Contextualism as an important facet of individualism-collectivism: Personhood beliefs across 37 national groups

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dc.contributor.authorOwe, E.
dc.contributor.authorVignoles, V.L.
dc.contributor.authorBecker, M.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, R.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, P.B.
dc.contributor.authorLee, S.W.S.
dc.contributor.authorEasterbrook, M.
dc.contributor.authorGadre, T.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, X.
dc.contributor.authorGheorghiu, M.
dc.contributor.authorBaguma, P.
dc.contributor.authorTatarko, A.
dc.contributor.authorAldhafri, S.
dc.contributor.authorZinkeng, M.
dc.contributor.authorSchwartz, S.J.
dc.contributor.authorDes Rosiers, S.E.
dc.contributor.authorAmponsah, B.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-08T10:15:04Z
dc.date.available2019-01-08T10:15:04Z
dc.date.issued2013-01
dc.description.abstractBeliefs 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.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0022022111430255
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/26669
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectcross-cultural differencesen_US
dc.subjectindividualism-collectivismen_US
dc.subjectmeasurement invarianceen_US
dc.subjectpersonhood beliefsen_US
dc.titleContextualism as an important facet of individualism-collectivism: Personhood beliefs across 37 national groupsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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