Education:

• PhD (Psychology), University of Kent, UK, 2021

• MSc (Applied Social Psychology), University of Sussex, UK, 2010

• B.A. (Psychology) (2nd class honors), Thammasat University, Thailand, 2008

Expertise:

• Social Psychology

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Research Interests:

• Culture

• Identity

• Belief in a Just World

• Well-being

• Social Psychological Perspectives of Compulsive Buying

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Publications:

Abakoumkin, G., Tseliou, E., McCabe, K. O., Lemay Jr., E. P., Stroebe, W., Agostini, M., Belanger, J. J., Gutzkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Kutlaca, M., VanDellen, M. R., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., ... & Leander, N. P. (2024). Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID-19: Evidence across countries and over time. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(2), e12909. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12909

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Easterbrook, M. J., Grigoryan, L., Smith, P. B., Koc, Y., Lun, V. M.-C., Papastylianou, D., Torres, C., Efremova, M., Hassan, B., Abbas, A., al-Selim, H., Anderson, J., Cross, S. E., Delfino, G. I., Gamsakhurdia, V., Gavreliuc, D., Gul, P., Gunsoy, C., … & Chobthamkit, P. (2024). The Social Cure Properties of Groups Across Cultures: Groups Provide More Support but Have Stronger Norms and Are Less Curative in Relationally Immobile Societies. Social Psychological and Personality Science, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241230847

 

Hopkins-Doyle, A., Patterson, A. L., Leach, S., Zibell H., Chobthamkit, P., Rahim, S. B. A., Blake, J., Bosco, C., Cherrie-Ress, K., Beadle, A., Cock, V., Greer, H., Jankowska, A., Macdonald, K., English, A. S., Yeung, V. W. L., Asano, R., Beattie, P., Bernardo, A. B. I., ... & , Sutton, R. M. (2023). The Misandry Myth: An Inaccurate Stereotype About Feminists’ Attitudes Toward Men. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 48(1), 8-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843231202708

 

Zhou, X., English, A. S., Kulich, S. J., Zheng, L., Alves, T., Aquino, S. D., Batić Očovaj, S., Belen, H., Biddle, A., Boonroungrut, C., Campos, A. F. L., Castro, R., Chettiar, C., Chobthamkit, P., Cowden, R. G., Dubrov, D., F. Falavarjani, M.,  Farid, T., Geeraert, N., ... Zhang, X. (2024). COVID-19 cases correlates with greater acceptance coping in flexible cultures: A cross-cultural study in 26 countries. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12919. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12919

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Douglas, K. M., Sutton, R. M., Van Lissa, C. J.., Stroebe, W., Kreienkamp, J., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., Bernardo, A. B. I., Buttrick, N. R., ... & Leander, N. P. (2023). Identifying important individual- and country-level predictors of conspiracy theorizing: A machine learning analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(6), 1191-1203. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2968

Enea, V., Eisenbeck, N., Carreño, D. F., Douglas, K. M., Sutton, R. M., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., Bernardo, A. B. I., ... & Leander, N. P. (2023). Intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19: The role of prosociality and conspiracy beliefs across 20 countries. Health Communication, 38(8), 1530-1539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.2018179

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Han, Q., Zheng, B., Cristea, M., Agostini, M., Belanger, J. J., Gutzkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., Buttrick, N. R., Chobthamkit, P., Choi, H., ... & Leander, N. P. (2023). Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine, 53, 149-159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721001306

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Lun, V. M.-C., Smith, P. B., Grigoryan, L., Torres, C., Papastylianou, D., Lopukhova, O. G., Sunar, D., Easterbrook, M. J., Koc, Y., Selim, H. A., Chobthamkit, P., Chaleeraktrakoon, T., Gul, P., Floriano, L. P., Diaz-Loving, R., Kwantes, C. T., Yuki, M., Ogusu, N., … & Hakobjanyan, A. (2023). Need for approval from others and face concerns as predictors of interpersonal conflict outcome in 29 cultural groups. International Journal of Psychology, 53(6), 1191-1203. http://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12895

 

Sequeira, L. D., Kamble, S. V., Chobthamkit, P., & Sutton, R. (2023). Belief in Karma and System Justification among Indian Adults. Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(4), 467-469.

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Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Stieger, S., Aavik, T., Ranjabar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Al Halbusi, H., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvares-Solas, S., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., ... & Voracek, M. (2023). Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age. Body Image, 46, 449-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010
 

Wattanakit, M., Fao-euat, A., Pornsiripak, V., Promyam, N,, Jaengsawang, P., & Chobthamkit, P. (2023). ความกตัญญูเป็นเครื่องหมายของคนดี?ผลกระทบของความกตัญญูและผู้มีบุญคุณที่มีต่อความตั้งใจในการรับสินบน [Gratitude is the symbol of good people? The effects of gratitude and benefactor on bribery intention]. Journal of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University/วารสารศิลปศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, 23(3), 512-527. https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/liberalarts/article/view/265900

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Westgate, E. C., Buttrick, N. R., Lin, Y., El Helou, G., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Abdul Khaiyom, J. H., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Berisha Kida, E., Bernardo, A. B. I., Chobthamkit, P., ... & Leander, N. P., R. (2023). Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries. Emotion. 23(8), 2370-2384. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001118

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Chobthamkit, P. (2022). ความเชื่อสมคบคิดในภาวะการระบาดระดับโลกของโรคโควิด-19: ที่มา ผลลัพธ์ทางสังคม และแนวทางการรับมือกับความเชื่อสมคบคิด [Conspiracy beliefs during COVID-19 pandemic: Antecedents, social consequences, and guidelines on dealing with conspiracy beliefs]. Journal of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University/วารสารศิลปศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, 22(3), 511-527. https://doi.org/10.14456/lartstu.2022.52

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Chobthamkit, P., Sutton, R. M., Uskul, A. K., & Chaleeraktrakoon, T. (2022). Personal versus general belief in a just world, Karma, and well-being: Evidence from Thailand and the UK. Social Justice Research, 35(3), 296-317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-022-00393-4

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Jonason, P. K., Czerwiński, S. K., Tobaldo, F., Ramos-Diaz, J., Adamovic, M., Adams, B. G., Ardi, R., Bălțătescu, S., Cha, Y. S., Chobthamkit, P., El-Astal, S., Gundolf, K., Jukić, T., Knezović, E., Liik, K., Maltby, J., Mamuti, A., Milfont, T. L., Moreta-Herrera, R., ... & Sedikides, C. (2022). Milieu effects on the Dark Triad traits and their sex differences in 49 countries. Personality and Individual Differences, 197, 111796. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111796

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Keng, S. L., Stanton, M. V., Haskins, L. B., Almenara, C. A., Ickovics, J., Jones, A., Grigsby-Toussaint, D., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Lemay Jr., E. P., vanDellen, M. R., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., ... & Leander, P. (2022). COVID-19 stressors and health behaviors: A multilevel longitudinal study across 86 countries. Preventive Medicine Reports, 27, 101764. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101764

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Lucas, T., Manning, M., Strelan, P., Kopetz, C., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Leander, N. P., & PsyCorona Collaboration. (2022). Justice beliefs and cultural values predict support for COVID-19 vaccination and quarantine behavioral mandates: a multilevel cross-national study. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 12(2), 284-290. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibab153

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Mula, S., Di Santo, D., Resta, E., Bakhtiari, F., Baldner, C., Molinario, E., Pierro, A., Gelfand, M. J., Denison, E., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., ... & Leander, P. (2022). Concern with COVID-19 pandemic threat and attitudes towards immigrants: The mediating effect of the desire for tightness. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3, 100028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2021.100028

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Resta, E., Mula, S., Baldner, C., Di Santo, D., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., Bernardo, A. B. I., Buttrick, N. R., ... & Leander, N. P. (2022). ‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 32(2), 332-347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.2572

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Sawicki, A. J., Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M., Balcerowska, J. M., Sawicka M. J., Piotrowski J., Sedikides, C., Jonason P. K., Maltby, J., Adamovic, M., Agada M. G., Ahmed, O., Al-Shawaf, L., Appiah, S. C. Y., Ardi, R., Babakr, Z.H., Bălțătescu, S., Bonato, M., Cowden, R. G., Chobthamkit, P., … Zand, S. (2022). The fear of COVID-19 scale: its structure and measurement invariance across 48 countries. Psychological Assessment, 34(3), 294–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0001102

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Schumpe, B. M., van Lissa, C. J., Bélanger, J. J., Ruggeri, K., Mierau, J., Nisa, C. F., Molinario, E., Stamkou, E., Gelfand, M. J., Stroebe, W., Agostini, M.,  Gützkow, B., Jerominus, B. F., Kreienkamp, J., Kutlaca, M., Lemay Jr, E. P., Reitsama, A., van Dellen, M. R., Abakoumkin, G.,   … & Leander, N. P. (2022). Predictors of adherence to public health behaviors for fighting COVID-19 derived from longitudinal data. Scientific Reports, 12, 3824. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04703-9

 

van Breen, J. A., Kutlaca, M., Koc, Y., Jerominus, B. F., Reitsema, A. M., Jovanović, V., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., ... & & Leander, N. P. (2022). Lockdown lives: A longitudinal study of inter-relationships among feelings of loneliness, social contacts, and solidarity during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(9), 1315-1330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01461672211036602

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van Lissa,  Stroebe, W., vanDellen, M. R., Leander, N. P., Agostini, M., Draws, T., Grygoryshyn, A., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Vetter, C. S., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., ... & Bélanger, J. J.,(2022). Using machine learning to identify important predictors of COVID-19 infection prevention behaviors during the early phase of the pandemic. Patterns, 3(4), 100482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2022.100482

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Han, Q., Zheng, B., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Reitsema, A. M., van Breen, J. A., PsyCorona Collaboration, & Leander, N. P. (2021). Associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with emotion and mental health during the pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders, 284, 247-255. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.049

  

Jin, S., Balliet, D., Romano, A., Spadaro, G., Van Lissa, C. J., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., PsyCorona Collaboration, & Leander, N. P. (2021). Intergenerational conflicts of interest and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, 110535. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110535

 

Nisa, C. F., Belanger, J. J., Faller, D. G., Buttrick, N. R., Mierau, J. O., Austin, M., Schumpe, B. M., Sasin, E.M., Agostini, M., Gutzkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., ... & Leander, N. P. (2021). Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk. Scientific Reports, 11, 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88314-4

 

Romano, A., Giuliana Spadaro, G., Balliet, D, Joireman, J., Van Lissa, C., Jin, S., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., PsyCorona Collaboration, & Leander, N. P. (2021). Cooperation and Trust Across Societies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(7), 622-642. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022120988913

 

Stroebe, W., vanDellen, M. R., Abakoumkin, G., Lemay, Jr., E. P., Schiavone, W., Agostini, M.,Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Keller, A. C., Kreienkamp, J., Reitsema, A. M., Abdul Khaiyom, J. H., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Kurapov, A.,  Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., ... & Leander, N. P. & Leander, N. P. (2021). Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence. PLoS One, 16(10), e0256740. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256740

 

Jonason, P., Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M., Piotrowski, J., Sedikides, C., Campbell, W. K., Gebauer, J., Maltby, J., Adams, B., Kadiyono, A., Atitsogbe, K., Bundhoo, H., Bălțătescu, S., Bilić, S., Brulin, J., Chobthamkit, P., Del Carmen Dominquez, A., Dragova-Koleva, S., El-Astal, S., Estaves, C.,  ... & Yahiiaev, I. (2020). Country-level correlates of the dark triad traits in 49 countries. Journal of Personality, 88(6), 1252-1267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12569

 

Leander, N. P., Lemay Jr, E. P., & Jeronimus, B. F., Keller, A. C., & PsyCorona Collaboration (2020). Towards a Globally Collaborative Behavioral Science: An Organizational Approach from Pandemic Psychology. ISSBDBulletin, 2(78), 2-5.

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Smith, P. B., Easterbrook, M. J., Koc, Y., Lun, V. M. C., Gul, P., Papastylianou, D., Grigoyan, L., Torres, C., Efremova, M., Hassan, B., Abbas, A., Ahmad, A. H., al-Bayati, A., Selim, A. H., Anderson, J., Cross, S. E., Delfino, G. I., Gamsakhurdia, V., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., ... & Chobthamkit, P. (2020). Is an Emphasis on Dignity, Honor and Face more an Attribute of Individuals or of Cultural Groups?. Cross-Cultural Research, 1069397120979571. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069397120979571

 

Smith, P. B., Easterbrook, M. J., al-Selim, H., Lun, V. M. C., Koc, Y., Gul, P., Papastylianou, D., Grigoyan, L., Torres, C., Efremova, M., Hassan, B., Ahmad, A. H., al-Bayati, A., Anderson, J., Cross, S. E., Delfino, G. I., Gamsakhurdia, V., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., ... & Chobthamkit, P. (2020). Sex Differences in Self-Construal and in Depressive Symptoms: Predictors of Cross-National Variation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51(7-8), 616-635. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022120939655

 

Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Barron, D., Afhami, R., Aimé, A., Almenara, C. A., Alp Dal, N., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Anjum, G., Argyrides, M, Atari, M., Aziz, M., Banai, B., Borowiec, J., Brewis, A., Cakir Kocak, Y., Campos, J. A. D. B., Carmona, C., ... & Voracek, M. (2020). The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations. Body Image, 32, 199-217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.01.006

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Raphiphatthana, B., Jose, P. E., & Chobthamkit, P. (2019). The association between mindfulness and grit: an east vs. west cross-cultural comparison. Mindfulness, 10(1), 146-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-018-0961-9

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Becker, M., Vignoles, V. L., Owe, E., Easterbrook, M. J., Brown, R., Smith, P. B., Abuhamdeh, S., Cendales Ayala, B., Garðarsdóttir, R. B., Torres, A., Camino, L., Bond, M. H., Nizharadze, G., Amponsah, B., Schweiger Gallo,I.,  Prieto Gil, P., Lorente Clemares, R., Campara, G., Espinosa, A., ..., & Lay, S. (2018). Being oneself through time: Bases of self-continuity across 55 cultures. Self and Identity, 17(3), 276-293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2017.1330222

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Taesilapasathit, C. & Chobthamkit, P. (2017). โทษประหารชีวิตในมุมมองเชิงจิตวิทยาและพฤติกรรมศาสตร์ [Death penalty in the psychological and behavioral science perspectives]. Journal of Behavioral Science/วารสารพฤติกรรมศาสตร์, 23(1), 225-238.

 

Smith, P. B., Ahmad, A. H., Owe, E., Celikkol, G., Ping, H., Gavrieluc, A., Chobthamkit, P., Rizwan, M., Chen, S. X., Teh, H. B., & Vignoles, V. L. (2016).  Nation-level moderators of the extent to which self-efficacy and relationship harmony predict student depression and life satisfaction: Evidence from ten cultures. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, 47(6), 818-834. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022116648210

 

Smith, P. B., Vignoles, V. L., Becker, M., Owe, E., Easterbrook, M., Brown, R., Bourguignon, D., Garðarsdóttir, R. B., Kreuzbauer, R., Cendales Ayala, B., Yuki, M., Jianxin, Z., Lv, S., Chobthamkit, P., Jaafar, J. L., Fischer, R., Milfont, T. L., Gavreliuc, A., Baguma, P., ..., & Harb, C. (2016).  Individual and culture-level components of survey response styles: a multi-level analysis using cultural models of selfhood. International Journal of Psychology, 51(6), 453-463. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12293

 

Vignoles, V. L., Owe, E., Becker, M., Smith, P. B., Easterbrook, M., Brown., R., González, R., Didier, N., Carrasco, D., Cadena, M. P., Lay, S., Schwartz, S. J., Des Rosiers, S. E., Villamar, J. A., Gavreliuc, A., Zinkeng, M., Kreuzbauer, R., Baguma, P., Martin, M., ..., & Bond, M. H. (2016). Beyond the ‘East-West’ dichotomy: Global variation in cultural models of selfhood. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145(8), 966-1000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0000175

 

Owe, E., Vignoles, V. L., Becker, M., Brown, R., Smith, P. B., Lee, S. W. S., Easterbrook, M., Gadre, T., Zhang, X., Gheorghiu, M., Baguma, P., Tatarko, A., Aldhafri. S., Zinkeng., M., Schwartz, S. J., Des Rosiers, S. E., Villamar, J., Mekonnen, K. H., Regalia, C., ..., & Jalal, B. (2013).  Contextualism as an Important Facet of Individualism-Collectivism: Personhood Beliefs across 37 National Groups. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, 44(1), 24-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022111430255