Owe, E., Vignoles, V. L., Becker, M., Brown, R., Smith, P. B., Lee, S. W. S., Easterbrook, Matthew ![]() |
Abstract
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.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Psychology Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI) |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | individualism–collectivism; personhood beliefs; cross-cultural differences; measurement invariance |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
ISSN: | 0022-0221 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2022 11:06 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/46967 |
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