From ancient time, Homo sapiens moved around in search of a better life. Although the
development of agriculture and industrialization no longer necessitates frequently moving to …

Highlights•Human societies are variable: interpersonal relationships and group
memberships can be flexible or fixed.•This variability in ecological relational mobility affects …

Biologists and social scientists have long tried to understand why some societies have more
fluid and open interpersonal relationships and how those differences influence culture. This …

Decolonial approaches consider modernity in terms of its inherent “dark side”, coloniality:
ways of thinking, feeling, and being associated with European global domination. We apply …

This article reviews how behaviors and psychological tendencies in close relationships differ
between cultures, and proposes a socioecological framework to understand those …

Like other group-living species, humans often cooperate more with an in-group member
than with out-group members and strangers. Greater in-group favoritism should imply that …

We hypothesized that individuals in cultures typified by lower levels of relational mobility
would tend to show more attention to the surrounding social and physical context (ie, holistic …

Despite a substantial body of literature on pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs), there has
been an overlook of whether and how broader social contexts (relational mobility in …

Extending past research on implicit theories of romantic relationships into a general
interpersonal relationship domain, this research examined the sociocultural causes and …

Previous studies have shown that economic inequality is associated with macrosocial
outcomes and psychological processes. However, the role of economic inequality in social …