生态威胁和文化系统:流行病和自然灾害并不能预测集体主义
Soheil Shapouri1, Yasaman Rafiee2
1Department of Psychology, Lehigh University, 17 Memorial Dr. E, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, USA. sos523@lehigh.edu.
Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.)
|November 28, 2024
概括
传染病和自然灾害等生态威胁并不能预测文化集体主义. 这项大规模研究表明,以前将这些因素与集体主义联系在一起的研究结果可能是不可靠的,因为样本规模很小.
科学领域:
- 跨文化心理学跨文化心理学
- 进化人类学的进化人类学.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 传染病和自然灾害等生态威胁被认为是推动文化集体主义的演变.
- 以前的研究表明,寄生虫压力,自然灾害和集体主义文化规范之间存在联系.
研究的目的:
- 调查生态威胁 (寄生虫压力和自然灾害) 与集体主义之间的关联,在一个庞大,多样化的国家样本中.
- 用既有和新型测量工具测试先前发现的稳定性.
主要方法:
- 使用线性混合效应模型分析来自188个国家的数据.
- 利用了对寄生虫压力和自然灾害频率的既定和新措施.
- 作为潜在的混变量,对国家财富进行控制.
主要成果:
- 自然灾害和集体主义得分之间没有发现显著的关联.
- 在传染病负担 (寄生虫压力) 和集体主义得分之间没有发现显著的关联.
- 在各种生态威胁指标中,零结果是一致的,即使在对国家财富进行控制之后.
结论:
- 这项研究挑战了生态威胁是集体主义的普遍驱动因素的假设.
- 结果表明,先前的发现可能是小,非代表性的文化样本的文物.
- 建议未来跨文化研究集体主义的数据驱动探索方法,以确定以前未经检查的因素.
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