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Gausel N, Berndsen M. Refusing to tolerate ongoing prejudicial behavior toward immigrants: Together we can object to prejudicial flag displays. Front Psychol 2022; 13:981065. [PMID: 36312176 PMCID: PMC9597677 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.981065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Over recent years, immigrants have been met with unjust prejudiced behavior instead of warm welcome. However, not all citizens of a nation endorse such behavior, instead they try to oppose it through social mobilization. In the context of an ongoing situation where the national flag is used as a prejudiced means to exclude immigrants, individuals who felt attached with all members of the nation felt significantly more shame for the unjust than individuals who glorify their nation. Consequently, attached identifiers expressed a significantly greater motivation than glorified identifiers to start thinking about social mobilization to reclaim the meaning of the flag as a symbol of inclusion, not exclusion. The current study contributes to the growing debate on how immigrants are received, and it helps explain how national identification and feelings such as shame motivate individuals to start thinking about objecting to prejudicial flag displays.
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- Nicolay Gausel
- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
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- College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- *Correspondence: Mariëtte Berndsen,
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Pardede S, Gausel N, Høie MM. Revisiting the "The Breakfast Club": Testing Different Theoretical Models of Belongingness and Acceptance (and Social Self-Representation). Front Psychol 2021; 11:604090. [PMID: 33536975 PMCID: PMC7848075 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.604090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The current work tests different theoretical models of belongingness and acceptance as fundamental needs for human motivation. In the current study, 372 participants were presented with 52 different items measuring five different theoretical models of belongingness (with a total of 32 items) and three different theoretical models of acceptance (with a total of 20 items). In a first step, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) failed to provide support for these eight theoretical models. In a second step, we therefore applied Exploratory Factor Analysis yielding three factors, which we interpreted as communicating: (1) Belongingness, (2) Emotion-Acceptance, and (3) Social Self-Representation. In a third step, these three factors were corroborated by a CFA. We discuss how these two factors of “belongingness,” “emotion-acceptance” respond to the literature on the need to belong and be accepted, and we reflect on how ‘social self-representation’ seems to be an alternative motivation for how we present ourselves to our social relations to fulfill our needs.
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- Saga Pardede
- Department of Psychosocial Health, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Welfare, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway
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Täuber S, Flint SW, Gausel N. Exploring Responses to Body Weight Criticism: Defensive Avoidance When Weight Is Seen as Controllable. Front Psychol 2020; 11:598109. [PMID: 33362660 PMCID: PMC7758617 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.598109] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In Western society, weight moralization is reflected in the belief that weight is controllable across the weight spectrum. However, the effect of holding such beliefs is unclear. We therefore propose that these beliefs affect people differently depending on their BMI. When confronted with negative, self-related feedback, people’s coping strategies are often reflected in the ways they relate to their self. We examine three such self-to-self relations (i.e., reassured, inadequate, and hated self). Extending prior research, we predict that weight controllability beliefs are related to positive self-to-self relations for adults with a low, and to negative self-to-self relations for adults with a high BMI. Accordingly, we expected that weight controllability beliefs would be associated with defensive avoidance among people with a high, but not with a low BMI. We tested our hypotheses in a sample of 348 adults who participated in an online survey. Weight controllability beliefs were associated with increased defensive avoidance in people with high BMI, and with decreased defensive avoidance in adults with a low BMI. Forms of self-to-self relating fully mediated this association, demonstrating positive effects on adults with a low, and negative effects on adults with a high BMI. Additionally, in an open ending section, we found seven social settings that deprive people from satisfying their need to belong and to be accepted due to their weight. We discuss our findings against a call for a less moralized public discourse about overweight and obesity that is particularly relevant in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Susanne Täuber
- Department of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.,Scaled Insights, Nexus, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health and Welfare, Østfold University College, Fredrikstad, Norway
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Gausel N, Bourguignon D. Dropping Out of School: Explaining How Concerns for the Family's Social-Image and Self-Image Predict Anger. Front Psychol 2020; 11:1868. [PMID: 32849096 PMCID: PMC7417767 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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As dropping out of school is considered a violation of moral norms, the family associated with the drop out can react with anger directed toward the pupil or with anger directed at others that might know of the drop out. In our vignette study (N = 129), we found that anger at others and anger at the pupil were significantly higher if our community participants imagined a drop out from a vocational education rather than a general education. As expected, anger directed at others was fully explained by a concern for the family's social-image (i.e., a concern for condemnation by others), while anger directed at the former pupil was fully explained by a concern for the family's self-image (i.e., a concern for their moral self-image). Thoughts for how to better understand family reactions in relation to drop out are discussed.
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- Nicolay Gausel
- Faculty of Health and Welfare, Østfold University College, Fredrikstad, Norway
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- PErSEUs, Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Université de Lorraine (Metz), Nancy, France
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Zahl-Olsen R, Gausel N, Zahl-Olsen A, Bertelsen TB, Haaland AT, Tilden T. Physical Couple and Family Violence Among Clients Seeking Therapy: Identifiers and Predictors. Front Psychol 2020; 10:2847. [PMID: 31920876 PMCID: PMC6928105 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Introduction Couple violence (CV) affects many, and the consequences of those actions are grave, not only for the individual suffering at the hand of the perpetrator but also for the other persons in the family. Violence often happens among more than just the adults within one family. Even if CV has been thoroughly investigated in the general population very few studies have investigated this objective on a clinical sample, and none of these have included family violence. Aim This article identifies and describes the group of clients that have issues of physical couple and family violence. It analyses a model that can help to discover physical violence and help therapists to assess what actions to take in therapy to prevent further physical violence. Methodology Descriptive analysis, t-tests, and structural equation modeling (SEM) are used on a sample of clients receiving couple and family therapy (CFT) in Norway (N = 830). Family violence is modeled by the partner’s expectations toward each other, levels of anger, sexual satisfaction, and self-control. Results One-in-five clients experienced physical CV in their current relationship and one-in-four experienced physical family violence. The group of clients who experienced CV differed from those without such experiences in having lower income, more prior experience with psychotherapy, more experience with alcohol abuse in childhood, and far more physical family violence in their current family. Our model predicting physical couple and family violence explained as much as 53% of family violence and had three positive, significant predictors (expectation, anger, and sexual satisfaction) and one, significant negative predictor (self-control). Somewhat unexpected, sexual satisfaction was a positive, and not a negative, predictor of violence. Conclusion Our study identified one-in-four clients in CFT experience physical CV. Unreasonable expectation from one partner toward the other, anger and sexual satisfaction were positive predictors of physical violence, while self-control was found to be a negative predictor of physical violence. Implications for therapeutic work and the prevention of physical violence are discussed.
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- Faculty of Health and Welfare, Østfold University College, Fredrikstad, Norway
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Täuber S, Gausel N, Flint SW. Weight Bias Internalization: The Maladaptive Effects of Moral Condemnation on Intrinsic Motivation. Front Psychol 2018; 9:1836. [PMID: 30319517 PMCID: PMC6170635 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Weight stigma typically focuses on suggestions that people with overweight and obesity are incompetent and immoral. Integrating so far unconnected lines of research, the current research presents two studies that examine the motivational relevance of these aspects of weight stigma. Specifically, we tested the proposition that people with overweight and obesity respond differently to the public viewing them as incompetent compared to immoral, as these aspects of weight stigma differ in reparability. We expect that threats to competence are more acceptable and thus related to a constructive response that is more effective in losing weight in the long-run. By contrast, we propose that threats to morality elicit an acute urge to defend one's moral image, thereby prompting responses that are more visible to the social environment, but potentially less effective for losing weight. Study 1 experimentally compared exposure to weight stigma focused on morality vs. weight stigma focused on competence in a sample of adults with overweight and obesity (N = 122; M BMI = 31.89, SD BMI = 4.39). We found that when exposed to weight stigma focused on morality, people with overweight and obesity respond by defending their moral social-image but that this is less effective for encouraging weight loss, while exposure to weight stigma focused on competence led to an increased likelihood of engagement in weight loss behaviors. Complementing and extending the findings, Study 2 (N = 348, M BMI = 26.78, SD BMI = 6.78) tested the notion that internalized weight bias predominantly revolves around moral concerns, and thus will lead to less self-determined behavioral regulation. We found strong support for the moral core of weight bias internalization. In line with our predictions, greater weight bias internalization was associated less self-determined and more other-determined regulation of dieting and exercising. This suggests that weight bias internalization operates as a facilitator of maladaptive behavioral regulation following weight stigma, contributing to lower psychological functioning and well-being of people with overweight and obesity. The current research presents novel findings about the underlying mechanisms of weight stigma and weight bias internalization and identifies strategies to avoid maladaptive and facilitate adaptive health behaviors.
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- Susanne Täuber
- Department of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychosocial Health, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Gausel N, Leach CW, Mazziotta A, Feuchte F. Seeking revenge or seeking reconciliation? How concern for social-image and felt shame helps explain responses in reciprocal intergroup conflict. Eur J Soc Psychol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [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] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Nicolay Gausel
- Department of Psychosocial Health, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences; University of Agder; Grimstad Norway
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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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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]
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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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Berndsen M, Gausel N. When majority members exclude ethnic minorities: The impact of shame on the desire to object to immoral acts. Eur J Soc Psychol 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences; Østfold University College; Fredrikstad Norway
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Gausel N, Thørrisen MM. A theoretical model of multiple stigma: ostracized for being an inmate with intellectual disabilities. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/14043858.2013.864841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mazziotta A, Feuchte F, Gausel N, Nadler A. Does remembering past ingroup harmdoing promote postwar cross-group contact? Insights from a field-experiment in Liberia. Eur J Soc Psychol 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; University of Rostock; Germany
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- Centre for Emotion Research; Faculty of Health and Social Sciences; University College Østfold Norway
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Gausel N, Brown R. Shame and Guilt—Do They Really Differ in Their Focus of Evaluation? Wanting to Change the Self and Behavior in Response to Ingroup Immorality. The Journal of Social Psychology 2012; 152:547-67. [DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2012.657265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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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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Gausel N, Leach CW, Vignoles VL, Brown R. Defend or repair? Explaining responses to in-group moral failure by disentangling feelings of shame, rejection, and inferiority. J Pers Soc Psychol 2012; 102:941-60. [DOI: 10.1037/a0027233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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