Loneliness and vertical and horizontal collectivism and individualism: A multinational study

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, Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, Truong Thi Khanh Ha, Christopher Marcin Kowalski, Sadia Malik, Samuel Lins, Ginés Navarro-Carrillo, Sibele D. Aquino, Marta Doroszuk, Ognjen RiđićNatalia Pylat, Emrah Özsoy, Chee Seng Tan, Agim Mamuti, Rahkman Ardi, Tomislav Jukić, Osman Uslu, Laura Martinez Buelvas, Kadi Liik, Gert Kruger

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Article number100105
JournalCurrent Research in Behavioral Sciences
Volume4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Collectivism
  • Horizontalism-verticalism
  • Individualism
  • Loneliness

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