Collectivistic Conflict of Chinese in Counseling: Conceptualization and Therapeutic Directions

Autor/in	Kwan, Kwong-Liem Karl
Titel	Collectivistic Conflict of Chinese in Counseling: Conceptualization and Therapeutic Directions
Quelle	In: Counseling Psychologist, 37 (2009) 7, S.967-986 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-0000
DOI	10.1177/0011000009339974
Schlagwörter	Culture Conflict; Acculturation; Cultural Differences; Psychology; Therapy; Foreign Countries; Social Change; Western Civilization; Values; Confucianism; Interpersonal Relationship; Cultural Context; Coping; Counseling Techniques; Self Motivation; Personality Development; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kulturkonflikt; Akkulturation; Kultureller Unterschied; Psychologie; Therapie; Ausland; Sozialer Wandel; Wertbegriff; Konfuzianismus; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Bewältigung; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Personalilty development; Persönlichkeitsbildung; Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
Abstract	Rapid Westernization and modernization in most Chinese societies has triggered a process of acculturation to Western value orientations, which induced conflicts between Confucian-based collectivism and Western individualism at both the societal and individual levels. A review of research instruments indicated that a cultural conflict approach is often used when assessing the personality and psychological functioning of Chinese people within and outside the United States. In spite of the receptiveness toward Western influences, family and collectivistic orientation are Confucian virtues and remain dominant values that govern the interpersonal and normative relationships in Chinese societies. Within this cultural conflict context, the concept of collectivistic conflict is proposed to conceptualize the psychological adaptation and counseling concerns of the Chinese. The development of a compromising self and the reintegration of the indigenous coping mechanism of self-cultivation (i.e., striving to be a cultivated, cultured person) are postulated as therapeutic tasks when helping Chinese clients resolve collectivistic conflict. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10