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. 2018 Dec 21;9:2638. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02638

Table 6.

Hofstede’s cultural values and relationships with the SCS trait parameters.

Individualism Masculinity Power distance Long-term Uncertainty Indulgence
Country values
Brazil 38 49 69 44 76 59
Chile 23 28 63 31 86 68
Greece 35 57 60 45 100 50
Spain 51 42 57 48 86 44
United Kingdom 89 66 35 51 35 69
USA 91 62 40 26 46 68
Iran 41 43 58 14 59 40
Saudi Arabia 25 60 95 36 80 52
Egypt 25 45 70 7 80 4
Korea 18 39 60 100 85 29
Japan 46 95 54 88 92 42
Descriptive data
Mn 43.82 53.27 60.09 44.55 75.00 47.73
SD 25.00 17.89 15.78 28.21 20.01 19.48
Range 18–91 28–95 35–95 7–100 35–100 4–69
Parameter correlations
Positive -0.03 -0.06 -0.27 0.62 0.03 -0.13
Negative 0.40 0.38 -0.06 -0.05 0.29 0.30
Convergence 0.01 0.06 -0.17 0.56 0.55 -0.65

Analyses developed at the country level (n = 11), using Hofstede’s norms as input data of cultural values (Hofstede et al., 2010). Mn, Mean; SD, standard deviation; Range, lowest–highest values. Positive, percentage of SCS trait variance explained by positive items. Negative, percentage of SCS trait variance explained by negative items. Convergence, percentage of common variance among the SCS trait factors. Correlation values are Spearman’s coefficients. p < 0.05.