RESEARCH_FILE
Peipei Setoh
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Known for:Cross-cultural research on filial piety as a universal construct spanning all ages and cultures, challenging the misconception that it exists only in Asian societies or only concerns care for elderly parents
Key findings
- 2025
An integrative review proposes that filial piety is a universal human motivational construct — not exclusive to Asian cultures — operating across three dimensions (beliefs and values, affect, and behaviors) and evolving across the life span and historical periods, with both reciprocal and authoritarian variants present across cultural contexts. Filial Piety Across Sociocultural Context and the Life Span ↗