Justicia distributiva, cultura y autoconcepto: comparación  entre España y Costa Rica

Desigualdad económica; Individualismo-colectivismo; Autoconcepto independiente e interdependiente
Economic inequality
Individualism-collectivism
Independent and interdependent self-concept

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Chaverri Chaves, P., & Fernández Sedano, I. (2025). Distributive Justice, Culture and Self-Concept: A Comparison between Spain and Costa Rica. Actualidades En Psicología, 39(138), 35–46. https://doi.org/10.15517/ap.v39i138.57198

Abstract

Objective. To analyze distributive justice in terms of cultural individualism-collectivism, as well as independent and interdependent self-perception. Method. The sample consisted of Spaniards and Costa Ricans (N = 859; M = 33.28; SD = 13.12 years; 37.9% were male and 62.1% female). Analysis of variance with post-hoc comparisons was performed to determine how the combination of cultural context and self-perception influences distributive justice operationalized with the ultimatum game. Results. Participants who live in a collectivist cultural context are more accepting of unequal proposals, while those with an independent self-perception reject the most unjust ones, and those who are interdependent and collectivist (vs. independent and individualistic) have less distributive justice.

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