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Paola Balanta

Researcher at University of Los Andes

Publications -  6
Citations -  583

Paola Balanta is an academic researcher from University of Los Andes. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ingroups and outgroups & Cultural diversity. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications receiving 460 citations.

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Beyond the 'east-west' dichotomy: Global variation in cultural models of selfhood.

Vivian L. Vignoles, +71 more
TL;DR: A new 7-dimensional model of self-reported ways of being independent or interdependent is developed and validated across cultures and will allow future researchers to test more accurately the implications of cultural models of selfhood for psychological processes in diverse ecocultural contexts.
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Culture and the distinctiveness motive : constructing identity in individualistic and collectivistic contexts

TL;DR: Multilevel analysis confirmed that it is the prevailing beliefs and values in an individual's context, rather than the individual's own beliefs andvalues, that account for these differences.
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Contextualism as an Important Facet of Individualism-Collectivism Personhood Beliefs Across 37 National Groups

Ellinor Owe, +78 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that contextualism is an important part of cultural collectivism and highlights the importance of beliefs alongside values and self-representations and contributes to a wider understanding of cultural processes.
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Cultural Bases for Self-Evaluation Seeing Oneself Positively in Different Cultural Contexts

TL;DR: The authors compared the influence of four bases for self-evaluation (controlling one's life, doing one's duty, benefitting others, achieving social status) among 4,852 adolescents across 20 cultural samples.
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Televisión y género: un análisis desde la perspectiva de los niños y las niñas

TL;DR: In this paper, the conocimiento acerca del genero que estan adquiriendo los ninos y las ninas a traves de la television, se invito a 4 ninos and 4 ninas of segundo grado de primaria a un taller en el que proporcionaron información sobre sus habitos de consumo televisivo and sobre the caracteristicas of their programas and personajes preferidos.