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Smith GT, Spillane NS, Annus AM. Implications of an Emerging Integration of Universal and Culturally Specific Psychologies. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2016; 1:211-33. [PMID: 26151630 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6916.2006.00013.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Psychological researchers increasingly recognize that human behavior reflects a complex interplay of universal human capacities, cultural responses to unique histories and circumstances, and individual differences. Many psychological processes appear to reflect culturally specific instantiations of universal capacities. Current integrative research focuses on further clarifying definitions of universality and on refining methods for identifying universal and cultural components of psychological processes. In this article, we consider implications of this emerging integration. To illustrate possible implications for psychology, we apply it to the study of psychopathology. We report on formal models that explain why some cultures embrace dysfunction among members. We then use the integrative framework to describe methods for determining whether putative disorders bring universal or contextual life dysfunction and to clarify etiological models of three disorders. Models of psychopathology can be more informed and precise if they include careful consideration of both universal and cultural influences on behavior.
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Coats S, Harrington JT, Beaubouef M, Locke H. Sex Differences in Relationship Regret: The Role of Perceived Mate Characteristics. Evol Psychol 2012. [DOI: 10.1177/147470491201000304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The current set of studies examined regret involving action and inaction in the realm of romantic relationships by testing whether such regret is associated with the characteristics of one's mate. In study 1, 394 participants reported on a previous casual sexual encounter, and in study 2, 358 participants reported on a previous romantic relationship. In both, instances of actual engagement and instances of passing up opportunities were studied. Study 3 was experimental and elicited reactions to hypothetical scenarios from 201 participants. Regret reported by men in both study 1 and study 2 varied as a function of the perceived attractiveness of the participants' actual and potential mate. Regret reported by women in study 2 varied as a function of the perceived stinginess of the participant's mate and perceived wealth of the participants' potential mate. Study 3 found that sex differences in type of regret (with men regretting inaction more than women) occurred only when the mate presented in the scenario was described in ways consistent with mate preferences. Together these findings suggest that regret differs between the sexes in ways consistent with sex differences in mate preferences.
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Affiliation(s)
- Susan Coats
- Department of Psychology, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, United States
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, United States
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Gottschall J, Martin J, Quish H, Rea J. Sex differences in mate choice criteria are reflected in folktales from around the world and in historical European literature. EVOL HUM BEHAV 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1090-5138(04)00007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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