2013
DOI: 10.1037/a0034257
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Delineating groups for cultural comparisons in a multicultural setting: Not all Westerners should be put into the same melting pot.

Abstract: When conducting cross-cultural studies, researchers often rely on generalised categorisations (e.g., EastWest), frequently assuming homogeneity within each of the cultural groups being compared. We argue that such broad categorisations may be misleading and that careful demarcation of cultural groups that takes into consideration their specific sociohistorical realities is necessary to produce knowledge that is both meaningful and realistic. We illustrate this contention by examining preferred mate attributes … Show more

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“…The final sample included 101 participants (M age = 20.32 years, SD age = 4.76; 71.29% female) who were of Western European descent and born in Canada, with at least one parent born in Canada. These criteria ensured a relatively uniform, monocultural cultural background, as the data collection location (Toronto) has a large proportion of recent European immigrants from countries in Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe known to be more interdependent cultures [19,20]. We conducted a power analysis based on findings from Cohen and colleagues [4], with a 3-way interaction effect size of η p 2 = 0.051.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…The final sample included 101 participants (M age = 20.32 years, SD age = 4.76; 71.29% female) who were of Western European descent and born in Canada, with at least one parent born in Canada. These criteria ensured a relatively uniform, monocultural cultural background, as the data collection location (Toronto) has a large proportion of recent European immigrants from countries in Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe known to be more interdependent cultures [19,20]. We conducted a power analysis based on findings from Cohen and colleagues [4], with a 3-way interaction effect size of η p 2 = 0.051.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This may be a result of our European Canadians being more broadly interdependent-and similar to East Asians [4]-than initially hypothesized. Research with other Europeans from the local context (i.e., Toronto) has suggested that non-Western European culture is highly salient, and that these European-descent individuals retain languages, cultural attitudes, and beliefs, from their heritage[19].There was no significant effect of Condition under 1,000 ms SOA, F(1, 100) = 0.58, p = .450, η p 2 = .006, suggesting cueing effects did not differ whether foreground and background…”
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“…Power analyses (α = .05) based on the effect size of frame switching (vs. no switching) on authenticity obtained in a pilot study ( d = 2.04; West et al, 2018) indicated 99.9% power with N = 150. To be eligible, participants had to be White, U.S. citizens, born and residing in the United States, English as first language, and had parents born in the United States, Canada, or Western Europe excluding Southern Europe (Lalonde et al, 2013; n = 9 excluded). We excluded participants who failed more than one of four attention checks (recall the bicultural’s name and cultures, n = 8) or indicated that they did not complete the study honestly and attentively (self-report item, n = 0).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…One hundred and sixteen mainstream Canadian undergraduates completed the study online for course credit. Eligibility criteria were that participants were White and had only White parents, were born in Canada, and had parents born in the United States, Canada, or Western Europe excluding Southern Europe 9 (e.g., Italy, Portugal, Greece; Lalonde et al, 2013). Prior to any data analysis, we excluded participants who failed more than one of four attention checks (e.g., recall the name and cultures of the bicultural in the vignette) or indicated that they did not complete the study honestly and attentively ( n = 19).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%