Contextualism as an Important Facet of Individualism-Collectivism: Personhood Beliefs Across 37 National Groups

• Main Authors: Owe, Ellinor, Vignoles, Vivian L, Becker, Maja, Brown, Rupert, Smith, Peter B, Lee, Spike W S, Easterbrook, Matthew J, Gadre, Tanuja, Zhang, Xiao, Gheorghiu, Mirona, Baguma, Peter, Tatarko, Alexander, Aldhafri, Said, Zinkeng, Martina, Schwartz, Seth J, Des Rosiers, Sabrina E, Villamar, Juan A, Mekonnen, Kassahun Habtamu, Regalia, Camillo, Manzi, Claudia, Brambilla, Maria, Kusdil, Ersin, Çağlar, Selinay, Gavreliuc, Alin, Martin, Mariana, Zhang, Jianxin, Lv, Shaobo, Fischer, Ronald, Milfont, Taciano L, Torres, Ana, Camino, Leoncio, Kreuzbauer, Robert, Gausel, Nicolay, Buitendach, Johanna, Lemos, Flávia Cristina Silveira, Fritsche, Immo, Möller, Bettina, Harb, Charles, Valk, Aune, Espinosa, Agustín, Jaafar, Jas Laile, Yuki, Masaki, Ferreira, M. Cristina, Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit, Fülöp, Márta, Chybicka, Aneta, Wang, Qian, Bond, Michael Harris, González, Roberto, Didier, Nicolas, Carrasco, Diego, Cadena, Maria Paz, Lay, Siugmin, Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B, Nizharadze, George, Pyszczynski, Tom, Kesebir, Pelin, Herman, Ginette, de Sauvage, Isabelle, Courtois, Marie, Bourguignon, David, Özgen, Emre, Güner, Ülku E, Yamakoğlu, Nil, Abuhamdeh, Sami, Mogaji, Andrew, Macapagal, Ma. Elizabeth J, Koller, Silvia H, Amponsah, Benjamin, Misra, Girishwar, Kapur, Preeti, Vargas Trujillo, Elvia, Balanta, Paola, Ayala, Boris Cendales, Gallo, Inge Schweiger, Gil, Paula Prieto, Clemares, Raquel Lorente, Campara, Gabriella, Jalal, Baland
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2013
• Subjects: individualism–collectivism; personhood beliefs; cross-cultural differences; measurement invariance; Multicultural Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/146; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022022111430255
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Beliefs about personhood are understood to be a defining feature of individualism-collectivism (I-C), but they have been insufficiently explored, given the emphasis of research on values and self-construals. We propose the construct of contextualism, referring to beliefs about the importance of cont...