Jolly, PMvan Hoof, HChen, FKim, BDuran, MENavas, ACValle, JGPérez, GMCartelle Gestal, Monica2024-10-292021-01-292021-01-292021-01-121932-620333513147 (pubmed)https://hdl.handle.net/10182/17788Cultural tightness-looseness represents the degree to which a particular culture possesses strong behavioral norms, and the degree to which members of that culture are likely to sanction individuals who deviate from those norms. While tightness-looseness has been quantified for a large and growing number of countries around the world, there are many countries where a tightness-looseness score has yet to be determined, thus impeding the inclusion of those countries in cross-cultural research with a tightness-looseness focus. There is a dearth of research on cultural tightness-looseness in South America in particular. We report results from a national survey of 1,265 Ecuadorian residents which provided quantification of the relatively tight culture of Ecuador.7 pagesElectronic-eCollectionen© 2021 Jolly et al.HumansCultureAdolescentAdultMiddle AgedChildEcuadorFemaleMaleYoung AdultSocial NormsHumansCultureAdolescentAdultMiddle AgedChildEcuadorFemaleMaleYoung AdultSocial NormsJournal Article10.1371/journal.pone.02460641932-6203ANZSRC::441008 Sociology of culturehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Attribution