# Cultural Individualism–Collectivism and Third‐Party Punishment and Compensation

## TL;DR

The study explores how cultural values influence third-party punishment and compensation in judicial scenarios, finding that Chinese participants were more engaged than Americans.

## Contribution

The study reveals how individualism–collectivism values mediate cultural differences in third-party justice behaviors.

## Key findings

- Chinese participants showed greater engagement in third-party punishment and compensation than American participants.
- Individualism–collectivism values mediate societal differences in justice behaviors.

## Abstract

This study examined how culture shapes third‐party punishment and compensation in the harm domain using realistic judicial scenarios. Chinese participants showed greater engagement in both forms than American participants, with individualism–collectivism values mediating these societal differences.