Circling Science

Culture and social support

Heejung S. Kim, David K. Sherman and Shelley E. Taylor · 2008

Evidence
Review
Kind
Journal article
peer-reviewed
Method
Narrative review of studies on how people in different cultures seek and use support from others
Published
American Psychologist, 63(6), 518–526

Mechanisms

Studies a process a circle relies on, such as disclosure or synchrony, wherever it happens.

Reviews studies in which Asian and Asian American participants were more reluctant than European Americans to ask close others for help, wary of the strain on the relationship, and gained more from support that asks for no disclosure.

What it doesn’t show

A narrative review, mostly comparing East Asian and European American samples. It concerns asking for help with stress, not group practice.

Summary based on the abstract and the review’s definitions of explicit and implicit support.

Directions that build on it

  1. Circling across cultures

    Builds on 7 works · 1 funding route

    Does Circling feel the same, and help as much, where people disclose less and ask for support less directly?

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Cite

Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Taylor, S. E. (2008). Culture and social support. American Psychologist, 63(6), 518–526. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18793039/