For years, cross-cultural psychologists have faced a longstanding puzzle: East Asian societies are often seen as more collectivistic, but some surveys have yielded higher collectivism scores for Western societies.
A recent study, with Dr. Alexander S. English of Wenzhou-Kean University serving as a core collaborator, published in Nature Human Behavior, suggests that the issue may come from how collectivism is measured.
The researchers found that many traditional surveys mix two different things:…

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