Cultural context and the relationship between autistic traits and belief in a just world

In the USA, people who are high in autistic traits have been found to lower degrees of general belief a just world than low traits. One explanation for this relationship could be that with levels receive relatively little influence from their social contexts and therefore less likely adopt cultural views. If assumption is correct, between should mitigated cultures wherein (e.g., Great Britain). study, 241 participants Britain 249 USA completed measures Multiple regression analyses revealed was USA. Moreover, culture served as moderator: while were negatively related these variables unrelated Britain. The present findings suggest context may an important aspect autism research, useful variable cross-cultural psychology.