Independent and Interdependent Self-Construal Revisited: Cultural Patterns and Psychological Correlates

Hyunji Kim, Joni Y. Sasaki, Hoon-Seok Choi, Institute of Confucian Philosophy and Culture, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea, Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea, Department of Psychology, University of Hawai, i at Mānoa

Cross-Cultural Research: The Journal of Comparative Social Science

Published online on April 13, 2026

Abstract

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This study examined the relationship between independent and interdependent self-construals, as measured by the Self-Construal Scale (SCS), to evaluate the independence of these constructs, and their associations with analytic-holistic thinking (Analysis-...