Horizontal/Vertical-Individualism/Collectivism Scale (Singelis, Triandis, Bhawuk, & Gelfand, 1995) was administered to 350 students at the University of the Air. The results showed that the participants consistently scored higher on the two horizontal scales (i.e., the horizontal individualism scale and the horizontal collectivism scale) compared to the two vertical scales. The fact that the same result was obtained regardless of whether the participants were categorized by sex, metropolitan or non-metropolitan locations, or by their age range suggests that this may be a robust tendency among Japanese people. Differences between males and females were detected in vertical individualism scale and horizontal individualism scale, whereas differences between various age ranges were detected in horizontal collectivism scale. In vertical collectivism scale, differences between males and females as well as differences between various age ranges were detected. No differences were found between participants of metropolitan and non-metropolitan locations in any of the four scales. An interaction between metropolitan/non-metropolitan locations and age range was found horizontal individualism scale, whereas an interaction between male/female and age range was found in horizontal collectivism scale. The result that the participants scored higher on the two horizontal scales is similar to the findings from previous studies conducted with the same scale items and different participants, thereby casting doubts again on the taken-for-granted notion of Japan as a collectivistic society.
雑誌名
放送大学研究年報
巻
24
ページ
93 - 100
発行年
2007-03-31
ISSN
0911-4505
書誌レコードID
AN10019636
放送大学機関リポジトリとは
放送大学機関リポジトリ（The Open University of Japan Repository）では、放送大学で生産された学術成果を収集・蓄積し、広く公開しています。
縦型/横型─個人主義/集団主義の性差・地域差・年齢差について : 放送大学生の場合
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