The Social Cure Properties of Groups Across Cultures: Groups Provide More Support but Have Stronger Norms and Are Less Curative in Relationally Immobile Societies

Matthew J. Easterbrook; Lusine Grigoryan; Peter B. Smith; Yasin Koc; Vivian Miu Chi Lun; Dona Papastylianou; Claudio Torres; Maria Efremova; Bushra Hassan; Ammar Abbas; Heyla al-Selim; Joel Anderson; Susan E. Cross; Gisela Isabel Delfino; Vladimer Gamsakhurdia; Alin Gavreliuc; Dana Gavreliuc; Pelin Gul; Ceren Gunsoy; Anna Hakobjanyan; Siugmin Lay; Olga Lopukhova; Ping Hu; Diane Sunar; Maria Luisa Mendes Texeira; Doriana Tripodi; Paola Eunice Diaz Rivera; Masaki Yuki; Natsuki Ogusu; Catherine T. Kwantes; Rolando Diaz-Loving; Lorena Perez Floriano; Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon; Phatthanakit Chobthamkit

doi:10.1177/19485506241230847

The Social Cure Properties of Groups Across Cultures: Groups Provide More Support but Have Stronger Norms and Are Less Curative in Relationally Immobile Societies

Matthew J. Easterbrook^*, Lusine Grigoryan, Peter B. Smith, Yasin Koc, Vivian Miu Chi Lun, Dona Papastylianou, Claudio Torres, Maria Efremova, Bushra Hassan, Ammar Abbas, Heyla al-Selim, Joel Anderson, Susan E. Cross, Gisela Isabel Delfino, Vladimer Gamsakhurdia, Alin Gavreliuc, Dana Gavreliuc, Pelin Gul, Ceren Gunsoy, Anna HakobjanyanSiugmin Lay, Olga Lopukhova, Ping Hu, Diane Sunar, Maria Luisa Mendes Texeira, Doriana Tripodi, Paola Eunice Diaz Rivera, Masaki Yuki, Natsuki Ogusu, Catherine T. Kwantes, Rolando Diaz-Loving, Lorena Perez Floriano, Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit

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Abstract

We investigate whether the social cure properties of groups vary across cultures, testing hypotheses that the associations between multiple group memberships (MGM) and depressive symptoms will (a) be mediated by social support and uncomfortable normative pressures, and (b) vary systematically with sample-level relational mobility. Analyses of data from a survey (N = 5,174) conducted within k = 29 samples show that MGM is negatively associated with depressive symptoms, an association fully mediated by social support and uncomfortable normative pressures. In line with our theorizing, in samples with higher levels of relational mobility constraints, the association between MGM and depressive symptoms is weaker, the associations between MGM and social support and between MGM and normative pressures are stronger, and the association between social support and depressive symptoms weaker. The indirect link between MGM and depressive symptoms via social support is significant at both low and high levels of relational mobility constraints.

Original language	English
Number of pages	12
Journal	Social Psychological and Personality Science
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241230847
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 22 Feb 2024

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The work of Olga Lopukhova was supported by the Kazan Federal University Strategic Academic Leadership Program (PRIORITY-2030). Lusine Grigoryan work on this project was supported by DFG individual grant #464524346.

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culture and self
depression
group processes
social support

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Easterbrook, M. J., Grigoryan, L., Smith, P. B., Koc, Y., Lun, V. M. C., Papastylianou, D., Torres, C., Efremova, M., Hassan, B., Abbas, A., al-Selim, H., Anderson, J., Cross, S. E., Delfino, G. I., Gamsakhurdia, V., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., Gul, P., Gunsoy, C., ... Chobthamkit, P. (2024). The Social Cure Properties of Groups Across Cultures: Groups Provide More Support but Have Stronger Norms and Are Less Curative in Relationally Immobile Societies. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241230847

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