Canberra, May 27 (ANI): Cross-cultural psychologists have claimed that a society with a history of threats like wars or natural disasters is more likely to tightly control the behaviour of its people than other societies.
The report compiled by Professor Yoshi Kashima of the University of Melbourne and colleagues has revealed that some countries tolerate deviation from the norm of social behaviour more than others, ABC News reports.
According to one theory developed by an anthropologist named Pelto in the 1960s, cultures that tightly control social behaviour develop from exposure to particular environments.
When the researchers tried to find results on those lines, they discovered that a culture that has had to deal with a higher number of wars, natural disasters and other large-scale threats, might limit people's behaviour over the period of time.
"Nations facing these particular challenges are predicted to develop strong norms and have low tolerance of deviant behaviour to enhance order and social coordination to effectively deal with such threats," write the researchers in their article," the report said.
"Nations with few ecological and human-made threats, by contrast, have a much lower need for order and social coordination, affording weaker social norms and much more latitude," it added.
The study is based on the survey of nearly 7000 people from 33 countries in five continents, except Africa.
"Tightness is how tightly social behaviour is controlled or regulated," Kashima added.
From the survey they developed tightness scores ranging from a low of 1.6 for the "loose" Ukraine and 12.3 for the "tight" Pakistan.
Australia came in at the loose end of the spectrum at 4.4, not as tight as the US, at 5.1, or the UK, which had a score of 6.9, slightly tighter than France. (ANI)
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