Cultural Values Influence the Developmental Trajectory of Resistance to Social Influence Over the Course of Adolescence.

Autor: Pei R; Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.; Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA., Kranzler E; Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA., Falk EB; Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.; Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Developmental psychobiology [Dev Psychobiol] 2024 Nov; Vol. 66 (7), pp. e22530.
DOI: 10.1002/dev.22530
Abstrakt: The opinions of peers are among the most potent factors influencing human decision-making. Research conducted in Western societies suggests that individuals become more resistant to peer influence from late adolescence to adulthood. It is unknown whether this developmental trajectory is universal across cultures. Through two cross-national studies, we present consistent self-report and behavioral evidence for culturally distinct developmental trajectories of resistance to peer influence (RPI). Our findings from the US samples replicated prior findings that reported increasing RPI. Yet, data from the Chinese participants were better fitted using a nonlinear model, displaying a U-shaped trajectory with lowest RPI levels at around 20 years old. In contrast to the long-held belief that increasing RPI from adolescence to early adulthood is a universal developmental trait, we propose that this developmental trajectory may depend on cultural context.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Developmental Psychobiology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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