On Self-evaluation, Values and Cultural Associations On Self-views and values The domains of investigation concerned self-evaluation (e.g., as being modest, emotional, traditional, versus rational, modern, individualist), how strongly one endorse certain values like, personal freedom, personal satisfaction, personal development or family integrity and friendship.
The first experimental study in Europe on Biculturalism was our study among children of Greek, or half-Greek origin who grow up in the Netherlands and were able to speak and write in both the Dutch and the Greek language
Basic questions The emphasis in these projects was on: how culture promotes a certain self-understanding, which values are significantly stronger endorsed in one culture compared to another, how people tend to reason social events? a tendency for analytic cognition at a cultural and indiviual level level is compared to a tendency for holistic cognition. How bicultural individuals manage conflicting aspects of their internalised cultures? The […]
Katerina Pouliasi obtained her Ph.D on ‘Culture, Self-Understanding and the Bicultural Mind’ at the University of Utrecht (2010). Since then, she conducts tailor-made surveys and workshops on how different cultures influence the ‘ideal’ self, values, understanding of certain concepts, predictors of well-being and self-esteem e.t.c. She employs her strong expertise in cultural priming techniques to elicit culture-based […]
A powerful knowledge which we have all learned effortlessly and in a very natural way in the environment of our childhood. Yet, it is this culture of our childhood which definitely influences the ways we feel, think and behave. However,
An analysis of a small survey among the participants of my lecture: ‘Do individuals in one culture make sense of their lives in different ways than individuals in another culture’? held at the Netherlands Institute in Athens (NIA). For the analysis please visit A pdf NIA_Dutchin Athens_analysis
Results of my cross-cultural comparative research I have presented in invited lectures (policy makers, ngo organisations, networks of individuals with shared interests or at symposia). Examples are the following presentations: Title:The bicultural mind: the unconscious choice between assimilative or deviant responses. For policy makers of the Dutch Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations (Ministerie van Binnenlandse […]