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Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Attitudes, Values and Social Axioms

A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Psychology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 January 2027 | Viewed by 2275

Editors

Prof. Dr. Gari Aikaterini

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School of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece
Interests: values; attitudes; stereotypes; social axioms; attitudes towards high ability; giftedness identification beliefs
Dr. Penny Panagiotopoulou

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Department of Educational Sciences and Social Work, University of Patras, 26504 Patra, Greece
Interests: self concept; well being; social axioms; values

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Special Issue is to explore how social axioms, attitudes and values interact with and define individual behavior in all aspects of life as it stands within the current turmoil due to the constant shifting of environmental, societal, economic, political and personal demands, at the individual and cultural level.

Based on one’s ability and tendencies, it is assumeed that an individual will to apply their personal assets in the pursuit of an optimal way of life, while managing both environmental and personal constraints, so that everyone involved may experience positive outcomes within various social and cultural surroundings. Life satisfaction, well-being, personal thriving, psychological flexibility, self-awareness and self-efficacy entail the perception of achieving valued goals while interacting with any given social and cultural setting. What is valued and needed for any individual varies over time and across social/cultural situations. The cognitive interplay between the subjectively perceived environmental and personal constraints is critical to the methods applied in meeting one’s goals. Given that valued goals are socially and culturally embedded and undergo severe alterations, it is crucial to take into consideration cultural, as well as the cross cultural, perspectives on the matter.

This Special Issue addresses how much—if any—personal values and social axioms contribute to the persuit of an optimal way of life, as well as what indivuals value as optimal, so that a “win-win” outcome may be reached, without harming others. We expect to shed some light on the choices people make when it comes to their academic, professional, social, political, personal and familial choices. By considering what is thought of as constructing, gratifying and valued, we hope to contribute to inhibiting the climbing percentage of NEETs (not in education, employment or training) and amount of aggression seen among adolescents.

Prof. Dr. Gari Aikaterini
Dr. Penny Panagiotopoulou
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • attitudes
  • values
  • social axioms
  • life satisfaction
  • well-being
  • self-efficacy
  • self-awareness
  • self-construal
  • psychological flexibility
  • personal thriving
  • cultural dimensions
  • cross-cultural dimensions

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Differential Effect of Perceived Social Mobility on Sense of Gain
by Miao Lv, Yingxu Hou and Qing Yang
Behav. Sci. 2026, 16(7), 1141; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16071141 - 7 Jul 2026
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The subjective assessment of social mobility opportunities plays an important role in shaping individuals’ psychological experiences and social mentality. Drawing on the hierarchical structure theory of social mentality, this study examines how perceived social mobility influences sense of gain and identifies the underlying [...] Read more.
The subjective assessment of social mobility opportunities plays an important role in shaping individuals’ psychological experiences and social mentality. Drawing on the hierarchical structure theory of social mentality, this study examines how perceived social mobility influences sense of gain and identifies the underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions. The findings indicate the following: (1) Perceived social mobility positively predicts the sense of gain. (2) Social trust mediates the positive relationship between perceived social mobility and sense of gain, and this indirect effect is significant under high perceived social mobility but not significant under low perceived social mobility. (3) Subjective social status moderates the association between low perceived social mobility and social trust. The negative association between low perceived social mobility and social trust shows a tendency to be more pronounced among individuals with low subjective social status. These findings support an integrative model of “cognitive foundation—relational connection—emotional feedback”, providing a stratified pathway for guiding and empowering people’s sense of gain. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Attitudes, Values and Social Axioms)
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Life Satisfaction as Related to Personal Values and Self-Evaluation Dimensions in a Greek Adult Population
by Aikaterini Gari and Kostas Mylonas
Behav. Sci. 2026, 16(7), 1083; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16071083 - 1 Jul 2026
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This study investigates life satisfaction in Greek adults and its association with personal values (PVQ-RR), religiosity, and self-evaluation dimensions, such as general self-efficacy, metacognitive dimensions of general self-efficacy, and four personality dispositions following Rohner’s Interpersonal Acceptance–Rejection Theory (IPARTheory). Data were collected online (N [...] Read more.
This study investigates life satisfaction in Greek adults and its association with personal values (PVQ-RR), religiosity, and self-evaluation dimensions, such as general self-efficacy, metacognitive dimensions of general self-efficacy, and four personality dispositions following Rohner’s Interpersonal Acceptance–Rejection Theory (IPARTheory). Data were collected online (N = 706 adults, 72.4% females). The mean age was 28.27 (SD = 12.06), while 74.10% of the participants reported currently staying in urban locations; 66.3% were students, and 43% were married or in a relationship. The main aims were to: (a) identify the structure of personal values in conjunction with religiosity, self-evaluation measures, personality dispositions (negative self-esteem, negative self-adequacy, emotional instability, and negative worldview), and life satisfaction and (b) examine the causal pathways from self-evaluation measures and religiosity to life satisfaction, mediated by higher-order personal values and co-existing personality dispositions. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the structure for the higher-order personal value dimensions—Self-Transcendence, Self-Enhancement, Openness to Change, and Conservation—as combined with single constructs for personality dispositions and self-evaluation. Further results indicated a small partial mediating effect of the higher-order values of Self-Transcendence and Self-Enhancement on the relationship between general self-efficacy and life satisfaction. A religiosity–life satisfaction relation was also mediated through the Self-Transcendence higher-order value. Full article
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The ‘Conceptual Distance Effect’ in the Causal Effects Under Experimental Manipulation Between Attitude and Stereotype
by Yang Yang, Xue Bai, Jiejie Liao, Yujie Chen and Lei Mo
Behav. Sci. 2026, 16(2), 287; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16020287 - 17 Feb 2026
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Understanding how attitudes and stereotypes influence each other is central to social cognition, yet prior findings have been inconsistent, with some indicating strong connections and others suggesting separation. To help explain these discrepancies, we introduce the construct of conceptual distance, defined as the [...] Read more.
Understanding how attitudes and stereotypes influence each other is central to social cognition, yet prior findings have been inconsistent, with some indicating strong connections and others suggesting separation. To help explain these discrepancies, we introduce the construct of conceptual distance, defined as the evaluative proximity between attitude objects and stereotypical trait dimensions (e.g., warmth, morality, competence). Across four experiments, we first measured conceptual distance using a forced-choice task that estimated how closely each trait dimension aligns with positive or negative valence. We then tested whether the strength of causal effects between attitudes and stereotypes corresponds to these distances. Attitudes or stereotypes were manipulated using evaluative conditioning (EC), and their effects were measured through either explicit self-report ratings or Implicit Association Tests (IATs). Results consistently showed stronger causal effects for stereotype dimensions that were evaluatively closer to attitudes (warmth and morality) than for more distant ones (competence). These findings offer initial evidence for a correspondence between conceptual distance and the strength of experimentally induced influence. The study contributes to theories of causal cognition and social representation, and offers implications for designing interventions that aim to reduce stereotype-based bias and promote more flexible social inferences. Full article
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