture plays in the effect of intimacy, relationship type, and resources on obligations. Participants ( n = 144 U.S. undergraduates and n = 122 Chinese undergraduate and graduate students) were asked about their obligations to another person. Chinese, as compared to Americans, reported greater obligation and greater likelihood to expend money to help another. Americans reported greater intimacy with others a…
The Effect of Conflict Goals on Avoidance Strategies
Avoidance is proposed to be a goal-directed behavior rather than a behavior that reflects passivity or inaction. To evaluate this proposition, a typology of conflict goals and a typology of conflict avoidance strategies are created, and the relationship between nonavoidance strategies and the elements of these 2 typologies are evaluated within a structural equation model (N = 352). Findings show that, except for pretending and withdrawal, conflic…
Psychological discrepancy in message-induced belief change
Message discrepancy is the difference between the position of an advocated belief in a message and the position of a message receiver’s initial belief, and psychological discrepancy is how the message’s discrepancy is perceived by the receiver. The present study tested Fink et al.’s [(1983). Positional discrepancy, psychological discrepancy, and attitude change: Experimental tests of some mathematical models. Communication Monographs, 50(4), 413–…
How Americans Make Sense of Two Novel Pandemics
Using Galileo theory and method of multidimensional scaling (MDS), we compared the psychological distances between concepts related to two pandemic viruses, Zika and COVID-19. Surveys (Zika, N = 410; COVID-19, N = 291) were used to investigate the role of media use and interpersonal communication on the relationship between 10 concepts in multidimensional spaces. We asked these four research questions: Do the two spaces represent the two pandemic…
Conflict, communication and team collaboration
Purpose Given the growing relationship between Nigeria and the USA, the purpose of this study is to compare conflict communication of Nigerians and Americans. Design/methodology/approach A total of 186 Nigerians and 214 Americans completed an online survey of Hammer’s (2005) Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory as well as items about the effect of conflict on team collaboration. Findings Contrary to expectations, Nigerians reported using more d…
Inertia in cognitive processes
Are People Hesitating-Or Just Postponing-to Get the Covid-19 Vaccine? Vaccine Outreach in Marginalized Urban Communities
Across Philadelphia, approximately 80% of adults are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. However, many zip codes in the city remain far below the city-wide vaccination rate. These zip codes correspond to marginalized sections of the city and to neighborhoods with a high proportion of residents of color and high levels of poverty. In-depth interviews were conducted with representatives from 15 community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve such co…
Psychology (10 obras) · Social Psychology (9 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Conflict Management and Negotiation (4 obras) · Cultural Differences and Values (4 obras) · Mathematics (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras)