Summit
2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2024
Perceiving Threat from Close Others: Enemyship Beliefs in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and the United States
- Amelie Rossmaier
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Tong Suo
University of Michigan - Catherine Thomas
Stanford University - Keiko Ishii
Nagoya University - Annabella Osei-Tutu
University of Ghana - Shinobu Kitayama
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Abstract
Across two studies, we measured enemyship beliefs in Kenya, Ghana, Japan and the US (N = 990). We found that enemyship is higher in collectivist regions. Being vigilant towards your ingroup is most central in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially among older adults and in more ambiguous situations.
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