Abstract
This study highlights Syrian communication practices using comparative tests with the United States communication as a baseline. Additionally, theoretical findings on individualism and collectivism theory are extended to include findings from Syria. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance was used to test culture’s effect in demographically similar (in age, SES, and education) student convenience samples, with the covariate communication adaptability, on dependent variables: empathy, social confirmation, social composure, friendships, non-verbal immediacy, social self-efficacy, and general self-efficacy. Results indicated that Syrians possess more empathy, social confirmation, and perceived general self-efficacy in comparison to U.S. citizens who have greater social composure, friendships, non-verbal immediacy and social self-efficacy. These results indicate that Syrians have the strength of self-efficacy to succeed in intercultural relationships while U.S. Americans have the assets of warmth and sociability to enable successful interactions with Syrians.
Highlights
Univariate results indicated that Syrians communicate using more empathy than U.S Americans in support of Hypothesis 1
Support was found for Hypothesis 2 in that Syrians communicated with greater social confirmation than U.S Americans
Findings showed that U.S Americans communicate with greater social composure than Syrians supporting Hypothesis 3 and that U.S Americans will communicate with more friendship goals than Syrians supporting Hypothesis 4
Summary
What’s more, calls have been made to settle Syrian refugees in Europe and the United States (Chakraborty 2015; Tausch 2015). This study attempts to advance the field of communication to include a better understanding of differences in communication between collectivistic Syria and individualistic cultures such as the United States in order to forge alliances in the more integrated societies of the future. Past and upcoming contact highlights the variance of perspectives between members of different cultures such as Syria and the United States. There are numerous reasons for intercultural contact, misunderstandings between members of different cultures tend to occur less for political reasons than for cultural differences in values, norms, and negotiation styles (Chang 2003). A better understanding of differing cultural communication patterns could help intercultural interactions flow in multiple contexts
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