Unpredictable Changes: Different Effects of Derailment on Well-Being Between North American and East Asian Samples.

ABSTRACT: Some individuals experience the feeling that they have become a person they had not anticipated. The life path they had expected to take is not consonant with the one they are taking in reality. This perception of "off-course" in identity and self-direction is referred to as derailment. Although previous studies have postulated and demonstrated that derailment causes a low level of well-being, no studies have examined its existence and effect across cultures. We hypothesized that East Asians (Japanese) are less vulnerable to feeling derailed than North Americans (Canadians/Americans), and that those Japanese who feel derailed do not necessarily experience long-term damage to their well-being. Two correlational studies and one longitudinal study with a one-year interval supported these hypo

SUBMITTER: Chishima Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7938291 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature