New research indicates that perceiving one’s social group as possessing inner spiritual strength can drive members to extreme ...

Countries vary greatly in the individualism they exhibit. Individualist societies emphasize autonomy, assertiveness, freedom and independence. Societies with a more collectivist bent, in which the ...

Individualism is characterized by self-reliance and loose ties between individuals, whereas collectivism is characterized by interdependence between individuals and the subordination of individual ...