Journal article
Cross-Situational Self-Consistency in Nine Cultures: The Importance of Separating Influences of Social Norms and Distinctive Dispositions
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol.43(7), pp.1033-1049
2017
Abstract
We assessed self-consistency (expressing similar traits in different situations) by having undergraduates in the United States (n = 230), Australia (n = 220), Canada (n = 240), Ecuador (n = 101), Mexico (n = 209), Venezuela (n = 209), Japan (n = 178), Malaysia (n = 254), and the Philippines (n = 241) report the traits they expressed in four different social situations. Self-consistency was positively associated with age, well-being, living in Latin America, and not living in Japan; however, each of these variables showed a unique pattern of associations with various psychologically distinct sources of raw self-consistency, including cross-situationally consistent social norms and injunctions. For example, low consistency between injunctive norms and trait expressions fully explained the low self-consistency in Japan. In accord with trait theory, after removing normative and injunctive sources of consistency, there remained robust distinctive noninjunctive self-consistency (reflecting individuating personality dispositions) in every country, including Japan. The results highlight how clarifying the determinants and implications of self-consistency requires differentiating its distinctive, injunctive, and noninjunctive components.
Details
- Title
- Cross-Situational Self-Consistency in Nine Cultures: The Importance of Separating Influences of Social Norms and Distinctive Dispositions
- Authors/Creators
- K.D. Locke (Author/Creator)A.T. Church (Author/Creator)K.A. Mastor (Author/Creator)G.J. Curtis (Author/Creator)P. Sadler (Author/Creator)K. McDonald (Author/Creator)J.de J. Vargas-Flores (Author/Creator)J. Ibáñez-Reyes (Author/Creator)H. Morio (Author/Creator)J.A.S. Reyes (Author/Creator)H.F. Cabrera (Author/Creator)R. Mazuera Arias (Author/Creator)B.C. Rincon (Author/Creator)N.C. Albornoz Arias (Author/Creator)A. Muñoz (Author/Creator)F.A. Ortiz (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol.43(7), pp.1033-1049
- Publisher
- Sage
- Identifiers
- 991005544702207891
- Copyright
- © Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology and Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Psychology, Social
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- Psychiatry/Psychology