Differences between tight and loose cultures: a 33-nation study

Science • Vol/Iss. 332 • American Association for the Advancement of Science • New York, Ny • Published In • Pages: 1100-1104 •
By Gelfand, Michele J., Raver, Jana L., Nishii, Lisa, Leslie, Lisa M., Lun, Janetta, Lim, Beng Chong, Duan, Lili, Almaliach, Assaf, Ang, Soon, Arnadottir, Jakobina, Aycan, Zeynep, Boehnke, Klaus, Boski, Pawel, Cabecinhas, Rosa, Chan, Darius, Chhokar, Jagdeep, D’Amato, Alessia, Ferrer, Montse, Fischlmayr, Iris C., Fischer, Ronald, Fülöp, Marta, Georgas, James, Kashima, Emiko S., Kashima, Yoshishima, Kim, Kibum, Lempereur, Alain, Marquez, Patricia, Othman, Rozhan, Overlaet, Bert, Panagiotopoulou, Penny, Peltzer, Karl, Perez-Florizno, Lorena R., Ponomarenko, Larisa, Realo, Anu, Schei, Vidar, Schmitt, Manfred, Smith, Peter B., Soomro, Nazar, Szabo, Erna, Taveesin, Nalinee, Toyama, Midori, Van de Vliert, Evert, Vohra, Naharika, Ward, Colleen, Yamaguchi, Susum

Hypothesis

Food deprivation is positively correlated with tightness-looseness (p. 1101).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
CorrelationSupportedp<.01.52Two-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Food DeprivationIndependentProduction And Supply
Tightness-looseness In NormsDependentNorms, Social Control, Sanctions, Social Offenses