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NCT Number: NCT03429725

Increasing Individualism and Collectivism

An online survey is conducted on MTurk populations from India and USA. Participants were assigned either a condition with primes of individualism or one with primes of collectivism, before responding to a scale on culture and indicating details of their demographics.

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Key information

Conditions

Individual Difference

Age range

21 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Yale-NUS College

Singapore, 138527

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • above age 21

Exclusion criteria

  • below age 21
  • not able to make decisions for self

Treatment and study plan

Online prime (statements writing)

Other

Participants to write statements describing themselves or their similarities to their community.

Online prime (circling)

Other

Participants to circle either pronouns denoting themselves or pronouns denoting others.

Online prime (Sumarian Warrior)

Other

Participants read a passage which described the factors that led to his success in a war.

Online prime (all)

Other

Participants wrote statements, circled pronouns, as well as read the Sumarian Warrior passage.

Primary outcomes

  1. Higher collectivism or individualism level

    Time frame: 10 minutes

    Individualism and collectivism levels will be measured by Triandis & Gelfand (1998)'s "Culture Orientation Scale". This is a 16-item scale designed to measure: 1) Vertical Collectivism (VC) - seeing the self as a part of a collective and accepting hierarchy and inequality within that collective; 2) Vertical Individualism (VI) - seeing the self as fully autonomous, but recognizing and accepting the existence of inequality; 3) Horizontal Collectivism (HC) - seeing the self as part of a collective but viewing all the members of that collective as equal counterparts; and 4) Horizontal Individualism (HI) - seeing the self as fully autonomous, and believing in equality amongst individuals.

    All items are answered on a 5-point scale, ranging from 1= never or definitely no and 5 = always or definitely yes. Each dimension's items are summed up separately to create a VC, VI, HC, and HI score to reflect the level of collectivism and individualism in the sampled group.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yale-NUS College

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Increasing Individualism or Collectivism on Amazon Mechanical Turk Participants

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Feb 12, 2018
Registry last updated
Feb 13, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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