The Influence of Individualism and Collectivism on Costa Rican Children, Adolescents and Young adults’ Decisions Facing Inequality in Resource Distribution

Abstract

ABSTRACT We examined how induced cultural orientation (individualist or collectivist) influences decisions in resource distribution in middle childhood (N = 166, M age = 9.85, SD = 0.96, females = 51.5%), early adolescence (N = 254, M age = 13.42, SD = 0.72, females = 50.8%) and young adults (N = 338, M age = 21.41, SD = 3.77, females = 46.4%), among Costa Rican samples. We found influence of induced individualism in rejection of highly unfair offers in the ultimatum game (9:1) in the three age groups and to a lesser degree among adolescents compared to children and adults.