Ecological Threats and Cultural Systems
Epidemics and Natural Disasters Do Not Predict Collectivism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5293490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Soheil Shapouri (0000-0001-9561-9751, Lehigh University, corresponding author), Yasaman Rafiee (0000-0002-5958-7876, University of Strathclyde) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 382-396 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Nature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6767 • E-ISSN: 1936-4776 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12110-024-09480-8 |
| PMID | 39607607 |
| OpenAlex | W4404827752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 51 |
Considering the role of human interactions in infectious disease outbreaks and cooperation in mitigating natural disasters consequences, ecological threats to human survival have been among proposed drivers of collectivism. Utilizing established and novel measures of parasite stress and natural disasters, we investigated their association with collectivism in a large sample of countries (N = 188). Linear mixed-effect models indicated that after controlling for national wealth, neither natural disasters nor infectious disease can predict collectivism scores. Null results were consistent across different measures of threats, suggesting that previous findings can be attributed to small, non-representative samples of cultures. When universal patterns are a major concern, drawing conclusions based on small, nonrepresentative subsets of cultures risks promoting unreliable findings. Future cross-cultural research will benefit from data-driven exploratory methods to uncover factors previously unexamined in the theory-driven studies of collectivism
Biology · Collectivism · Economics · Environmental resource management · Exploratory research · Geography · Natural disaster · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |