TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparisons of Daily Behavior Across 21 Countries
AU - Baranski, E.N.
AU - Gardiner, G.
AU - Guillaume, E.
AU - Aveyard, M.
AU - Bastian, B.
AU - Bronin, I.
AU - Ivanova, C.
AU - Cheng, J.T.
AU - de Kock, F.S.
AU - Denissen, J.J.A.
AU - Gallardo-Pujol, D.
AU - Halama, P.
AU - Han, G.Q.
AU - Bae, J.
AU - Moon, J.
AU - Hong, R.Y.
AU - Hřebíčková, M.
AU - Graf, S.
AU - Izdebski, P.
AU - Lundmann, L.
AU - Penke, L.
AU - Perugini, M.
AU - Costantini, G.
AU - Rauthmann, J.
AU - Ziegler, M.
AU - Realo, A.
AU - Elme, L.
AU - Sato, T.
AU - Kawamoto, S.
AU - Szarota, P.
AU - Tracy, J.L.
AU - van Aken, M.A.G.
AU - Yang, Y.
AU - Funder, D.C.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - While a large body of research has investigated cultural differences in behavior, this typical study assesses a single behavioral outcome, in a single context, compared across two countries. The current study compared a broad array of behaviors across 21 countries (N = 5,522). Participants described their behavior at 7:00 p.m. the previous evening using the 68 items of the Riverside Behavioral Q-sort (RBQ). Correlations between average patterns of behavior in each country ranged from r =.69 to r =.97 and, in general, described a positive and relaxed activity. The most similar patterns were United States/Canada and least similar were Japan/United Arab Emirates (UAE). Similarities in behavior within countries were largest in Spain and smallest in the UAE. Further analyses correlated average RBQ item placements in each country with, among others, country-level value dimensions, personality traits, self-esteem levels, economic output, and population. Extroversion, openness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, self-esteem, happiness, and tolerant attitudes yielded more significant correlations than expected by chance.
AB - While a large body of research has investigated cultural differences in behavior, this typical study assesses a single behavioral outcome, in a single context, compared across two countries. The current study compared a broad array of behaviors across 21 countries (N = 5,522). Participants described their behavior at 7:00 p.m. the previous evening using the 68 items of the Riverside Behavioral Q-sort (RBQ). Correlations between average patterns of behavior in each country ranged from r =.69 to r =.97 and, in general, described a positive and relaxed activity. The most similar patterns were United States/Canada and least similar were Japan/United Arab Emirates (UAE). Similarities in behavior within countries were largest in Spain and smallest in the UAE. Further analyses correlated average RBQ item placements in each country with, among others, country-level value dimensions, personality traits, self-esteem levels, economic output, and population. Extroversion, openness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, self-esteem, happiness, and tolerant attitudes yielded more significant correlations than expected by chance.
KW - behavior
KW - cross-cultural
KW - personality
KW - Riverside Behavioral Q-sort
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018965721&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1948550616676879
DO - 10.1177/1948550616676879
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018965721
SN - 1948-5506
VL - 8
SP - 252
EP - 266
JO - Social Psychological and Personality Science
JF - Social Psychological and Personality Science
IS - 3
ER -