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reference-group effect: a standalone construct

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reference-groupeffect1 CONSTRUCTReference-group effectHEINE · CROSS-CULTURAL

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Cross-cultural psychology

the tendency of respondents to rate themselves relative to their own cultural peers, which can mask or reverse real cultural differences on Likert scales.

In cross-cultural psychology, reference-group effect refers to the tendency of respondents to rate themselves relative to their own cultural peers, which can mask or reverse real cultural differences on Likert scales. This meaning comes from Heine (2002) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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  1. Heine, S. J., Lehman, D. R., Peng, K., & Greenholtz, J. (2002). What's wrong with cross-cultural comparisons of subjective Likert scales?: The reference-group effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(6), 903-918. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.82.6.903

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