APS
29th APS Annual Convention
Ties That Bind: Culture Shapes the Effects of Support and Friendships on Health and Well-Being
Relationships represent cultural models of self-other connections, affecting adjustment, health, and mental health. This symposium addresses cultural influences on relationship processes relevant for health and well-being using diverse samples from European, Asian, and Latino American backgrounds. Employing multi-methods, the four studies provide new critical insights about culture and relationship science.
Chairs & Discussants
- Janet ChangChair
West Chester University of Pennsylvania - Shu-wen WangCoChair
Haverford College - Belinda CamposDiscussant
University of California, Irvine
Presentations
- Cultural Differences in Quality of Life and Social Support Among European and Asian American Breast Cancer SurvivorsQian Lu, Marjorie Kagawa Singer, Annalyn Valdez, Jing Xie, Lucy Young, Lei-Chun Fung, et al.
- Social Relationships and Physical Health: The Impact of Biological and Cultural FactorsShu-Sha Angie Guan, Monique Griffiths, Jessica Chiang
- Sources of Friendship, Social Self-Efficacy, and Loneliness Among Chinese International StudentsWilliam Tsai, Kenneth Wang, Meifen Wei
- The Costs of Ethnically Heterogeneous Friendship Networks for Filipino AmericansJanet Chang, Frank Samson
