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What did Parker et al's study conclude about Chinese and Australian patients?
The study concluded that Chinese patients are less likely to identify cognitive or emotional symptoms as part of their problem, when compared to Australian patients.
What potential factor could explain the difference between the two groups?
The difference may be due to cultural dimensions, such as collectivism where it is less appropriate to reveal one's emotions.
What did the study attempt to do?
The study attempted to develop a questionnaire based on cultural evidence relevant to the participants.
What is an example of an imposed etic approach to research?
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What are some of the implications of the study?
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Study Notes
- The study by Parker et al found that Chinese patients are less likely to identify cognitive or emotional symptoms as part of their problem, when compared to Australian patients.
- This difference may be due to cultural dimensions; in collectivistic societies it is less appropriate to reveal one's emotions, so perhaps the somatization is the way that they communicate mental distress.
- Although the number of somatic symptoms indicated by each group was similar, the Chinese participants were less likely to identify cognitive or emotional symptoms as part of their problem.
- The study attempted to develop a questionnaire based on cultural evidence relevant to the participants.
- They did not simply use a standardized Western questionnaire that may have influenced the results.
- The study demonstrates an imposed etic approach to research.
- It may have eliminated people from the sample who may have a form of depression that does not meet the Western criteria for diagnosis; this may account for the similarities in the two samples.
- The effects of globalization may account for the relatively small difference in the data.
- Research on more cultures would be necessary to test the reliability of the findings.
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Explore the study by Parker et al on cultural differences in identifying cognitive and emotional symptoms as part of mental distress. Understand the impact of cultural dimensions on expressing emotions and explore the development of a culturally informed questionnaire.
