Wherefore art thou competitors? How situational affordances help differentiate among prosociality, individualism, and competition

StatusVoR
Simple item page
cris.lastimport.scopus2025-08-31T03:16:06Z
dc.abstract.enThe Triple Dominance Measure (choosing between prosocial, individualistic, and competitive options) and the Slider Measure (“sliding” between various orientations, for example, from individualistic to prosocial) are two widely used techniques to measure social value orientation, that is, the weight individuals assign to own and others’ outcomes in interdependent situations. Surprisingly, there is only moderate correspondence between these measures, but it is unclear why and what the implications are for identifying individual differences in social value orientation. Using a dataset of 8021 participants from 31 countries and regions, this study revealed that the Slider Measure identified fewer competitors than the Triple Dominance Measure, accounting for approximately one-third of the non-correspondence between the two measures. This is (partially) because many of the Slider items do not afford a competitive option. In items where competition is combined with individualism, competitors tended to make the same choices as individualists. Futhermore, we demonstrated the uniqueness of competitors. Compared to prosocials and individualists, competitors exhibited lower levels of both social mindfulness and trust. Overall, the present work highlights the importance of situational affordances in measuring personality, the benefits of distinguishing between individualists and competitors, and the importance of utilizing a measure that distinguishes between these two proself orientations.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Yi
dc.contributor.authorStivers, Adam W.
dc.contributor.authorMurphy. Ryan O.
dc.contributor.authorVan Doesum, Niels J.
dc.contributor.authorJoireman, Jeff
dc.contributor.authorGalucci, Marcello
dc.contributor.authorAharonov-Majar, Efrat
dc.contributor.authorAthenstaedt, Ursula
dc.contributor.authorBai. Liying
dc.contributor.authorBöhm, Robert
dc.contributor.authorBuchan, Nancy R.
dc.contributor.authorChen, Xiao-Ping
dc.contributor.authorDumont, Kitty B.
dc.contributor.authorEngelmann, Jan B.
dc.contributor.authorEriksson, Kimmo
dc.contributor.authorEuh, Hyun
dc.contributor.authorFiedler, Susann
dc.contributor.authorFriesen, Justin
dc.contributor.authorGächter, Simon
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Camilo
dc.contributor.authorGonzález, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorGraf, Sylvie
dc.contributor.authorGrowiec, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorHřebíčková, Martina
dc.contributor.authorKaragonlar, Gokhan
dc.contributor.authorKiyonari, Toko
dc.contributor.authorKou, Yu
dc.contributor.authorKuhlman, D. Michael
dc.contributor.authorLay, Siugmin
dc.contributor.authorLeonardelli, Geoffrey J.
dc.contributor.authorLi, Norman P.
dc.contributor.authorLi, Yang
dc.contributor.authorMaciejovsky, Boris
dc.contributor.authorManesi, Zoi
dc.contributor.authorMashuri, Ali
dc.contributor.authorMok, Aurelia
dc.contributor.authorMoser, Karin S.
dc.contributor.authorNetedu, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorPammi, Chandrasekhar
dc.contributor.authorPlatow, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorReinders Folmer, Christopher P.
dc.contributor.authorReyna, Cecilia
dc.contributor.authorSimão, Cláudia
dc.contributor.authorUtz, Sonja
dc.contributor.authorvan der Meij, Leander
dc.contributor.authorWaldzus, Sven
dc.contributor.authorWang, Yiwen
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Bernd
dc.contributor.authorWeisel, Ori
dc.contributor.authorWildschut, Tim
dc.contributor.authorWinter, Fabian
dc.contributor.authorWu, Junhui
dc.contributor.authorYong, Jose C.
dc.contributor.authorVan Lange, Paul A. M.
dc.date.access2024-11-29
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-30T06:29:21Z
dc.date.available2024-12-30T06:29:21Z
dc.date.created2024-10-16
dc.date.issued2024-11-29
dc.description.abstract<jats:p> The Triple Dominance Measure (choosing between prosocial, individualistic, and competitive options) and the Slider Measure (“sliding” between various orientations, for example, from individualistic to prosocial) are two widely used techniques to measure social value orientation, that is, the weight individuals assign to own and others’ outcomes in interdependent situations. Surprisingly, there is only moderate correspondence between these measures, but it is unclear why and what the implications are for identifying individual differences in social value orientation. Using a dataset of 8021 participants from 31 countries and regions, this study revealed that the Slider Measure identified fewer competitors than the Triple Dominance Measure, accounting for approximately one-third of the non-correspondence between the two measures. This is (partially) because many of the Slider items do not afford a competitive option. In items where competition is combined with individualism, competitors tended to make the same choices as individualists. Futhermore, we demonstrated the uniqueness of competitors. Compared to prosocials and individualists, competitors exhibited lower levels of both social mindfulness and trust. Overall, the present work highlights the importance of situational affordances in measuring personality, the benefits of distinguishing between individualists and competitors, and the importance of utilizing a measure that distinguishes between these two proself orientations. </jats:p>
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/08902070241298850
dc.identifier.eissn1099-0984
dc.identifier.issn0890-2070
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1196
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08902070241298850
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOTHER
dc.subject.ensocial value orientation
dc.subject.enmeasurement
dc.subject.ensituational affordances
dc.subject.encompetitors
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleWherefore art thou competitors? How situational affordances help differentiate among prosociality, individualism, and competition
dc.title.journalEuropean Journal of Personality
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle