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In Search of a Pan-European Culture

European Values, Beliefs, and Models of Selfhood in Global Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID7842911
AuthorsVivian L Vignoles (0000-0002-7628-6776, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, corresponding author), P B Smith (0000-0002-5300-2611, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK), Maja Becker (0000-0003-1187-1699, Université de Toulouse), Matthew J Easterbrook (0000-0002-9353-5957, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
Year2018
Volume49
Issue6
Pages868-887
Publication date2018-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022022117738751
OpenAlexW2768031348
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited45

What, if any, are the common cultural characteristics that distinguish European societies and groups when viewed against a backdrop of global cultural variation? We sought to identify any shared features of European cultures through secondary multilevel analyses of two large datasets that together provided measures of cultural values, beliefs, and models of selfhood from samples in all inhabited continents. Although heterogeneous in many respects—including the value dimension of autonomy versus embeddedness—European samples shared two distinctive features: a decontextualized representation of personhood and a cultural model of selfhood emphasizing difference from others. Compared with samples from other regions, European samples on average also emphasized egalitarianism and harmony values, commitment to others in their models of selfhood, and an immutable concept of personhood, but not uniformly so. We interpret these findings in relation to a Durkheimian model of individualism

Autonomy · Egalitarianism · Embeddedness · Epistemology · Harmony (color · Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory · Individualism · Personhood · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Anthropology · Cultural Differences and Values · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
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