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Title: Daily Patterns of Interdependence and Cooperation: A Cross-Cultural Experience-Sampling Study

Abstract:

In daily life, interdependence is crucial for understanding cooperation, but little research has examined how cultural contexts shape the patterns of interdependence that people experience. Using a preregistered experience-sampling methodology, we aim to investigate the patterns of interdependence people experience across societies with distinct combinations of collectivism and relational mobility (U.S., Mexico, and Japan). Across Japan (N = 1,060), the US (N = 880), and Mexico (N = 1,153), we collected over 14,000 social interaction reports, with each country contributing over 5,000 social interactions. This study systematically examines how individuals in a low collectivism and high relational mobility cultural context experience and navigate interdependent situations, and how these experiences influence cooperation. Our findings will establish a foundation for understanding how variations in culture and social ecology (i.e., collectivism-individualism, relational mobility) shape the interdependence and cooperation people experience in daily life.