Shagufa Kapadia
Biographic Data
| ID | 4235809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shagufa Kapadia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shagufa |
| FAMILY NAME | Kapadia |
| SIGNATURE | KAPADIA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7780-0151 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Advice Across Cultures: How Autonomy, Dialecticism, and Responsibility Differentially Shape Advice Giving in the United States, China, and India
Advice-giving is a key form of social support, yet little is known about how its style varies across cultural contexts. Across three studies, we examined how Americans, Chinese, and Indians give, evaluate, and culturally transmit advice, drawing on the cultural logics of idiocentrism, dialecticism, and allocentrism. In Study 1, open-ended data revealed culturally distinct styles: autonomous advice among Americans, contingent advice among Chinese,…
Identities of Emerging Adult Men in Contemporary Gujarat
Emerging adulthood is considered a phase in which an individual is required to make choices that shape identity. It involves making major life decisions regarding occupation and relationships. This study focuses on understanding the identities of emerging adult men in the domains of career, relationship, and gender roles. Participants included 40 single emerging adult men, 18–29 years, from educated upper middle-class families in Vadodara city in…
Going global: How psychologists can meet a world of need.
Emotion Socialization in the Indian Cultural Context
The social cultural norms that guide parental practices regarding emotion socialization are determined by cultural meanings ascribed to emotion, emotion expression, regulation, and larger socialization goals. The majority of the empirical research on emotion socialization has been carried out in the US and in Western European countries. The current article aims at understanding emotion socialization in the Indian context interweaving broader view…
Going Global: How Psychologists Can Meet a World of Need
Gendered Boundaries, Cultured Lives: The Underexplored Dimensions of Duty ( Kartavya ) in the Indian Family Context
The article highlights gender-specific elements in the notions of duty ( kartavya) in the Indian familial context. Using a hypothetical dilemma about gender roles and employment, in depth interviews were conducted with 120 respondents comprising young adults and their parents from the Maharashtrian community of Vadodara city, Gujarat, India. A majority of respondents, men as well as women, could recognize the unfairness (towards women) in the sce…
Cultural variation in communal versus exchange norms: Implications for social support
Whereas an interdependent cultural view of self has been linked to communal norms and to socially supportive behavior, its relationship to social support has been called into question in research suggesting that discomfort in social support is associated with an interdependent cultural view of self (e.g., Taylor et al., 2004). These contrasting claims were addressed in 2 studies conducted among Japanese, Indian, and American adults. Assessing eve…
Romantic Love, Commitment and Marriage in Emerging Adulthood in an Indian Context: Views of Emerging Adults and Middle Adults
The article focuses on issues of love, marriage and commitment during emerging adulthood, a life phase which is increasingly prominent in urban India owing to its global factors. In-depth and open-ended questionnaires and interviews of 110 respondents, comprising 80 emerging adults, 40 women and 40 men; and 30 middle aged adults, 15 men and 15 women having children between 18 and 25 years of age were conducted to ( i) unravel the social beliefs a…
Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood: A Developmental Perspective
At the interface of ‘Dharma’ and ‘Karma: Interpreting moral discourse in India
Adolescent-Parent Relationships in Indian and Indian Immigrant Families in the US: Intersections and Disparities
The article discusses how adolescents interpret their relationships with their parents in two different cultural contexts. Interpersonal conflicts have been largely studied to understand adolescent-parent relationships across different cultural groups, including immigrant families who are often caught between bicultural values and expectations. The balancing act of reconciling values of the “culture of origin” with values of the “culture of desti…
Experiences of Childlessness in an Indian Context: A Gender Perspective
This article focuses on the gendered experiences of involuntary childlessness and the societal perceptions of the state of being childless. It is based on research aimed at understanding the experience of involuntary childlessness among women and men in the urban middle class of a cosmopolitan city (Vadodara) in India. The study involved a gendered analysis of individuals’ experiences, with specific reference to ideas about parenthood, the import…
Transition in Marriage Partner Selection Process: Are Matrimonial Advertisements an Indication
The present study was designed to examine matrimonial advertisements as a strategy for marriage partner selection in Hindu Gujarati upper middle class families, with a focus on the relative roles of the individual and the family in the entire process. It also provided insight into the difficulties, compromises, or adjustments experienced by married individuals in the process. Further, the study classified the emerging selection criteria and reaso…
Parent–Adolescent Relationships in the Context of Interpersonal Disagreements: View from a Collectivist Culture
The paper is based on a study that aims to understand adolescent–parent relationships in the context of interpersonal disagreements. The issue of disagreements or disputes between parents and adolescents is of interest because of its relevance to understanding universal versus culturally variable features of adolescent development and parent–adolescent relationships. The study focused on understanding the dynamics of dispute resolution in Indian …
Experiences of Childlessness in an Indian Context: A Gender Perspective
This article focuses on the gendered experiences of involuntary childlessness and the societal perceptions of the state of being childless. It is based on research aimed at understanding the experience of involuntary childlessness among women and men in the urban middle class of a cosmopolitan city (Vadodara) in India. The study involved a gendered analysis of individuals’ experiences, with specific reference to ideas about parenthood, the import…
Cultural variation in communal versus exchange norms: Implications for social support
Whereas an interdependent cultural view of self has been linked to communal norms and to socially supportive behavior, its relationship to social support has been called into question in research suggesting that discomfort in social support is associated with an interdependent cultural view of self (e.g., Taylor et al., 2004). These contrasting claims were addressed in 2 studies conducted among Japanese, Indian, and American adults. Assessing eve…
At the interface of ‘Dharma’ and ‘Karma: Interpreting moral discourse in India
Parent–Adolescent Relationships in the Context of Interpersonal Disagreements: View from a Collectivist Culture
The paper is based on a study that aims to understand adolescent–parent relationships in the context of interpersonal disagreements. The issue of disagreements or disputes between parents and adolescents is of interest because of its relevance to understanding universal versus culturally variable features of adolescent development and parent–adolescent relationships. The study focused on understanding the dynamics of dispute resolution in Indian …
Transition in Marriage Partner Selection Process: Are Matrimonial Advertisements an Indication
The present study was designed to examine matrimonial advertisements as a strategy for marriage partner selection in Hindu Gujarati upper middle class families, with a focus on the relative roles of the individual and the family in the entire process. It also provided insight into the difficulties, compromises, or adjustments experienced by married individuals in the process. Further, the study classified the emerging selection criteria and reaso…
Adolescent-Parent Relationships in Indian and Indian Immigrant Families in the US: Intersections and Disparities
The article discusses how adolescents interpret their relationships with their parents in two different cultural contexts. Interpersonal conflicts have been largely studied to understand adolescent-parent relationships across different cultural groups, including immigrant families who are often caught between bicultural values and expectations. The balancing act of reconciling values of the “culture of origin” with values of the “culture of desti…
Experiences of Childlessness in an Indian Context: A Gender Perspective
This article focuses on the gendered experiences of involuntary childlessness and the societal perceptions of the state of being childless. It is based on research aimed at understanding the experience of involuntary childlessness among women and men in the urban middle class of a cosmopolitan city (Vadodara) in India. The study involved a gendered analysis of individuals’ experiences, with specific reference to ideas about parenthood, the import…
At the interface of ‘Dharma’ and ‘Karma: Interpreting moral discourse in India
Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood: A Developmental Perspective
Romantic Love, Commitment and Marriage in Emerging Adulthood in an Indian Context: Views of Emerging Adults and Middle Adults
The article focuses on issues of love, marriage and commitment during emerging adulthood, a life phase which is increasingly prominent in urban India owing to its global factors. In-depth and open-ended questionnaires and interviews of 110 respondents, comprising 80 emerging adults, 40 women and 40 men; and 30 middle aged adults, 15 men and 15 women having children between 18 and 25 years of age were conducted to ( i) unravel the social beliefs a…
Cultural variation in communal versus exchange norms: Implications for social support
Whereas an interdependent cultural view of self has been linked to communal norms and to socially supportive behavior, its relationship to social support has been called into question in research suggesting that discomfort in social support is associated with an interdependent cultural view of self (e.g., Taylor et al., 2004). These contrasting claims were addressed in 2 studies conducted among Japanese, Indian, and American adults. Assessing eve…
Gendered Boundaries, Cultured Lives: The Underexplored Dimensions of Duty ( Kartavya ) in the Indian Family Context
The article highlights gender-specific elements in the notions of duty ( kartavya) in the Indian familial context. Using a hypothetical dilemma about gender roles and employment, in depth interviews were conducted with 120 respondents comprising young adults and their parents from the Maharashtrian community of Vadodara city, Gujarat, India. A majority of respondents, men as well as women, could recognize the unfairness (towards women) in the sce…
Going Global: How Psychologists Can Meet a World of Need
Going global: How psychologists can meet a world of need.
Emotion Socialization in the Indian Cultural Context
The social cultural norms that guide parental practices regarding emotion socialization are determined by cultural meanings ascribed to emotion, emotion expression, regulation, and larger socialization goals. The majority of the empirical research on emotion socialization has been carried out in the US and in Western European countries. The current article aims at understanding emotion socialization in the Indian context interweaving broader view…
Identities of Emerging Adult Men in Contemporary Gujarat
Emerging adulthood is considered a phase in which an individual is required to make choices that shape identity. It involves making major life decisions regarding occupation and relationships. This study focuses on understanding the identities of emerging adult men in the domains of career, relationship, and gender roles. Participants included 40 single emerging adult men, 18–29 years, from educated upper middle-class families in Vadodara city in…
Advice Across Cultures: How Autonomy, Dialecticism, and Responsibility Differentially Shape Advice Giving in the United States, China, and India
Advice-giving is a key form of social support, yet little is known about how its style varies across cultural contexts. Across three studies, we examined how Americans, Chinese, and Indians give, evaluate, and culturally transmit advice, drawing on the cultural logics of idiocentrism, dialecticism, and allocentrism. In Study 1, open-ended data revealed culturally distinct styles: autonomous advice among Americans, contingent advice among Chinese,…
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Context (archaeology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Political science (6 works)