Improving Research in the Emerging Field of Cross-Cultural Sociogenetics: The Case of Serotonin  

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Bond, Michael Harris ; Blagoev, Vesslin ; Minkov, Michael

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jcca) vol. 46 no. 3 (Apr. 2015), page 336-354.
Topik: Genes; Culture; Serotonin-transporter gene; 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms; Individualism; neurocticism; Long-term orientation; IQ; Cognition; Societal Hypometropia; Life-history strategy
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We offer a critical overview of studies associating genetic differences in the 5-HTTLPR VNTR in the serotonin-transporter gene with societal differences. We also highlight recent findings from individual-level research on 5-HTTLPR generating new hypotheses concerning the effect of genes on culture. We provide an expanded national index reflecting 5-HTTLPR S-allele prevalence as an improved tool for future research. Our preliminary tests of this tool suggest that national S-allele prevalence is not associated with individualism as has been claimed, but with national neuroticism, IQ and school achievement, Hofstede’s fifth dimension of long-term orientation, and Minkov’s societal hypometropia—a measure of risk acceptance and short-term vision in life history strategy. We encourage detailed research of these associations in future studies.

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