Nature Human Behaviour · 15 September 2026 · From issue 37

Defining collectivism as duties in relationships rather than generalized warmth improves predictive validity in 100 cultures

Asking about duty to family, not general warmth, reveals huge cultural differences that old surveys missed.

Thomas Talhelm, Liuqing Wei et al.

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