Beyond WEIRD societies: Global social identifications across 45 countries and their socio-­ cultural and economic predictors

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dc.abstract.enIn an increasingly globalized world challenged by multiple social problems, global social identifications (GSIs, e.g., with all humanity) are concepts of growing interest. Although such identifications can be affected by the cultural contexts in which they are manifested, research on them remains largely confined to Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) societies. Using data collected in 45 countries (N = 9807, preregistered), we compared the strength of three types of GSIs between countries and cultural clusters, and explored the possible role of five cultural dimensions. The results revealed relatively small cross-national differences in GSIs overall, but African and South-East Asian cultural clusters reported significantly stronger identifications than those from other regions, with India, South Africa, and Ghana scoring the highest. Contrary to our hypotheses, GSIs were positively associated with in-group collectivism, survival values, and traditional values, while institutional collectivism was unrelated. As expected, humane orientation was positively related to most GSIs. Additional exploratory analyses showed higher GSIs in countries with a lower quality of life (broadly understood). GSIs were also more pronounced in less globalized, younger societies, with a higher proportion of men, fewer immigrants, and stronger diversity. Our study highlights the need to broaden research on GSIs beyond WEIRD contexts.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorHamer, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorPenczek, Marta
dc.contributor.authorMarcinkowska, Karolina
dc.contributor.authorNowak, Bartek
dc.contributor.authorBranowska, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorSparkman, David
dc.contributor.authorLoy, Laura S.
dc.contributor.authorBaran, Maria
dc.contributor.authorOkvitawanli, Ayu
dc.contributor.authorGkinopoulos, Theofilos
dc.contributor.authorHackett, Justin D.
dc.contributor.authorBertin, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCarmona, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorGuerra, Rita
dc.contributor.authorWlodarczyk, Anna
dc.contributor.authorAkello, Grace
dc.contributor.authorAlbarello, Flavia
dc.contributor.authorAshraf, Mujeeba
dc.contributor.authorBednarowicz, Maja
dc.contributor.authorBeixiang, Liang
dc.contributor.authorBenningstad, Nora
dc.contributor.authorBierwiaczonek, Kinga
dc.contributor.authorBornman, Elirea
dc.contributor.authorBosak, Janine
dc.contributor.authorDarkwah, Ernest
dc.contributor.authorDelouvée, Sylvain
dc.contributor.authorEder, Stephanie J.
dc.contributor.authorEnea, Violeta
dc.contributor.authorEspinosa, Augustin
dc.contributor.authorEtchezahar, Edgardo
dc.contributor.authorFeriis, Laura J.
dc.contributor.authorGudzovskaya, Alla A.
dc.contributor.authorGuerch, Keltouma
dc.contributor.authorHofhuis, Joep
dc.contributor.authorHornsey, Matthew J.
dc.contributor.authorIgbokwe, David
dc.contributor.authorIbarra, Manuel L.
dc.contributor.authorKamble, Shanmukh V.
dc.contributor.authorKaniasty, Krzysztof
dc.contributor.authorKengyel, Gabriella J.
dc.contributor.authorKhanipour, Hamid
dc.contributor.authorLabor, Paul
dc.contributor.authorLima, Aline Venceslau Vieira
dc.contributor.authorLoshenko, Oleksandra
dc.contributor.authorMazurowska, Karolina
dc.contributor.authorMintz, Keren K.
dc.contributor.authorMonzani, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorMoriizumi, Satoshi
dc.contributor.authorMoynihan, Andrew B.
dc.contributor.authorMubarique, Mohammed
dc.contributor.authorNagy, Radó P.
dc.contributor.authorNera, Kenzo
dc.contributor.authorNyul, Boglárka
dc.contributor.authorOsinde, James
dc.contributor.authorÖzsoy, Emrah
dc.contributor.authorPalacio, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorPešout, Ondrey
dc.contributor.authorPirttilä‐Backman, Anna-Maija
dc.contributor.authorPong, Vivien
dc.contributor.authorRentería, Erico
dc.contributor.authorRestrepo, Dayana
dc.contributor.authorSamekin, Adil
dc.contributor.authorSegal‐Klein, Hilah
dc.contributor.authorSelim, Heyla A.
dc.contributor.authorSindic, Denis
dc.contributor.authorSpence, Alexa
dc.contributor.authorStöckli, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorTam, Kim‐Pong
dc.contributor.authorUngaretti, Joaquín
dc.contributor.authorUrbańska, Beata
dc.contributor.authorWang, Angela
dc.contributor.authorYahiiaiev, Illia
dc.contributor.authorYemelyanova, Yelena
dc.date.access2026-04-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-27T08:34:35Z
dc.date.available2026-04-27T08:34:35Z
dc.date.created2026-03-19
dc.date.issued2026-04-20
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p> In an increasingly globalized world challenged by multiple social problems, global social identifications (GSIs, e.g., with all humanity) are concepts of growing interest. Although such identifications can be affected by the cultural contexts in which they are manifested, research on them remains largely confined to Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) societies. Using data collected in 45 countries ( <jats:italic>N</jats:italic>  = 9807, preregistered), we compared the strength of three types of GSIs between countries and cultural clusters, and explored the possible role of five cultural dimensions. The results revealed relatively small cross‐national differences in GSIs overall, but African and South‐East Asian cultural clusters reported significantly stronger identifications than those from other regions, with India, South Africa, and Ghana scoring the highest. Contrary to our hypotheses, GSIs were positively associated with in‐group collectivism, survival values, and traditional values, while institutional collectivism was unrelated. As expected, humane orientation was positively related to most GSIs. Additional exploratory analyses showed higher GSIs in countries with a lower quality of life (broadly understood). GSIs were also more pronounced in less globalized, younger societies, with a higher proportion of men, fewer immigrants, and stronger diversity. Our study highlights the need to broaden research on GSIs beyond WEIRD contexts. </jats:p>
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dc.description.volume47
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/pops.70134
dc.identifier.eissn1467-9221
dc.identifier.issn0162-895X
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/2316
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pops.70134
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
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dc.subject.enall humanity
dc.subject.encultural clusters
dc.subject.englobal social identifications
dc.subject.englobalization
dc.subject.enquality of life
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dc.titleBeyond WEIRD societies: Global social identifications across 45 countries and their socio-­ cultural and economic predictors
dc.title.journalPolitical Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
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