| Title: | Everyday norms have become more permissive over time and vary across cultures |
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| Authors: | ID Eriksson, Kimmo (Author)
ID Boštjančič, Eva (Author)
ID Lep, Žan (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00324-4
 PDF - Presentation file, download (4,29 MB)
MD5: 130CD5C3108983D4EADD86EF30F3697F
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  PI - Educational Research Institute
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| Abstract: | Every social situation that people encounter in their daily lives comes with a set of unwritten rules about what behavior is considered appropriate or inappropriate. These everyday norms can vary across societies: some societies may have more permissive norms in general or for certain behaviors, or for certain behaviors in specific situations. In a preregistered survey of 25,422 participants across 90 societies, we map societal differences in 150 everyday norms and show that they can be explained by how societies prioritize individualizing moral foundations such as care and liberty versus binding moral foundations such as purity. Specifically, societies with more individualistic morality tend to have more permissive norms in general (greater liberty) and especially for behaviors deemed vulgar (less purity), but they exhibit less permissive norms for behaviors perceived to have negative consequences in specific situations (greater care). By comparing our data with available data collected twenty years ago, we find a global pattern of change toward more permissive norms overall but less permissive norms for the most vulgar and inconsiderate behaviors. This study explains how social norms vary across behaviors, situations, societies, and time. |
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| Keywords: | social psychology, social norms, cross cultural studies, cross cultural differences |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.01.2025 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-14 |
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| Numbering: | [Vol.] 3, article no. ǂ145 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-24925  |
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| UDC: | 316.754 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2731-9121 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s44271-025-00324-4 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 258794755 |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Soavtorja iz Slovenije: Eva Boštjančič, Žan Lep;
Opis vira z dne 26. 11. 2025;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 29.12.2025 |
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| Views: | 424 |
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| Downloads: | 86 |
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