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Many forms of culture.

Cohen, Adam B.·2009·American Psychologist

Abstract

Psychologists interested in culture have focused primarily on East-West differences in individualism-collectivism, or independent-interdependent self-construal. As important as this dimension is, there are many other forms of culture with many dimensions of cultural variability. Selecting from among the many understudied cultures in psychology, the author considers three kinds of cultures: religion, socioeconomic status, and region within a country. These cultures vary in a number of psychologically interesting ways. By studying more types of culture, psychologists stand to enrich how they define culture, how they think about universality and cultural specificity, their views of multiculturalism, how they do research on culture, and what dimensions of culture they study. Broadening the study of culture will have far-reaching implications for clinical issues, intergroup relations, and applied domains.

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  • Religion itself has the defining characteristics to be considered a culture, and various religions differ in many ways along culturally-relevant dimensions.

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Authors
Cohen, A. B.
Affiliations
Arizona State University (US)
Corresponding author
Cohen, Adam B.
Venue
American Psychologist
Published
2009
Volume
64
Issue
3
Pages
194-204
ISSN
  • 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-990X
OpenAlex
W1971969367
Cited by
589
References
89
Citations by year
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FWCI
48.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords
cultural diversity, individualism-collectivism, self-construal, socioeconomic status, regional variation, cultural universality, cultural specificity, multiculturalism, intergroup relations, clinical psychology
MeSH terms
Culture, Humans, Religion and Psychology, Social Class, Social Identification, Socioeconomic Factors, Cultural Competency

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