Fundamental social motives measured across forty-two cultures in two waves

Pick, C. M., Ko, Ahra, Kenrick, D. T., Wiezel, Adi, Wormley, Alexandra S., Awad, Edmond, Al-Shawaf, Laith, Barry, Oumar, Bereby-Meyer, Yoella, Boonyasiriwat, Watcharaporn, and others. (2022) Fundamental social motives measured across forty-two cultures in two waves. Scientific Data, . Article Number 499. E-ISSN 2052-4463. (doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01579-w) (KAR id:96619)

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Abstract

How does psychology vary across human societies? The fundamental social motives framework adopts an evolutionary approach to capture the broad range of human social goals within a taxonomy of ancestrally recurring threats and opportunities. These motives—self-protection, disease avoidance, affiliation, status, mate acquisition, mate retention, and kin care—are high in fitness relevance and everyday salience, yet understudied cross-culturally. Here, we gathered data on these motives in 42 countries (N = 15,915) in two cross-sectional waves, including 19 countries (N = 10,907) for which datawere gathered in both waves. Wave 1 was collected from mid-2016 through late 2019 (32 countries, N = 8,998; 3,302 male, 5,585 female; Mage = 24.43, SD = 7.91). Wave 2 was collected from April through

November 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic (29 countries, N = 6,917; 2,249 male, 4,218 female; Mage = 28.59, SD = 11.31). These data can be used to assess differences and similarities in people’s fundamental social motives both across and within cultures, at different time points, and in relation to other commonly studied cultural indicators and outcomes.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1038/s41597-022-01579-w
Subjects:	H Social Sciences
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User:	Ayse Uskul
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2022 12:06 UTC
Last Modified:	07 Sep 2022 14:09 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/96619 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Crispim, Ana Carla.

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