How culture affects the way in which psychopathologies manifest in behavior: The case of Confucianism in China

• Published in: International journal of social psychiatry Vol. 70; no. 7; pp. 1346 - 1348
• Main Authors: Colzato, Lorenza, Zhang, Liang, Zhang, Wenxin, Beste, Christian, Hommel, Bernhard, Roessner, Veit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2024; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Autonomy; Brief Reports; Child; China - ethnology; Confucianism; Confucianism - psychology; Culture; Externalizing problems; Health care; Humans; Internalization; Internalizing disorders; Literature reviews; Mental Disorders - ethnology; Mental Disorders - psychology; Psychopathology; China; externalizing psychopathologies; Confucianism; internalizing psychopathologies; culture; China

Background: Internalizing disorders in children and adolescents are about as frequent as externalizing disorders in the US, but three times more prevalent than externalizing disorders in China. Aims: To examine why and how mental predispositions and stress lead to psychopathology in general and mani...