Contextualism as an important facet of individualism-collectivism: Personhood beliefs across 37 national groups
dc.contributor.author | Owe, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Vignoles, V.L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Becker, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brown, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, P.B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, S.W.S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Easterbrook, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gadre, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, X. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gheorghiu, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Baguma, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tatarko, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Aldhafri, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zinkeng, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Schwartz, S.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Des Rosiers, S.E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Amponsah, B. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-08T10:15:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-08T10:15:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-01 | |
dc.description.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. © The Author(s) 2013. | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022111430255 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/26669 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject | cross-cultural differences | en_US |
dc.subject | individualism-collectivism | en_US |
dc.subject | measurement invariance | en_US |
dc.subject | personhood beliefs | en_US |
dc.title | Contextualism as an important facet of individualism-collectivism: Personhood beliefs across 37 national groups | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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