TY - JOUR
T1 - Loneliness and vertical and horizontal collectivism and individualism
T2 - A multinational study
AU - Schermer, Julie Aitken
AU - Branković, Marija
AU - Čekrlija, Đorđe
AU - MacDonald, Kristi Baerg
AU - Park, Joonha
AU - Papazova, Eva
AU - Volkodav, Tatiana
AU - Iliško, Dzintra
AU - Wlodarczyk, Anna
AU - Kwiatkowska, Maria Magdalena
AU - Rogoza, Radosław
AU - Oviedo-Trespalacios, Oscar
AU - Ha, Truong Thi Khanh
AU - Kowalski, Christopher Marcin
AU - Malik, Sadia
AU - Lins, Samuel
AU - Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés
AU - Aquino, Sibele D.
AU - Doroszuk, Marta
AU - Riđić, Ognjen
AU - Pylat, Natalia
AU - Özsoy, Emrah
AU - Tan, Chee Seng
AU - Mamuti, Agim
AU - Ardi, Rahkman
AU - Jukić, Tomislav
AU - Uslu, Osman
AU - Buelvas, Laura Martinez
AU - Liik, Kadi
AU - Kruger, Gert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - This paper investigates how horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism predict self-report loneliness in addition to the variance accounted for by age and sex in 28 countries (N = 8,345). Horizontal and vertical aspects of individualism and collectivism had small but significant contributions to predicting loneliness. Horizontal-collectivism (for 19 country samples) and, to a lesser extent, horizontal-individualism (for seven country samples), significantly predicted lower loneliness scores. Vertical-individualism (for 16 country samples), and to a lesser extent, vertical-collectivism (for six country samples), predicted feeling more loneliness among our participants. Adjusted R2 values suggested that between 0.6% and 27.7% of self-report loneliness was predicted. These results suggest that those who value egalitarian social relations also tend to report being less lonely whereas those who value individuality and competitiveness endorse the loneliness items more. These results are of importance to those investigating and helping lonely individuals by appreciating the influence of perceived culture.
AB - This paper investigates how horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism predict self-report loneliness in addition to the variance accounted for by age and sex in 28 countries (N = 8,345). Horizontal and vertical aspects of individualism and collectivism had small but significant contributions to predicting loneliness. Horizontal-collectivism (for 19 country samples) and, to a lesser extent, horizontal-individualism (for seven country samples), significantly predicted lower loneliness scores. Vertical-individualism (for 16 country samples), and to a lesser extent, vertical-collectivism (for six country samples), predicted feeling more loneliness among our participants. Adjusted R2 values suggested that between 0.6% and 27.7% of self-report loneliness was predicted. These results suggest that those who value egalitarian social relations also tend to report being less lonely whereas those who value individuality and competitiveness endorse the loneliness items more. These results are of importance to those investigating and helping lonely individuals by appreciating the influence of perceived culture.
KW - Collectivism
KW - Horizontalism-verticalism
KW - Individualism
KW - Loneliness
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85150823078
U2 - 10.1016/j.crbeha.2023.100105
DO - 10.1016/j.crbeha.2023.100105
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85150823078
SN - 2666-5182
VL - 4
JO - Current Research in Behavioral Sciences
JF - Current Research in Behavioral Sciences
M1 - 100105
ER -