The Life Conduct Dimension of Coping: Local Wisdom Discourses and Related Life Orientations (original) (raw)

Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters, 2013

Abstract

In mainstream psychology, person-centered concepts, such as the Big Five personality traits, self-efficacy, and optimism, are regarded as substantial factors that impact on coping and its trajectory. We do not challenge the existence of these individual differences in coping styles in this chapter, but we do advocate abandoning the trend toward the binary opposition between person and context that is implicit in these universalistic mainstream approaches in psychology. Instead, we assume a mutual constitution and blending of sociocultural, ecological, and personal features. Our understanding of individuals as sociocultural beings calls for ways of understanding how sociocultural features of life intermingle with personalized codes of conduct. The concept of local wisdom discourses as well as principles of life conduct are appropriate frameworks for this purpose and will be introduced in this chapter. Another focus of this chapter is on the relationship between development and coping. An overview is provided of socioculturally specific and valued developmental trajectories, socioculturally adequate understandings of assimilative and accommodative processes, the range of life conduct orientations, and relevant strategies for fostering these codes of conduct. The functions of these principles of life conduct for disaster coping are also reported.

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