Strong-ties and weak-ties rationalities: toward a mental model of the consequences of kinship intensity.

ABSTRACT: There is growing evidence of the connection between variations in kinship intensity and cross-cultural differences in psychological traits. Contributing to this literature on kinship intensity, we put forward a mental model to explain the enduring connection between ancestral niche and psychological traits. Our model posits that two primary orientations or dispositions-strong-ties and weak-ties rationalities-have co-evolved with our ancestral niches to perpetuate-by internalizing and reproducing-the social structure (such as preferences for certain attitudes, values, and beliefs) of the ancestral niche. The findings from 1,291 participants across four societies-China, India, Taiwan, and the United States-support our hypothesis that strong-ties (weak-ties) rationalities, when activated, wil

SUBMITTER: Yeh KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603357 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature