In:
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 49, No. 6 ( 2018-07), p. 868-887
Kurzfassung:
What, if any, are the common cultural characteristics that distinguish European societies and groups when viewed against a backdrop of global cultural variation? We sought to identify any shared features of European cultures through secondary multilevel analyses of two large datasets that together provided measures of cultural values, beliefs, and models of selfhood from samples in all inhabited continents. Although heterogeneous in many respects—including the value dimension of autonomy versus embeddedness—European samples shared two distinctive features: a decontextualized representation of personhood and a cultural model of selfhood emphasizing difference from others. Compared with samples from other regions, European samples on average also emphasized egalitarianism and harmony values, commitment to others in their models of selfhood, and an immutable concept of personhood, but not uniformly so. We interpret these findings in relation to a Durkheimian model of individualism.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0022-0221
,
1552-5422
DOI:
10.1177/0022022117738751
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
SAGE Publications
Publikationsdatum:
2018
ZDB Id:
2021892-8
SSG:
0
SSG:
5,2
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