Title
Loneliness and vertical and horizontal collectivism and individualism: A multinational study
Author
Schermer, Julie Aitken (University of Western Ontario)
Branković, Marija (Singidunum University)
Čekrlija, Đorđe (University of Banja Luka)
MacDonald, Kristi Baerg (University of Western Ontario)
Park, Joonha (NUCB Business School)
Papazova, Eva (Institute for Research in Education)
Volkodav, Tatiana (Kuban State University)
Iliško, Dzintra (Daugavpils University)
Wlodarczyk, Anna (Universidad Catolica de Norte)
Kwiatkowska, Maria Magdalena (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw)
Rogoza, Radosław (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw)
Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (TU Delft Safety and Security Science) 
Ha, Truong Thi Khanh (Vietnam National University Hanoi)
Kowalski, Christopher Marcin (University of Western Ontario)
Malik, Sadia (University of Sargodha)
Lins, Samuel (Universidade do Porto)
Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés (Universidad de Jaén)
Aquino, Sibele D. (PUC-Rio)
Doroszuk, Marta (Jagiellonian University)
Riđić, Ognjen (International University of Sarajevo)
Pylat, Natalia (Ukrainian Catholic University)
Özsoy, Emrah (University of Sakarya)
Tan, Chee Seng (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman)
Mamuti, Agim (University Mother Theresa)
Ardi, Rahkman (Airlangga University)
Jukić, Tomislav (University Josip Juraj Strossmayer)
Uslu, Osman (University of Sakarya)
Buelvas, Laura Martinez (Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar)
Liik, Kadi (Tallinn University)
Kruger, Gert (University of Johannesburg)
Date
2023
Abstract
This paper investigates how horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism predict self-report loneliness in addition to the variance accounted for by age and sex in 28 countries (N = 8,345). Horizontal and vertical aspects of individualism and collectivism had small but significant contributions to predicting loneliness. Horizontal-collectivism (for 19 country samples) and, to a lesser extent, horizontal-individualism (for seven country samples), significantly predicted lower loneliness scores. Vertical-individualism (for 16 country samples), and to a lesser extent, vertical-collectivism (for six country samples), predicted feeling more loneliness among our participants. Adjusted R2 values suggested that between 0.6% and 27.7% of self-report loneliness was predicted. These results suggest that those who value egalitarian social relations also tend to report being less lonely whereas those who value individuality and competitiveness endorse the loneliness items more. These results are of importance to those investigating and helping lonely individuals by appreciating the influence of perceived culture.
Subject
Collectivism
Horizontalism-verticalism
Individualism
Loneliness
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbeha.2023.100105
Source
Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, 4
Part of collection
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Document type
journal article
Rights
© 2023 Julie Aitken Schermer, Marija Branković, Đorđe Čekrlija, Kristi Baerg MacDonald, Joonha Park, Eva Papazova, Tatiana Volkodav, Dzintra Iliško, Anna Wlodarczyk, Maria Magdalena Kwiatkowska, Radosław Rogoza, O. Oviedo-Trespalacios, Truong Thi Khanh Ha, Christopher Marcin Kowalski, Sadia Malik, Samuel Lins, Ginés Navarro-Carrillo, Sibele D. Aquino, Marta Doroszuk, Ognjen Riđić, Natalia Pylat, Emrah Özsoy, Chee Seng Tan, Agim Mamuti, Rahkman Ardi, Tomislav Jukić, Osman Uslu, Laura Martinez Buelvas, Kadi Liik, Gert Kruger