What Predicts Loneliness? Cultural Difference Between Individualistic and Collectivistic Societies in Europe

Autor:	Markus Kemmelmeier, Valerie A. Lykes
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Social psychology (sociology) Individualistic culture Social Psychology Collectivism Loneliness European Social Survey Anthropology Cultural diversity Well-being medicine medicine.symptom Social isolation Psychology Social psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 45:468-490
ISSN:	1552-5422 0022-0221
DOI:	10.1177/0022022113509881
Popis:	Using two multilevel analyses of residents in 12 (1992 Eurobarometer; N = 3,902) and 22 (2006 European Social Survey, N = 38,867) European societies, respectively, we examined loneliness as a function of dominant cultural values. Levels of loneliness were higher in collectivistic compared with individualistic societies, but societies differed in terms of their predictors of loneliness. In collectivistic societies, the absence of interactions with family was more closely linked to loneliness than was the case in individualistic societies. Conversely, in individualistic societies, the absence of interactions with friends and having a confidant was more closely linked to loneliness than in collectivistic societies. Findings are consistent with the notion that autonomy and choice with regard to interaction partners have greater implications for well-being in individualistic societies whereas traditional social bonds are more potent in collectivistic societies.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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