Where You Are Is Who You Are? The Geographical Account of Psychological Phenomena

Frontiers in Psychology

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Hao Chen¹  Kaisheng Lai²  Lingnan He³  Rongjun Yu⁴ 

[1] Department of Social Psychology, Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University;School of Journalism and Communication, Jinan University;School of Communication and Design, Sun Yat-sen University;Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore

关键词: geographical psychology;    personality;    cultural values;    big data;    well-being;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00536

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Geographical psychology aims to study the spatial distribution of psychological phenomenon at different levels of geographical analysis and their relations to macro-level important societal outcomes. The geographical perspective provides a new way of understanding interactions between humankind psychological processes and distal macro-environments. Studies have identified the spatial organizations of a wide range of psychological constructs, including (but not limited among) personality, individualism/collectivism, cultural tightness-looseness, and well-being; these variations have been plotted over a range of geographical units (e.g., neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries) and have been linked to a broad array of political, economic, social, public health, and other social consequences. Future research should employ multi-level analysis, taking advantage of more deliberated causality test methods and big data techniques, to further examine the emerging and evolving mechanisms of geographical differences in psychological phenomena.

【 授权许可】

CC BY