Relational mobility is a sociological variable that represents how much freedom individuals have to choose which persons to have relationships with, including friendships, working relationships, and romantic partnerships in a given society.
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In contrast, societies with high relational mobility give people choice and freedom to select or leave interpersonal relationships based on their personal preferences.
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Relational mobility is conceived as a socioecological factor, which means that it depends on the social and natural environment.
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The theory of relational mobility has attracted increased interest since the early 2000's because it has been found to explain important cross-cultural differences in people's behavior and way of thinking.
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Relational mobility scale is a sociometric scale used for measuring relational mobility in population surveys.
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Relational mobility is low in cultures with subsistence styles that put people in tight relationships with reciprocal duties such as farming that requires coordination of labor.
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The lowest level of relational mobility is found in East Asian countries where rice farming is a prevailing means of subsistence.
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Large cross-cultural study has found that relational mobility is lowest in Each Asian countries where rice farming is common.
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The relational mobility is higher in industrialized European countries and English-speaking countries, while it is highest in South American countries.
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People in cultures with low relational mobility are careful to avoid conflicts and disagreements in order to maintain harmony in the social groups that they cannot escape.
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In contrast, high relational mobility is associated with an internal locus of control with more focus on the individual and less focus on the social environment.
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People tend to invest more in maintaining friendships as well as romantic partnerships where relational mobility is high, because the stability of the bond cannot be taken for granted.
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Theory of relational mobility has analogies in the mating behavior, cooperation behavior, and inter-species symbiosis among animals.
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