Love beyond east and west: How cultural models of selfhood predict frequency of being in love

Ayu Okvitawanli; Olga Gajewska; Mohsen Joshanloo; Vivian L. Vignoles; Victoria Wai Lan Yeung; Maciej R. Górski; Brian W. Haas; M. Azhar Hussain; Joonha Park; Plamen Akaliyski; Farida Guemaz; Mahmoud Boussena; Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez; Nuha Iter; Olha Vlasenko; Michael Harris Bond; Vivian Miu Chi Lun; Liman Man Wai Li; Nur Amali Aminnuddin; İdil Işık; Laina Ngom-Dieng; Márta Fülöp; David Igbokwe; Mladen Adamovic; Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir; Natalia Soboleva; Julien Teyssier; Fumiko Kano Glückstad; Grace Akello; Charity Akotia; Isabelle Albert; Anna Almakaeva; Lily Appoh; Douglas Marlon Arévalo Mira; Rasmata Bakyono-Nabaloum; Arno Baltin; Pablo Eduardo Barrientos Marroquin; Diana Boer; Patrick Denoux; Alejandra Domínguez Espinosa; Agustin Espinosa; Carla Sofia Esteves; Vladimer Gamsakhurdia; Alin Gavreliuc; Rafail Hasanov; Eric Raymond Igou; Naved Iqbal; Natalia Kascakova; Olga Kostoula; Nicole Kronberger; et al.

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102233

Love beyond east and west: How cultural models of selfhood predict frequency of being in love

Ayu Okvitawanli^*
, Olga Gajewska
, Mohsen Joshanloo
, Vivian L. Vignoles
, Victoria Wai Lan Yeung
, Maciej R. Górski
, Brian W. Haas
, M. Azhar Hussain
, Joonha Park
, Plamen Akaliyski
, Farida Guemaz
, Mahmoud Boussena
, Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez
, Nuha Iter
, Olha Vlasenko
, Michael Harris Bond
, Vivian Miu Chi Lun
, Liman Man Wai Li
, Nur Amali Aminnuddin
, İdil Işık

Laina Ngom-Dieng, Márta Fülöp, David Igbokwe, Mladen Adamovic, Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir, Natalia Soboleva, Julien Teyssier, Fumiko Kano Glückstad, Grace Akello, Charity Akotia, Isabelle Albert, Anna Almakaeva, Lily Appoh, Douglas Marlon Arévalo Mira, Rasmata Bakyono-Nabaloum, Arno Baltin, Pablo Eduardo Barrientos Marroquin, Diana Boer, Patrick Denoux, Alejandra Domínguez Espinosa, Agustin Espinosa, Carla Sofia Esteves, Vladimer Gamsakhurdia, Alin Gavreliuc, Rafail Hasanov, Eric Raymond Igou, Naved Iqbal, Natalia Kascakova, Olga Kostoula, Nicole Kronberger, et al.

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	102233
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Volume	108
Early online date	15 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102233
Publication status	Published - Sept 2025

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Okvitawanli, A., Gajewska, O., Joshanloo, M., Vignoles, V. L., Yeung, V. W. L., Górski, M. R., Haas, B. W., Hussain, M. A., Park, J., Akaliyski, P., Guemaz, F., Boussena, M., Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á., Iter, N., Vlasenko, O., Bond, M. H., Lun, V. M. C., Li, L. M. W., Aminnuddin, N. A., ... et al. (2025). Love beyond east and west: How cultural models of selfhood predict frequency of being in love. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108, Article 102233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102233

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