RT Journal Article
T1 Trust matters: a cross-cultural comparison of Northern Ghana and Oaxaca groups.
A1 Acedo-Carmona, Cristina
A1 Gomila Benejam, Antoni
K1 Cooperación (Psicología)
K1 Confianza - Aspectos sociales
K1 Psicología social
AB A cross-cultural analysis of trust andd cooperation networks in Northern Ghana (NGHA) and Oaxaca (OAX) was carried out by means of ego networks and interviews. These regions were chosen because both are inhabited by several ethnic groups, thus prividing a good opportunity to test the cultural group selectio hypothesis. Against the predictions of this approach, we found that in both regions cooperation is grounded in personal trust groups, and that social cohesion depends on these emotional bonds. Moreover, in apreement with Fiske's notion of "evolved proclivities", we also found two distinct kinds of trust networks, one for each region, which vary in terms of the degree of ethnic interrelation. This pattern suggests that social cohesion increases when environmental resources are scarce.
PB Frontiers
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37915
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37915
LA eng
NO Acedo-Carmona, C. y Gomila, A. Trust matters: a cross-cultural comparison of Northern Ghana and Oaxaca groups. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, pp. 1-14, ISSN: 1664-1078.
NO Proyecto “Evolució i cognició humana (EvoCog)”, nº 17/2011, financiado por la Conselleria d'Innovació, Interior i Justícia de las Islas Baleares. Proyecto “La naturaleza moral y estética humana”, nº FFI2010-20759, financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España.Proyecto “Las bases intersubjetivas de la moralidad humana”, nº FFI2013-44007-P, financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España.Beca FPU-Formación del Profesorado Universitario, nº AP2009-3369, financiada por el Ministerio de Educación de España.
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