Escaping From Quixotic Cultural Expectations: The Consequences of Failing to Live Up To Honor-Culture Ideals

Imura, Mikiko

Escaping From Quixotic Cultural Expectations: The Consequences of Failing to Live Up To Honor-Culture Ideals

dc.contributor.advisor	Brown, Ryan
dc.contributor.author	Imura, Mikiko
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Showers, Carolin
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Carvallo, Mauricio
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Song, Hairong
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Damphousse, Kelly
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-24T20:58:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-04-24T20:58:21Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05
dc.date.manuscript	2015-04-22
dc.description.abstract	Past research showed the heightened suicide and depression rates in the U.S. culture of honor regions compared to non-honor regions. The present research investigated the psychological processes by which men in honor cultures might reach suicidal inclinations by applying the framework of self-discrepancy theories and the escape theory of suicide. Study 1 showed that participants who strongly endorsed honor ideology but believed they did not live up to such ideals (i.e., those who experienced a gap between the cultural ideals and their current selves) showed a heightened sense of burdensomeness – one of the most powerful predictors of suicidality. Study 2 manipulated the salience of this gap by priming the honor ideals while inducing a state of heightened self-awareness. Those who were reminded of the honor standards and strongly endorsed such standards showed a modest tendency toward heightened suicide-related thought activation when they were forced to compare themselves to the standards via the self-awareness manipulation.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11244/14446
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Psychology, Social.	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Ph.D.	en_US
dc.title	Escaping From Quixotic Cultural Expectations: The Consequences of Failing to Live Up To Honor-Culture Ideals	en_US
ou.group	College of Arts and Sciences	en_US