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Love beyond east and west: How cultural models of selfhood predict frequency of being in love
Ayu Okvitawanli (Okvitawanli, A.); Olga Gajewska (Gajewska, O.); Mohsen Joshanloo (Joshanloo, M.); Vivian L. Vignoles (Vignoles, V. L.); Victoria Wai-lan Yeung (Yeung, V. W. L.); Maciej Górski (Górski, M. R.); Brian W. Haas (Haas, B. W.); M. Azhar Hussain (Hussain, M. A.); Joonha Park (Park, J.); Plamen Akaliyski (Akaliyski, P.); Farida Guemaz (Guemaz, F.); Mahmoud Boussena (Boussena, M.); Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez (Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á.); Nuha Iter (Iter, N.); Olha Vlasenko (Vlasenko, O.); Michael Harris Bond (Bond, M. H.); Vivian Miu-Chi Lun (Lun, V. M.-C.); Liman Man Wai Li (Li, L. M. W.); Nur Amali Aminnuddin (Aminnuddin, N. A.); İdil Işık (Işık, İ.); Laina Ngom-Dieng (Ngom-Dieng, L.); Marta Fulop (Fulop, M.); David O. Igbokwe (Igbokwe, D.); Mladen Adamovic (Adamovic, M.); Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir (Garðarsdóttir, R. B.); Natalia Soboleva (Soboleva, N.); Julien Teyssier (Teyssier, J.); Fumiko Kano Glückstad (Glückstad, F. K.); Grace Akello (Akello, G.); Charity S. Akotia (Akotia, C.); Isabelle Albert (Albert, I.); Anna Almakaeva (Almakaeva, A.); Lily Appoh (Appoh, L.); Douglas Marlon Arévalo Mira (Arévalo Mira, D. M.); Rasmata Bakyono-Nabaloum (Bakyono-Nabaloum, R.); Arno Baltin (Baltin, A.); Pablo Eduardo Barrientos Marroquin (Barrientos Marroquin, P. E.); Diana Boer (Boer, D.); Patrick Denoux (Denoux, P.); Alejandra Domínguez-Espinosa (Domínguez-Espinosa, A.); Agustín Espinosa (Espinosa, A.); Carla Esteves (Esteves, C. S.); Vladimer Gamsakhurdia (Gamsakhurdia, V.); Alin Gavreliuc (Gavreliuc, A.); Rafail Hasanov (Hasanov, R.); Eric Raymond Igou (Igou, E. R.); Naved Iqbal (Iqbal, N.); Natalia Kascakova (Kascakova, N.); Lucie Klůzová Kračmárová (Kračmárová, L. K.); Agata Kocimska-Bortnowska (Kocimska-Bortnowska, A.); Aleksandra Kosiarczyk (Kosiarczyk, A.); Olga Kostoula (Kostoula, O.); Nicole Kronberger (Kronberger, N.); Anna Kwiatkowska (Kwiatkowska, A.); J. Hannah Lee (Lee, H.); Magdalena Łużniak-Piecha (Łużniak-Piecha, M.); Alexander Malyonov (Malyonov, A.); Arina Malyonova (Malyonova, A.); Fridanna Maricchiolo (Maricchiolo, F.); Linda Mohammed (Mohammed, L.); Tamara Mohorić (Mohorić, T.); Magdalena Mosanya (Mosanya, M.); Oriana Mosca (Mosca, O.); Elke Murdock (Murdock, E.); Mustaffa Nur Fariza (Fariza, M. N.); Katarzyna Myślińska-Szarek (Myślińska-Szarek, K.); Martin Nader (Nader, M.); Azar Nadi (Nadi, A.); Danielle P. Ochoa (Ochoa, D.); Mateusz Olechowski (Olechowski, M.); Ewa Palikot (Palikot, E.); Vassilis Pavlopoulos (Pavlopoulos, V.); Zoran Pavlović (Pavlović, Z.); Iva Poláčková Šolcová (Šolcová, I. P.); Md. Reza-A-Rabby (Reza-A-Rabby, Md.); Muhammad Rizwan (Rizwan, M.); Ana Maria Rocha (Rocha, A. M.); Vladyslav Romashov (Romashov, V.); Espen Røysamb (Røysamb, E.); Adil Samekin (Samekin, A.); Beate Schwarz (Schwarz, B.); Heyla A. Selim (Selim, H.); Ursula Serdarevich (Serdarevich, U.); David Sirlopú (Sirlopú, D.); Rosita Sobhie (Sobhie, R.); Boris Sokolov (Sokolov, B.); Maria Stogianni (Stogianni, M.); Stanislava Yordanova Stoyanova (Stoyanova, S.); Chien-Ru Sun (Sun, C.-R.); Claudio Torres (Torres, C.); Yukiko Uchida (Uchida, Y.); Yvette van Osch (van Osch, Y.); Wijnand van Tilburg (van Tilburg, W.); Christin-Melanie Vauclair (Vauclair, C.-M.); Arkadiusz Wasiel (Wasiel, A.); Cai Xing (Xing, C.); June Chun Yeung (Yeung, J. C. ); John M. Zelenski (Zelenski, J.); Kuba Krys (Kuba, K.); et al.
Journal Title
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Year (definitive publication)
2025
Language
English
Country
United States of America
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to understand the implications of different dimensions of cultural models of selfhood for the frequency of being in love across cultures. This is achieved by analyzing large cross-cultural datasets encompassing 49 and 70 countries. In doing so, this paper extends the current discussion regarding the impact of cultural contexts and individual mindsets on the experience of being in love by correlating eight dimensions of independent and interdependent selves (Vignoles et al., 2016). Across eight different self-construal dimensions, we found that the strongest correlate of being in love was the self-expression (vs. harmony) dimension, where a higher frequency of feeling in love, measured by Likert scale from never to all the time, was associated with greater self-expression, both at the country and at the individual levels. Our results refine the discussion on the impact of Individualism/Collectivism on love experiences by demonstrating that it is specifically the self-expression aspect of individualistic/modernized countries that contributes to a higher frequency of being in love.
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Keywords
Self-construal,Cultural models of selfhood,Self-expression,Romantic passionate love,Individualism collectivism
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