Across-Time Change and Variation in Cultural Tightness-Looseness.

ABSTRACT: Cultural tightness-looseness, a dimension which describes the strength, multitude, and clarity of social norms in a culture, has proved significant in explaining differences between cultures. Although several studies have compared different cultures on this domain, this study is the first that targets both within-country differences and across-time variation in tightness-looseness. Using data from two nationally representative samples of Estonians, we found that the general tightness level had changed over a period of 10 years but the effect size of the change was small. A significant within country variance in 2002 had disappeared by 2012. Our results suggest that tightness-looseness, similarly to cultural value orientations, is a relatively stable and robust characteristic of culture-tha

SUBMITTER: Mandel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4684201 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature