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

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dc.citation.epage855en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber4en_US
dc.citation.spage833en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber102en_US
dc.contributor.authorBecker, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorVignoles, V. L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOwe, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBrown, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSmith, P. B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEasterbrook, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHerman, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDe Sauvage, I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBourguignon, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTorres, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCamino, L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLemos, F. C. S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, M. S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKoller, S. H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGonzãlez, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCarrasco, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCadena, M. P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLay, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWang, Q.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBond, M. H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTrujillo, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBalanta, P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorValk, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMekonnen, K. H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNizharadze, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFülöp, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRegalia, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorManzi, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBrambilla, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHarb, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAldhafri, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMartin, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMacapagal, M. E. J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorChybicka, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGavreliuc, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBuitendach, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGallo, I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorÖzgen E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGüner, Ü. E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYamakoğlu, N.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T09:47:31Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T09:47:31Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1037/a0026853en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1939-1315
dc.identifier.issn0022-3514
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/21522
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Associationen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0026853en_US
dc.source.titleJournal of Personality and Social Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectDistinctivenessen_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectMotivationen_US
dc.subjectSelf Concepten_US
dc.titleCulture and the distinctiveness motive: constructing identity in individualistic and collectivistic contextsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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