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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
psychology
Culture and the distinctiveness motive: Constructing identity in individualistic and collectivistic contexts
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Volume 102, No. 4, Year 2012
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The motive to attain a distinctive identity is sometimes thought to be stronger in, or even specific to, those socialized into individualistic cultures. Using data from 4,751 participants in 21 cultural groups (18 nations and 3 regions), we tested this prediction against our alternative view that culture would moderate the ways in which people achieve feelings of distinctiveness, rather than influence the strength of their motivation to do so. We measured the distinctiveness motive using an indirect technique to avoid cultural response biases. Analyses showed that the distinctiveness motive was not weaker-and, if anything, was stronger-in more collectivistic nations. However, individualism-collectivism was found to moderate the ways in which feelings of distinctiveness were constructed: Distinctiveness was associated more closely with difference and separateness in more individualistic cultures and was associated more closely with social position in more collectivistic cultures. Multilevel analysis confirmed that it is the prevailing beliefs and values in an individual's context, rather than the individual's own beliefs and values, that account for these differences. © 2012 American Psychological Association.
Authors & Co-Authors
Becker, Maja
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Vignoles, Vivian L.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Owe, Ellinor
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Brown, Rupert James
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Smith, Peter Bevington
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Easterbrook, Matthew J.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Herman, Ginette
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
de Sauvage, Isabelle
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
Bourguignon, David
France, Nancy
Laboratoire Interpsy
Torres, Ana Raquel Rosas
Brazil, Joao Pessoa
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Camino, Leôncio Francisco Francisco
Brazil, Joao Pessoa
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Lemos, Flávia Cristina Silveira Cristina Silveira
Brazil, Belem
Universidade Federal do Pará
Ferreira, María Cristina
Brazil, Sao Goncalo
Universidade Salgado de Oliveira
Koller, Sílvia Helena
Brazil, Porto Alegre
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
González, Roberto
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Carrasco, Diego Andrés González
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Cadena, María Paz
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Lay, Siugmin
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Wang, Qian
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bond, Michael Harris
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Trujillo, Elvia Vargas
Colombia, Bogota
Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Balanta, Paola
Colombia, Bogota
Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Valk, Aune
Estonia, Tartu
Estonian Literary Museum
Mekonnen, Kassahun Habtamu
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa University
Nizharadze, George
Georgia, Tbilisi
Free University of Tbilisi
Fülöp, Márta
Hungary, Budapest
Institute for Psychology, Budapest
Regalia, Camillo
Italy, Milan
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
Manzi, Claudia
Italy, Milan
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
Brambilla, Maria
Italy, Milan
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
Harb, Charles
Lebanon, Beirut
American University of Beirut
Aldhafri, Said Sulaiman
Oman, Muscat
Sultan Qaboos University
Martin, Mariana
Namibia, Windhoek
University of Namibia
Macapagal, Ma Elizabeth J.
Philippines, Quezon City
Ateneo de Manila University
Chybicka, Aneta
Poland, Gdańsk
Uniwersytet Gdanski
Gavreliuc, Alin
Romania, Timisoara
Universitatea de Vest Din Timișoara
Buitendach, Johanna Hendrina
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Schweiger Gallo, Inge
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Özgen, Emre
Turkey, Ankara
Bilkent Üniversitesi
Gäner, Ülkä E.
Turkey, Ankara
Bilkent Üniversitesi
Yamakoǧlu, Nil
Turkey, Ankara
Bilkent Üniversitesi
Statistics
Citations: 124
Authors: 40
Affiliations: 25
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1037/a0026853
ISSN:
00223514