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A Socioecological-Genetic Framework of Culture and Personality: Their Roots, Trends, and Interplay
- Jackson G. Lu1, Verónica Benet-Martínez2,3, and Laura Changlan Wang1
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; email: [email protected][email protected] 2Department of Political and Social Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain; email: [email protected] 3Catalonian Institution for Advanced Research and Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
- Vol. 74:363-390 (Volume publication date January 2023) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-032420-032631
- First published as a Review in Advance on September 13, 2022
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Culture and personality are two central topics in psychology. Individuals are culturally influenced influencers of culture, yet the research linking culture and personality has been limited and fragmentary. We integrate the literatures on culture and personality with recent advances in socioecology and genetics to formulate the Socioecological-Genetic Framework of Culture and Personality. Our framework not only delineates the mutual constitution of culture and personality but also sheds light on (a) the roots of culture and personality, (b) how socioecological changes partly explain temporal trends in culture and personality, and (c) how genes and culture/socioecology interact to influence personality (i.e., nature × nurture interactions). By spotlighting the roles of socioecology and genetics, our integrative framework advances the understanding of culture and personality.
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