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Krys K, Kostoula O, van Tilburg WAP, Mosca O, Lee JH, Maricchiolo F, Kosiarczyk A, Kocimska-Bortnowska A, Torres C, Hitokoto H, Liew K, Bond MH, Lun VMC, Vignoles VL, Zelenski JM, Haas BW, Park J, Vauclair CM, Kwiatkowska A, Roczniewska M, Witoszek N, Işık İ, Kosakowska-Berezecka N, Domínguez-Espinosa A, Yeung JC, Górski M, Adamovic M, Albert I, Pavlopoulos V, Fülöp M, Sirlopu D, Okvitawanli A, Boer D, Teyssier J, Malyonova A, Gavreliuc A, Serdarevich U, Akotia CS, Appoh L, Mira DMA, Baltin A, Denoux P, Esteves CS, Gamsakhurdia V, Garðarsdóttir RB, Igbokwe DO, Igou ER, Kascakova N, Klůzová Kracˇmárová L, Kronberger N, Barrientos PE, Mohoricć T, Murdock E, Mustaffa NF, Nader M, Nadi A, van Osch Y, Pavlović Z, Polácˇková Šolcová I, Rizwan M, Romashov V, Røysamb E, Sargautyte R, Schwarz B, Selecká L, Selim HA, Stogianni M, Sun CR, Wojtczuk-Turek A, Xing C, Uchida Y. Happiness Maximization Is a WEIRD Way of Living. Perspect Psychol Sci 2024:17456916231208367. [PMID: 38350096 DOI: 10.1177/17456916231208367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
Abstract
Psychological science tends to treat subjective well-being and happiness synonymously. We start from the assumption that subjective well-being is more than being happy to ask the fundamental question: What is the ideal level of happiness? From a cross-cultural perspective, we propose that the idealization of attaining maximum levels of happiness may be especially characteristic of Western, educated, industrial, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) societies but less so for others. Searching for an explanation for why "happiness maximization" might have emerged in these societies, we turn to studies linking cultures to their eco-environmental habitat. We discuss the premise that WEIRD cultures emerged in an exceptionally benign ecological habitat (i.e., faced relatively light existential pressures compared with other regions). We review the influence of the Gulf Stream on the Northwestern European climate as a source of these comparatively benign geographical conditions. We propose that the ecological conditions in which WEIRD societies emerged afforded them a basis to endorse happiness as a value and to idealize attaining its maximum level. To provide a nomological network for happiness maximization, we also studied some of its potential side effects, namely alcohol and drug consumption and abuse and the prevalence of mania. To evaluate our hypothesis, we reanalyze data from two large-scale studies on ideal levels of personal life satisfaction-the most common operationalization of happiness in psychology-involving respondents from 61 countries. We conclude that societies whose members seek to maximize happiness tend to be characterized as WEIRD, and generalizing this across societies can prove problematic if adopted at the ideological and policy level.
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- Kuba Krys
- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences
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- Institute of Psychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz
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- Department of Education, Psychology, and Philosophy, University of Cagliari
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University Northwest
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
- School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing, University of Canterbury
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- Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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- Graduate School of Management, NUCB Business School
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- Centre for Psychological Research and Social Intervention (CIS-Iscte), Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
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- SWPS University
- Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet
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- Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo
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- Psychology Department, Bahçeşehir University
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- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw
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- Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Luxembourg
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- Institute of Psychology, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church
- Research Centre of Natural Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, Hungary
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- Faculty of Psychology and Humanities, Universidad San Sebastián, Concepción
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Koblenz
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- Département Psychologie Clinique Du Sujet, Université Toulouse II
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- Department of General and Social Psychology, Dostoevsky Omsk State University
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- Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Ghana
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- Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University
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- School of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University
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- Département Psychologie Clinique Du Sujet, Université Toulouse II
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics
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- Department of Psychology, University of Limerick
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- Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University
- Psychiatric Clinic Pro Mente Sana, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka
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- Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Luxembourg
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- Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Malaysia
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- Department of Psychological Studies, Universidad ICESI
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- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences
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- Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade
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- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
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- Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University
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- Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China
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- Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University
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Krys K, Chun Yeung J, Haas BW, van Osch Y, Kosiarczyk A, Kocimska-Zych A, Torres C, Selim HA, Zelenski JM, Bond MH, Park J, Lun VMC, Maricchiolo F, Vauclair CM, Poláčková Šolcová I, Sirlopú D, Xing C, Vignoles VL, van Tilburg WAP, Teyssier J, Sun CR, Serdarevich U, Schwarz B, Sargautyte R, Røysamb E, Romashov V, Rizwan M, Pavlović Z, Pavlopoulos V, Okvitawanli A, Nadi A, Nader M, Mustaffa NF, Murdock E, Mosca O, Mohorić T, Barrientos Marroquin PE, Malyonova A, Liu X, Lee JH, Kwiatkowska A, Kronberger N, Klůzová Kráčmarová L, Kascakova N, Işık İ, Igou ER, Igbokwe DO, Hanke-Boer D, Gavreliuc A, Garðarsdóttir RB, Fülöp M, Gamsakhurdia V, Esteves CS, Domínguez-Espinosa A, Denoux P, Charkviani S, Baltin A, Arevalo D, Appoh L, Akotia C, Adamovic M, Uchida Y. Family First: Evidence of Consistency and Variation in the Value of Family Versus Personal Happiness Across 49 Different Cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2023. [DOI: 10.1177/00220221221134711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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People care about their own well-being and about the well-being of their families. It is currently, however, unknown how much people tend to value their own versus their family’s well-being. A recent study documented that people value family happiness over personal happiness across four cultures. In this study, we sought to replicate this finding across a larger sample size ( N = 12,819) and a greater number of countries ( N = 49). We found that the strength of the idealization of family over personal happiness preference was small (average Cohen’s ds = .20, range −.02 to.48), but present in 98% of the studied countries, with statistical significance in 73% to 75%, and variance across countries <2%. We also found that the size of this effect did vary somewhat across cultural contexts. In Latin American cultures highest on relational mobility, the idealization of family over personal happiness was very small (average Cohen’s ds for Latin America = .15 and .18), while in Confucian Asia cultures lowest on relational mobility, this effect was closer to medium ( ds > .40 and .30). Importantly, we did not find strong support for traditional theories in cross-cultural psychology that associate collectivism with greater prioritization of the family versus the individual; country-level individualism–collectivism was not associated with variation in the idealization of family versus individual happiness. Our findings indicate that no matter how much various populists abuse the argument of “protecting family life” to disrupt emancipation, family happiness seems to be a pan-culturally phenomenon. Family well-being is a key ingredient of social fabric across the world, and should be acknowledged by psychology and well-being researchers and by progressive movements too.
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Yik M, Mues C, Sze INL, Kuppens P, Tuerlinckx F, De Roover K, Kwok FHC, Schwartz SH, Abu-Hilal M, Adebayo DF, Aguilar P, Al-Bahrani M, Anderson MH, Andrade L, Bratko D, Bushina E, Choi JW, Cieciuch J, Dru V, Evers U, Fischer R, Florez IA, Garðarsdóttir RB, Gari A, Graf S, Halama P, Halberstadt J, Halim MS, Heilman RM, Hřebíčková M, Karl JA, Knežević G, Kohút M, Kolnes M, Lazarević LB, Lebedeva N, Lee J, Lee YH, Liu C, Mannerström R, Marušić I, Nansubuga F, Ojedokun O, Park J, Platt T, Proyer RT, Realo A, Rolland JP, Ruch W, Ruiz D, Sortheix FM, Stahlmann AG, Stojanov A, Strus W, Tamir M, Torres C, Trujillo A, Truong TKH, Utsugi A, Vecchione M, Wang L, Russell JA. On the relationship between valence and arousal in samples across the globe. Emotion 2023; 23:332-344. [PMID: 35446055 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Affect is involved in many psychological phenomena, but a descriptive structure, long sought, has been elusive. Valence and arousal are fundamental, and a key question-the focus of the present study-is the relationship between them. Valence is sometimes thought to be independent of arousal, but, in some studies (representing too few societies in the world) arousal was found to vary with valence. One common finding is that arousal is lowest at neutral valence and increases with both positive and negative valence: a symmetric V-shaped relationship. In the study reported here of self-reported affect during a remembered moment (N = 8,590), we tested the valence-arousal relationship in 33 societies with 25 different languages. The two most common hypotheses in the literature-independence and a symmetric V-shaped relationship-were not supported. With data of all samples pooled, arousal increased with positive but not negative valence. Valence accounted for between 5% (Finland) and 43% (China Beijing) of the variance in arousal. Although there is evidence for a structural relationship between the two, there is also a large amount of variability in this relation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
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- Laboratoire Interactions Cognition Action Emotion (LICAE)
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
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Krys K, Yeung JC, Capaldi CA, Lun VMC, Torres C, van Tilburg WAP, Bond MH, Zelenski JM, Haas BW, Park J, Maricchiolo F, Vauclair CM, Kosiarczyk A, Kocimska-Zych A, Kwiatkowska A, Adamovic M, Pavlopoulos V, Fülöp M, Sirlopu D, Okvitawanli A, Boer D, Teyssier J, Malyonova A, Gavreliuc A, Uchida Y, Serdarevich U, Akotia C, Appoh L, Mira, D.M. A, Baltin A, Denoux P, Dominguez-Espinosa A, Esteves CS, Gamsakhurdia V, Garðarsdóttir RB, Igbokwe DO, Igou ER, Işık İ, Kascakova N, Klůzová Kračmárová L, Kronberger N, Lee JH, Liu X, Barrientos PE, Mohorić T, Mustaffa NF, Mosca O, Nader M, Nadi A, van Osch Y, Pavlović Z, Poláčková Šolcová I, Rizwan M, Romashov V, Røysamb E, Sargautyte R, Schwarz B, Selecká L, Selim HA, Stogianni M, Sun CR, Xing C, Vignoles VL. Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study. The Journal of Positive Psychology 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Kuba Krys
- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
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- Graduate School of Management, NUCB Business School, Nagoya, Japan
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- Wroclaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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- Wroclaw Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Psychology, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary
- Research Centre of Natural Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, Hungary
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- Faculty of Psychology, Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepción, Chile
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany
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- Département Psychologie Clinique Du Sujet, Université Toulouse II, Toulouse, France
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- Department of General and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Omsk, Russia
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- Department of Psychology, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
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- Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of Ghana, Ghana
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- Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Norway
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- School of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Département Psychologie Clinique Du Sujet, Université Toulouse II, Toulouse, France
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- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics, Portugal
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- Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland
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- Organizational Psychology Master’s Program, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Psychiatric Clinic Pro Mente Sana, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Christian Education, Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Education and Psychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Psychological Studies, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia
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- Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Haripur, KPK, Pakistan
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- Department of Psychology, University of Haripur, KPK, Pakistan
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- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Applied Psychology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University of St. Cyril and Methodius of Trnava, Trnava, Slovakia
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- Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Becker M, Vignoles VL, Owe E, Easterbrook MJ, Brown R, Smith PB, Abuhamdeh S, Cendales Ayala B, Garðarsdóttir RB, Torres A, Camino L, Bond MH, Nizharadze G, Amponsah B, Schweiger Gallo I, Prieto Gil P, Lorente Clemares R, Campara G, Espinosa A, Yuki M, Zhang X, Zhang J, Zinkeng M, Villamar JA, Kusdil E, Çağlar S, Regalia C, Manzi C, Brambilla M, Bourguignon D, Möller B, Fülöp M, Macapagal MEJ, Pyszczynski T, Chobthamkit P, Gausel N, Kesebir P, Herman G, Courtois M, Harb C, Jalal B, Tatarko A, Aldhafri S, Kreuzbauer R, Koller SH, Mekonnen KH, Fischer R, Milfont TL, Des Rosiers SE, Jaafar JL, Martin M, Baguma P, Lv S, Schwartz SJ, Gavreliuc A, Fritsche I, González R, Didier N, Carrasco D, Lay S. Being oneself through time: Bases of self-continuity across 55 cultures. Self and Identity 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2017.1330222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Maja Becker
- CLLE, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UT2J, Toulouse, France
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Istanbul Şehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
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- Faculty of Business, Department of Management and Marketing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, China
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- Department of Social Sciences, Free University of Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Behavioral Science, Center for Experimental Research in Social Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Guidance Counselling, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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- Faculty of Liberal Arts, Division of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Library Science, and Geography, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Psychosocial Health, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychology, National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Psychology, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
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- Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Human Sciences, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
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- Department of Educational, Social and Organizational Psychology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Psychology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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McQuilkin J, Garðarsdóttir RB, Thorsteinsson T, Schwartz SH. An Icelandic translation and validation of the revised 19-value Portrait Values Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Smith PB, Vignoles VL, Becker M, Owe E, Easterbrook MJ, Brown R, Bourguignon D, Garðarsdóttir RB, Kreuzbauer R, Cendales Ayala B, Yuki M, Zhang J, Lv S, Chobthamkit P, Jaafar JL, Fischer R, Milfont TL, Gavreliuc A, Baguma P, Bond MH, Martin M, Gausel N, Schwartz SJ, Des Rosiers SE, Tatarko A, González R, Didier N, Carrasco D, Lay S, Nizharadze G, Torres A, Camino L, Abuhamdeh S, Macapagal MEJ, Koller SH, Herman G, Courtois M, Fritsche I, Espinosa A, Villamar JA, Regalia C, Manzi C, Brambilla M, Zinkeng M, Jalal B, Kusdil E, Amponsah B, Çağlar S, Mekonnen KH, Möller B, Zhang X, Schweiger Gallo I, Prieto Gil P, Lorente Clemares R, Campara G, Aldhafri S, Fülöp M, Pyszczynski T, Kesebir P, Harb C. Individual and culture-level components of survey response styles: A multi-level analysis using cultural models of selfhood. Int J Psychol 2016; 51:453-463. [DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- CLLE, Université de Toulouse; Toulouse France
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- School of Psychology; University of Sussex; Brighton UK
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- School of Psychology; University of Sussex; Brighton UK
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- Department of Marketing and International Business and Institute on Asian Consumer Insight, Nanyang Business School; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore
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- Behavioral Science/Center for Experimental Research in Social Sciences, Hokkaido University; Hokkaido Japan
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing China
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- Department of Psychology; North China University of Science and Technology; Tangshan China
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- Division of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Library Science, and Geography, Thammasat University; Bangkok Thailand
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Malaya; Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington; Wellington New Zealand
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- Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington; Wellington New Zealand
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- Department of Psychology, West University of Timisoara; Timisoara Romania
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- Department of Educational, Social and Organizational Psychology, School of Psychology, Makerere University; Kampala Uganda
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- Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Hong Kong
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- Department of Human Sciences, University of Namibia; Windhoek Namibia
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- Department of Psychosocial Health, University of Agder; Norway
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- Epidemiology and Public Health, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine; University of Miami; Miami FL USA
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- Department of Psychology, Higher School of Economics; National Research University; Moscow Russia
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago Chile
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- Department of Social Sciences, Free University of Tbilisi; Tbilisi Georgia
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- Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraíba; Joao Pessoa Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraíba; Joao Pessoa Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Istanbul Şehir University; Istanbul Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain; Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain; Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium
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- Institute of Psychology; University of Leipzig; Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Lima Peru
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Northwestern University; Chicago IL USA
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan; Milan Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan; Milan Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan; Milan Italy
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- Department of Guidance and Counseling, University of Buea; Buea Cameroon
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge; Cambridge UK
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- Department of Psychology; Uludag University; Bursa Turkey
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- Institute of Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Jena Germany
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- Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University; Osaka Japan
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Sultan Qaboos University; Muscat Oman
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Psychology; University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; CO USA
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- Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison; USA
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- Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut; Beirut Lebanon
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Vignoles VL, Owe E, Becker M, Smith PB, Easterbrook MJ, Brown R, González R, Didier N, Carrasco D, Cadena MP, Lay S, Schwartz SJ, Des Rosiers SE, Villamar JA, Gavreliuc A, Zinkeng M, Kreuzbauer R, Baguma P, Martin M, Tatarko A, Herman G, de Sauvage I, Courtois M, Garðarsdóttir RB, Harb C, Schweiger Gallo I, Prieto Gil P, Lorente Clemares R, Campara G, Nizharadze G, Macapagal MEJ, Jalal B, Bourguignon D, Zhang J, Lv S, Chybicka A, Yuki M, Zhang X, Espinosa A, Valk A, Abuhamdeh S, Amponsah B, Özgen E, Güner EÜ, Yamakoğlu N, Chobthamkit P, Pyszczynski T, Kesebir P, Vargas Trujillo E, Balanta P, Cendales Ayala B, Koller SH, Jaafar JL, Gausel N, Fischer R, Milfont TL, Kusdil E, Çağlar S, Aldhafri S, Ferreira MC, Mekonnen KH, Wang Q, Fülöp M, Torres A, Camino L, Lemos FCS, Fritsche I, Möller B, Regalia C, Manzi C, Brambilla M, Bond MH. Beyond the 'east-west' dichotomy: Global variation in cultural models of selfhood. J Exp Psychol Gen 2016; 145:966-1000. [PMID: 27359126 DOI: 10.1037/xge0000175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Markus and Kitayama's (1991) theory of independent and interdependent self-construals had a major influence on social, personality, and developmental psychology by highlighting the role of culture in psychological processes. However, research has relied excessively on contrasts between North American and East Asian samples, and commonly used self-report measures of independence and interdependence frequently fail to show predicted cultural differences. We revisited the conceptualization and measurement of independent and interdependent self-construals in 2 large-scale multinational surveys, using improved methods for cross-cultural research. We developed (Study 1: N = 2924 students in 16 nations) and validated across cultures (Study 2: N = 7279 adults from 55 cultural groups in 33 nations) a new 7-dimensional model of self-reported ways of being independent or interdependent. Patterns of global variation support some of Markus and Kitayama's predictions, but a simple contrast between independence and interdependence does not adequately capture the diverse models of selfhood that prevail in different world regions. Cultural groups emphasize different ways of being both independent and interdependent, depending on individualism-collectivism, national socioeconomic development, and religious heritage. Our 7-dimensional model will allow future researchers to test more accurately the implications of cultural models of selfhood for psychological processes in diverse ecocultural contexts. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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- School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University
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- Department of Marketing and International Business and Institute on Asian Consumer Insight, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University
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- Department of Educational, Social and Organizational Psychology, School of Psychology, Makerere University
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- Department of Psychology, National Research University Higher School of Economics
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain
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- Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain
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- Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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- Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Department of Psychology, North China University of Science and Technology
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- Department of Behavioral Science, Center for Experimental Research in Social Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
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- Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu
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- Department of Psychology, Yaşar University
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- Division of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Library Science, and Geography, Thammasat University
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- Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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- Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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- Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Malaya
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- Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington
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- Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington
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- Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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- Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraíba
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- Institute of Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan
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- Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Guðnadóttir U, Garðarsdóttir RB. The influence of materialism and ideal body internalization on body-dissatisfaction and body-shaping behaviors of young men and women: support for the Consumer Culture Impact Model. Scand J Psychol 2014; 55:151-9. [PMID: 24611622 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Exposure to media images of the 'body-perfect' ideal has been partly blamed for the pursuit of thinness among women and muscularity among men. Research has largely overlooked the materialistic messages frequently associated with these images. We present findings from two studies with Icelandic students aged 18-21, one focusing on young women (n = 303) and one on young men (n = 226), which test associations of materialistic and body-perfect ideals with body dissatisfaction and excessive body shaping behaviors. In both studies, the internalization of materialistic values is strongly linked to the internalization of body-perfect ideals: the thin-ideal for young women, and the muscular-ideal for young men. A materialist value orientation also predicted body dissatisfaction in both studies, and was linked to body shaping behaviors, albeit differently for young women and men. Thus, the research identifies materialism as a further correlate of both body dissatisfaction and excessive body-shaping behaviors. The findings support Dittmar's (2008) Consumer Culture Impact Model, which proposes that the body-perfect and 'material good life' ideals jointly impact well-being.
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Owe E, Vignoles VL, Becker M, Brown R, Smith PB, Lee SWS, Easterbrook M, Gadre T, Zhang X, Gheorghiu M, Baguma P, Tatarko A, Aldhafri S, Zinkeng M, Schwartz SJ, Des Rosiers SE, Villamar JA, Mekonnen KH, Regalia C, Manzi C, Brambilla M, Kusdil E, Çağ lar S, Gavreliuc A, Martin M, Jianxin Z, Lv S, Fischer R, Milfont TL, Torres A, Camino L, Kreuzbauer R, Gausel N, Buitendach JH, Lemos FCS, Fritsche I, Möller B, Harb C, Valk A, Espinosa A, Jaafar JL, Yuki M, Ferreira MC, Chobthamkit P, Fülöp M, Chybicka A, Wang Q, Bond MH, González R, Didier N, Carrasco D, Cadena MP, Lay S, Garðarsdóttir RB, Nizharadze G, Pyszczynski T, Kesebir P, Herman G, de Sauvage I, Courtois M, Bourguignon D, Özgen E, Güner ÜE, Yamakoğlu N, Abuhamdeh S, Mogaji A, Macapagal MEJ, Koller SH, Amponsah B, Misra G, Kapur P, Vargas Trujillo E, Balanta P, Cendales Ayala B, Schweiger Gallo I, Prieto Gil P, Clemares RL, Campara G, Jalal B. Contextualism as an Important Facet of Individualism-Collectivism. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2012. [DOI: 10.1177/0022022111430255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Beliefs about personhood are understood to be a defining feature of individualism-collectivism (I-C), but they have been insufficiently explored, given the emphasis of research on values and self-construals. We propose the construct of contextualism, referring to beliefs about the importance of context in understanding people, as a facet of cultural collectivism. A brief measure was developed and refined across 19 nations (Study 1: N = 5,241), showing good psychometric properties for cross-cultural use and correlating well at the nation level with other supposed facets and indicators of I-C. In Study 2 ( N = 8,652), nation-level contextualism predicted ingroup favoritism, corruption, and differential trust of ingroup and outgroup members, while controlling for other facets of I-C, across 35 nations. We conclude that contextualism is an important part of cultural collectivism. This highlights the importance of beliefs alongside values and self-representations and contributes to a wider understanding of cultural processes.
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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- University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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