Personality in behavioral disorders in adolescence

Influencia de la inducción del individualismo y el colectivismo en la aceptación y el rechazo de la desigualdad en jóvenes españoles y costarricenses

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Attitudes and behaviors towards economic inequality vary from society to society, but the cross-cultural study of inequality is still in its infancy. Considering this, we conducted an experimental research in two societies, one in Europe (Spain, N = 332, M age = 26.01, SD = 4.47, women = 54.5%) and another in Latin America (Costa Rica, N = 338, M age = 22.23, SD = 3.77, women = 46.4%), with the aim of comparing the way in which the induction of individualistic and collectivistic orientations influences behavior in the face of inequality in the distribution of resources. We found that the induction of individualism and collectivism had no effect on behavior in the face of inequality in Spain, except for one of the distributions in the ultimatum game (7:3). In Costa Rica, we found that the individualistic priming had an effect on a greater rejection of inequality in all the distributions applied. Contrary to expectations, in the Costa Rican sample there was a greater rejection of inequality compared to the Spanish sample. These results suggest that, contrary to expectations, the relatively more collectivist society (Costa Rica) showed a greater rejection of inequality than the more individualistic society (Spain). In addition, these results are not influenced by individualistic priming, since comparing the effects without considering the priming strategy shows a greater rejection of inequality in the Costa Rican sample than in the Spanish sample.

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Pablo Chaverri Chaves, UNED España y UNA Costa Rica

Doctorando en la Facultad de Psicología de la UNED, España. Académico en el Instituto de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de la Niñez y la Adolescencia (INEINA) de la Universidad Nacional (UNA), Costa Rica.

Itziar Fernández, UNED España

Doctora en Psicología (2001). Departamento de Psicología Social y Metodología de la Universidad del País Vasco: “Actitudes, autoconceptos, cultura y emoción: una investigación transcultural” (Beca FPI, 1996-2001). La carrera docente la inicie como Prof. Ayudante en la Universidad de Jaén en noviembre de 2001, en dicho centro desempeñe tareas académicas hasta marzo de 2002, ya que en abril me incorpore al Departamento de Psicología Social y de las Organizaciones de la UNED y desde esta fecha vengo desempeñando mi trabajo en calidad de PDI, primero como Prof. Asociada, posteriormente como Prof. Contratada Doctora y desde junio de 2011 hasta la actualidad como Prof. Titular de Psicología Social.

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