Social axioms in Iran and Canada: Intercultural contact, coping and adjustment

A comparison was made between Iranian participants living in Iran, Iranian immigrants to Canada, and Canadian‐born participants on the Social Axioms Scale (SAS), including a sixth dimension, Harmony. The Iranian immigrants to Canada endorsed views that were intermediate between the other two groups....

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Veröffentlicht in:Asian journal of social psychology 2006-08, Vol.9 (2), p.123-131
Hauptverfasser: Safdar, Saba, Lewis, John Rees, Daneshpour, Manijeh
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A comparison was made between Iranian participants living in Iran, Iranian immigrants to Canada, and Canadian‐born participants on the Social Axioms Scale (SAS), including a sixth dimension, Harmony. The Iranian immigrants to Canada endorsed views that were intermediate between the other two groups. In the data from Iran, the relationships between social axioms on the one hand and measures of active coping and adjustment on the other were examined. Belief in Reward for Application predicted Active Coping; acknowledgment of Social Complexity predicted Life‐Satisfaction; and endorsement of belief in Harmony predicted Mastery. Those whose beliefs on Harmony and Social Complexity were closer to their country mean were higher on Mastery and Self‐Esteem, but those whose beliefs on Fate Control were closer to the country mean showed lower Life‐Satisfaction.
ISSN:1367-2223
1467-839X
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-839X.2006.00189.x