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      Culture and the distinctiveness motive: constructing identity in individualistic and collectivistic contexts

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      Becker, M.
      Vignoles, V. L.
      Owe, E.
      Brown, R.
      Smith, P. B.
      Easterbrook, M.
      Herman, G.
      De Sauvage, I.
      Bourguignon, D.
      Torres, A.
      Camino, L.
      Lemos, F. C. S.
      Ferreira, M. S.
      Koller, S. H.
      Gonzãlez, R.
      Carrasco, D.
      Cadena, M. P.
      Lay, S.
      Wang, Q.
      Bond, M. H.
      Trujillo, E.
      Balanta, P.
      Valk, A.
      Mekonnen, K. H.
      Nizharadze, G.
      Fülöp, M.
      Regalia, C.
      Manzi, C.
      Brambilla, M.
      Harb, C.
      Aldhafri, S.
      Martin, M.
      Macapagal, M. E. J.
      Chybicka, A.
      Gavreliuc, A.
      Buitendach, J.
      Gallo, I.
      Özgen E.
      Güner, Ü. E.
      Yamakoğlu, N.
      Date
      2012
      Source Title
      Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
      Print ISSN
      0022-3514
      Electronic ISSN
      1939-1315
      Publisher
      American Psychological Association
      Volume
      102
      Issue
      4
      Pages
      833 - 855
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      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.
      Keywords
      Culture
      Distinctiveness
      Identity
      Motivation
      Self Concept
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/21522
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      http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0026853
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