Evaluating the Individualism and Collectivism Scale for use in mainland China.
A Chinese translation of the 27-item Individualism and Collectivism Scale was administered in southern mainland China to 626 Chinese university students (210 men and 416 women) with a mean age of 19.9 yr. (SD = 1.5). From analysis of the responses to these items, the prior four factors, Horizontal Individualism, Vertical Individualism, Horizontal Collectivism, and Vertical Collectivism, did not clearly emerge in the Chinese sample. Further research on the viability of the scale and conceptualization of the horizontal and vertical distinction in the Chinese context is recommended.
Chen
Guo-Hai
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School of Management, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, PR China. mypeer2002@hotmail.com
D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires