Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2015
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 greatestdifferences. The Survey of World Views project operated from the premise that such issuesare best addressed in a diverse sampling of countries representing a majority of the world’spopulation, with a very large range of item-content. Data were collected online from 8,883individuals (almost entirely college students based on local publicizing efforts) in 33 countriesthat constitute more than two third of the world’s population, using items drawn from measuresof nearly 50 variables. This report focuses on the broadest patterns evident in item data. Thelargest differences were not in those contents most frequently emphasized in cross-culturalpsychology (e.g., values, social axioms, cultural tightness), but instead in contents involvingreligion, 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 neededto refine such conclusions, but indications are that cross-cultural psychology may benefit fromcasting a wider net in terms of the psychological variables of focus.
Keywords
cultural psychology, family, child rearing, personality, religion, morality, values, attitudes, beliefs, gender, sex roles, ethnic identity
Discipline
Applied Behavior Analysis | Child Psychology | Developmental Psychology | Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Volume
46
Issue
1
First Page
53
Last Page
70
ISSN
0022-0221
Identifier
10.1177/0022022114551791
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
Citation
SAUCIER, Gerard, KENNER, Judith, IURINO, Kathryn, MALHAM, Philippe Bou, CHEN, Zhuo, THALMAYER, Amber Gayle, KEMMELMEIER, Markus, TOV, William, ONG, Lay See, & LEUNG, Angela K. Y..(2015). Cross-cultural differences in a global “survey of world views”. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46(1), 53-70.
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022114551791
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