stress response produced • The coping mechanisms available to deal with the stressor Type of Stressor Different cultural groups inhabit
As a result, in collectivistic cultures, when troubles arise, associated stress may be assessed in a different way than in individualistic cultures As
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Third, cultures affect the choice of coping strategies that an individual utilizes in any given situation Finally, the culture provides different institutional
There have been growing efforts to examine cross-cultural variations in stress and coping, but these efforts are fragmented and primarily descriptive,
of uncertainty (IU), mindfulness and stress between two different cultures (US America and China) US American participants reported higher levels of
dealing with stress, loss, or disappointments In other words, these cultural char- acteristics are related to different coping strategies In this paper, we give a brief