TY - JOUR

T1 - Cultural contributors to negative emotionality: A multilevel analysis from the Joint Effort Toddler Temperament Consortium

AU - Desmarais, Eric E.

AU - French, Brian F.

AU - Ahmetoglu, Emine

AU - Acar, Ibrahim

AU - Gonzalez-Salinas, Carmen

AU - Kozlova, Elena

AU - Slobodskaya, Helena

AU - Benga, Oana

AU - Majdandžić, Mirjana

AU - Beijers, Roseriet

AU - de Weerth, Carolina

AU - Huitron, Blanca

AU - Lee, Eun Gyoung

AU - Han, Sae Young

AU - Park, Seong Yeon

AU - Giusti, Lorenzo

AU - Montirosso, Rosario

AU - Tuovinen, Soile

AU - Heinonen, Kati

AU - Raikkonen, Katri

AU - Wang, Zhengyan

AU - Lecannelier, Felipe

AU - Linhares, Maria Beatriz Martins

AU - Casalin, Sara

AU - Putnam, Samuel P.

AU - Gartstein, Maria A.

N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: We are grateful for the funding provided by the WSU College of Arts and Sciences 2014 Berry Family Faculty Excellence Award to Maria A. Gartstein. The contribution of Rosario Montirosso was partially supported by Italian Ministry of Health, Ricerca Corrente 2014-2015. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021.

PY - 2021/11

Y1 - 2021/11

N2 - This study advances the cross-cultural temperament literature by comparing temperament ratings of toddlers from 14 nations. Multilevel modeling (MLM) procedures were utilized to regress negative emotionality (NE) and component subscales on Hofstede’s cultural value dimensions while controlling for age and gender. More individualistic values were associated with lower NE, and component discomfort, fear, motor activity, perceptual sensitivity, and soothability scales. The discomfort subscale was negatively associated with power distance and positively associated with masculine cultural values. Higher ratings of shyness were related to a more long-term cultural orientation. Results illustrate the feasibility of an MLM approach to cross-cultural research and provide a new perspective on the intersection of culture and temperament development. Limitations and future implications are discussed.

AB - This study advances the cross-cultural temperament literature by comparing temperament ratings of toddlers from 14 nations. Multilevel modeling (MLM) procedures were utilized to regress negative emotionality (NE) and component subscales on Hofstede’s cultural value dimensions while controlling for age and gender. More individualistic values were associated with lower NE, and component discomfort, fear, motor activity, perceptual sensitivity, and soothability scales. The discomfort subscale was negatively associated with power distance and positively associated with masculine cultural values. Higher ratings of shyness were related to a more long-term cultural orientation. Results illustrate the feasibility of an MLM approach to cross-cultural research and provide a new perspective on the intersection of culture and temperament development. Limitations and future implications are discussed.

KW - Cross-cultural

KW - cultural values

KW - early childhood

KW - negative emotionality

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85110965439&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/01650254211020128

DO - 10.1177/01650254211020128

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85110965439

VL - 45

SP - 545

EP - 552

JO - International Journal of Behavioral Development

JF - International Journal of Behavioral Development

SN - 0165-0254

IS - 6

ER -