Altruism and Collectivism
An Exploratory Study in Four Cultures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24315342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert L Munroe (Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, USA) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 334-345 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1069397117733450 |
| OpenAlex | W2758764837 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 23 |
This exploratory study tries to interpret the results of a test of altruism among almost 200 children from four small-scale societies in Belize, Kenya, Nepal, and American Samoa. Samoan children and, to a lesser extent, Nepalese Newar children were altruistic in a dictator game test. We considered evidence that the four settlements varied according to a collectivistic dimension and that such collectivism may have strongly influenced responses to the test. Not only did test results correspond fully to degree of community collectivism across the four cultures (rank-order correlation coefficient = 1.00, p
Altruism · Children · Collectivism · cross-cultural comparison · Dictator game · Samoan children · small-scale societies · Child and Animal Learning Development · Cultural Differences and Values · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |