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Saucier G, Kenner J, Iurino K, Bou Malham P, Chen Z, Thalmayer AG, Kemmelmeier M, Tov W, Boutti R, Metaferia H, Çankaya B, Mastor KA, Hsu KY, Wu R, Maniruzzaman M, Rugira J, Tsaousis I, Sosnyuk O, Regmi Adhikary J, Skrzypińska K, Poungpet B, Maltby J, Salanga MGC, Racca A, Oshio A, Italia E, Kovaleva A, Nakatsugawa M, Morales-Vives F, Ruiz VM, Braun Gutierrez RA, Sarkar A, Deo T, Sambu L, Huisa Veria E, Ferreira Dela Coleta M, Kiama SG, Hongladoram S, Derry R, Zazueta Beltrán H, Peng TK, Wilde M, Ananda FA, Banerjee S, Bayazit M, Joo S, Zhang H, Orel E, Bizumic B, Shen-Miller S, Watts S, Pereira ME, Gore E, Wilson D, Pope D, Gutema B, Henry H, Dacanay JC, Dixon J, Köbis N, Luque J, Hood J, Chakravorty D, Pal AM, Ong L, Leung A, Altschul C. Cross-Cultural Differences in a Global “Survey of World Views”. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2014. [DOI: 10.1177/0022022114551791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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]
Abstract
We know that there are cross-cultural differences in psychological variables, such as individualism/collectivism. But it has not been clear which of these variables show relatively the greatest differences. The Survey of World Views project operated from the premise that such issues are best addressed in a diverse sampling of countries representing a majority of the world’s population, with a very large range of item-content. Data were collected online from 8,883 individuals (almost entirely college students based on local publicizing efforts) in 33 countries that constitute more than two third of the world’s population, using items drawn from measures of nearly 50 variables. This report focuses on the broadest patterns evident in item data. The largest differences were not in those contents most frequently emphasized in cross-cultural psychology (e.g., values, social axioms, cultural tightness), but instead in contents involving religion, regularity-norm behaviors, family roles and living arrangements, and ethnonationalism. Content not often studied cross-culturally (e.g., materialism, Machiavellianism, isms dimensions, moral foundations) demonstrated moderate-magnitude differences. Further studies are needed to refine such conclusions, but indications are that cross-cultural psychology may benefit from casting a wider net in terms of the psychological variables of focus.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Central Philippine University, Iloilo City, The Philippines
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- Rift Valley Technical Training Institute, Eldoret, Kenya
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- I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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- Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China
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- The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Singapore Management University, Singapore
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