The Social Cure Properties of Groups Across Cultures: Groups Provide More Support but Have Stronger Norms and Are Less Curative in Relationally Immobile Societies-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Social Cure Properties of Groups Across Cultures: Groups Provide More Support but Have Stronger Norms and Are Less Curative in Relationally Immobile Societies

Published:2024-02-22 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1948-5506
Container-title:Social Psychological and Personality Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Social Psychological and Personality Science

Author:

Easterbrook Matthew J.¹^ORCID,Grigoryan Lusine²,Smith Peter B.¹,Koc Yasin³^ORCID,Lun Vivian Miu Chi⁴,Papastylianou Dona⁵,Torres Claudio⁶^ORCID,Efremova Maria⁷,Hassan Bushra⁸,Abbas Ammar⁹,al-Selim Heyla¹⁰,Anderson Joel¹¹,Cross Susan E.¹²,Delfino Gisela Isabel¹³^ORCID,Gamsakhurdia Vladimer¹⁴,Gavreliuc Alin¹⁴^ORCID,Gavreliuc Dana¹⁵,Gul Pelin¹²,Gunsoy Ceren¹⁶^ORCID,Hakobjanyan Anna¹⁷,Lay Siugmin¹⁸^ORCID,Lopukhova Olga¹⁹^ORCID,Hu Ping²⁰,Sunar Diane²¹,Mendes Texeira Maria Luisa²²,Tripodi Doriana²³,Rivera Paola Eunice Diaz²⁴,Yuki Masaki²⁵^ORCID,Ogusu Natsuki²⁵,Kwantes Catherine T.²⁶,Diaz-Loving Rolando²⁴,Perez Floriano Lorena²⁷,Chaleeraktrakoon Trawin²⁸,Chobthamkit Phatthanakit²⁸

Affiliation:

1. University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

2. University of York, Heslington, UK

3. Groningen University, The Netherlands

4. Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

5. University of Athens, Greece

6. University of Brasilia, Brazil

7. HSE University, Moscow, Russia

8. International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

9. University of Baghdad, Iraq

10. King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

11. Australian Catholic University and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

12. Iowa State University, Ames, USA

13. Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Comillas Pontifical University

14. Tbilisi State University, Georgia

15. West University of Timisoara, Romania

16. Clemson University, SC, USA

17. Yerevan State University, Armenia

18. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

19. Kazan Federal University, Russia

20. Renmin University, Beijing, China

21. Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey

22. Mackenzie University, Sao Paulo, Brazil

23. Private practice, Gioia Tauro, Italy

24. Autonomous University of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico

25. Hokkaido University, Japan

26. University of Windsor, ON, Canada

27. Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile

28. Thammassat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

We investigate whether the social cure properties of groups vary across cultures, testing hypotheses that the associations between multiple group memberships (MGM) and depressive symptoms will (a) be mediated by social support and uncomfortable normative pressures, and (b) vary systematically with sample-level relational mobility. Analyses of data from a survey ( N = 5,174) conducted within k = 29 samples show that MGM is negatively associated with depressive symptoms, an association fully mediated by social support and uncomfortable normative pressures. In line with our theorizing, in samples with higher levels of relational mobility constraints, the association between MGM and depressive symptoms is weaker, the associations between MGM and social support and between MGM and normative pressures are stronger, and the association between social support and depressive symptoms weaker. The indirect link between MGM and depressive symptoms via social support is significant at both low and high levels of relational mobility constraints.

Funder

Kazan Federal University Strategic Academic Leadership Program (PRIORITY-2030).

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/19485506241230847

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