Being oneself through time: Bases of self-continuity across 55 cultures

• Main Authors: Becker, Maja, Vignoles, Vivian L, Owe, Ellinor, Easterbrook, Matthew J, Brown, Rupert, Smith, Peter B, Abuhamdeh, Sami, Cendales Ayala, Boris, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B, Torres, Ana, Camino, Leoncio, Bond, Michael Harris, Nizharadze, George, Amponsah, Benjamin, Gallo, Inge Schweiger, Gil, Paula Prieto, Clemares, Raquel Lorente, Campara, Gabriella, Espinosa, Agustín, Yuki, Masaki, Zhang, Xiao, Zhang, Jianxin, Zinkeng, Martina, Villamar, Juan A, Kusdil, Ersin, Çağlar, Selinay, Regalia, Camillo, Manzi, Claudia, Brambilla, Maria, Bourguignon, David, Möller, Bettina, Fülöp, Márta, Macapagal, Ma. Elizabeth J, Pyszczynski, Tom, Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit, Gausel, Nicolay, Kesebir, Pelin, Herman, Ginette, Courtois, Marie, Harb, Charles, Jalal, Baland, Tatarko, Alexander, Aldhafri, Said, Kreuzbauer, Robert, Koller, Silvia H, Mekonnen, Kassahun Habtamu, Fischer, Ronald, Milfont, Taciano L, Des Rosiers, Sabrina E, Jaafar, Jas Laile, Martin, Mariana, Baguma, Peter, Lv, Shaobo, Schwartz, Seth J, Gavreliuc, Alin, Fritsche, Immo, González, Roberto, Didier, Nicolas, Carrasco, Diego, Lay, Siugmin
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Subjects: Identity; culture; self-continuity; mutability; personhood beliefs; mindset; Multicultural Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/145; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15298868.2017.1330222
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Self-continuity – the sense that one’s past, present, and future are meaningfully connected – is considered a defining feature of personal identity. However, bases of self-continuity may depend on cultural beliefs about personhood. In multilevel analyses of data from 7287 adults from 55 cultural gro...