[APS 2025] Cultural Values and Social Discounting: Higher Collectivism is Associated with More Generosity toward Socially Distant Others

Abstract

We examined the association between individualism/collectivism and social discounting in a U.S. lifespan sample (N=510, Mage =51.44, 260 Females). Higher collectivism was significantly correlated with more generosity toward individuals and charities and a higher tendency to favor socially distant recipients, suggesting an association between cultural values and prosocial decisions.

Yi Lu/ 芦 旖

PhD Candidate of Developmental Psychology

I am interested in people’s aging process and age-related psychological changes in self-concepts and social relations.