2024/03/19 by Xian Zhao, Omri Gillath, Itziar Alonso‐Arbiol +21 · 1 voice
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Cultural Differences and Values #Social Capital and Networks
paper · doi:10.1177/02654075241237939
openalex publication_date 2024/03/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Drawing on the literature on person-culture fit, we investigated how culture (assessed as national-level familism), personality (tapped by attachment styles) and their interactions predicted social network characteristics in 21 nations/areas ( N = 2977). Multilevel mixed modeling showed that familism predicted smaller network size but greater density, tie strength, and multiplexity. Attachment avoidance predicted smaller network size, and lower density, tie strength, and multiplexity. Attachment anxiety was related to lower density and tie strength. Familism enhanced avoidance’s association with network size and reduced its association with density, tie strength, and multiplexity. Familism also enhanced anxiety’s association with network size, tie strength, and multiplexity. These findings contribute to theory building on attachment and culture, highlight the significance of culture by personality interaction for the understanding of social networks, and call attention to the importance of sampling multiple countries.