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Comment
. 2024 May 13;14(1):10890.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-60465-0.

Differences in response-scale usage are ubiquitous in cross-country comparisons and a potential driver of elusive relationships

Esther Ulitzsch  1   2 , Mirka Henninger  3 , Thorsten Meiser  4
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Differences in response-scale usage are ubiquitous in cross-country comparisons and a potential driver of elusive relationships

Esther Ulitzsch et al. Sci Rep. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Illustration of differences in response styles on a nine-point rating scale item for three fictitious countries.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Unadjusted and adjusted love country means plotted against standardized human development index values. Gray bars give 95% credibility intervals of love country mean estimates. Blue superimposed lines give 50 posterior draws of the model-implied relationship between love country means and standardized human development index values. Note that y-axes differ in scale.
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  • Modernization, collectivism, and gender equality predict love experiences in 45 countries.
    Sorokowski P, Kowal M, Sternberg RJ, Aavik T, Akello G, Alhabahba MM, Alm C, Amjad N, Anjum A, Asao K, Atama CS, Atamtürk Duyar D, Ayebare R, Conroy-Beam D, Bendixen M, Bensafia A, Bizumic B, Boussena M, Buss DM, Butovskaya M, Can S, Carrier A, Cetinkaya H, Croy I, Cueto RM, Czub M, Dronova D, Dural S, Duyar I, Ertugrul B, Espinosa A, Estevan I, Esteves CS, Frackowiak T, Garduño JC, González KU, Guemaz F, Halamová M, Herak I, Horvat M, Hromatko I, Hui CM, Jaafar JL, Jiang F, Kafetsios K, Kavčič T, Kennair LEO, Kervyn N, Ha TTK, Khilji IA, Köbis NC, Kostic A, Lan HM, Láng A, Lennard GR, León E, Lindholm T, Linh TT, Lopez G, Van Luot N, Mailhos A, Manesi Z, Martinez R, McKerchar SL, Meskó N, Pejičić M, Misra G, Monaghan C, Mora EC, Moya-Garófano A, Musil B, Natividade JC, Nizharadze G, Oberzaucher E, Oleszkiewicz A, Omar-Fauzee MS, Onyishi IE, Özener B, Pagani AF, Pakalniskiene V, Parise M, Pazhoohi F, Pisanski A, Pisanski K, Ponciano E, Popa C, Prokop P, Rizwan M, Sainz M, Salkičević S, Sargautyte R, Sarmány-Schuller I, Schmehl S, Shahid A, Sharad S, Siddiqui RS, Simonetti F, Tadinac M, Vauclair CM, Vega LD, Walter KV, Widarini DA, Yoo G, Zaťková M, Zupančič M, Sorokowska A. Sorokowski P, et al. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 14;13(1):773. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26663-4. Sci Rep. 2023. PMID: 36641519 Free PMC article.

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