Horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism among college students in the United States, Taiwan, and Argentina

Among college students in the United States, Taiwan, and Argentina, the aut hor examined the strength of 4 cultural patterns (horizontal collectivism, vertical collectivism, horizontal individualism, vertical individualism; H. C. Triandis, 1995). A 3group confirmatory factor analysis established the measurement equivalence among the 3 samples before the comparison. The Taiw anese and the Argentine samples were more vertically collectivist than the U.S. sample. The U.S. and the Taiwanese samples were more vertically indivi dualistic than the Argentine sample. The U.S. sample was more horizontally individualistic than the Argentine sample, which, in turn, was more horizon tally individualistic than the Taiwanese sample.