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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Cross-Cultural Differences"”.
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Cross-Cultural Differences in Maternal Sensitivity and Child Behavior Among Chinese Canadian and European Canadian Families
This study assessed differences in observational ratings of maternal sensitivity among European and Chinese Canadian mothers and their children between the ages of 0 and 3. Potential moderating variables (stress, attributions, socioeconomic factors, and acculturation) in the relationship between …
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Cross-cultural differences in environmental valuation: a choice modelling application to water resources in the Waikato
Differences between traditional Māori and Western utilitarian approaches to waterways and their management support the possibility that strong cultural differences in environmental perspectives may exist. Failure to account for these differences could lead to misrepresentation of the strengths of …
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The Influence of Cross-Cultural Differences on the Interpretation and Understanding of Aircraft Passenger Safety Briefing Cards
<p>Aircraft passenger safety briefing cards are an important part of passenger safety education aboard commercial aircraft. The cards must be understood by all readers, regardless of age, gender, or culture. Related research indicates that passengers from different cultures might misunderstand the …
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Cross-Cultural Differences in the Determinants of Maternal Emotion Coaching: Role of Maternal Emotional Awareness and Emotion Regulation
… emotion coaching, factors related to individual differences in emotion coaching have yet to be explored. The current study examined cultural differences in the role of maternal characteristics, specifically emotional awareness and emotion regulation, as determinants of emotion coaching. These …
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Service failure in the context of air travel : Examining cross-cultural differences between Chinese and Finnish consumers’ complaint behavior
Asiakastyytyväisyyttä pidetään yhtenä palveluntarjoajien tärkeimmistä tavoitteista. Siitä huolimatta kaikista parhaiten suoriutuvatkaan organisaatiot eivät voi välttää virheitä. Tyytymätön kuluttaja saattaa valittaa saamastaan palvelusta, joka ei tavalla tai toisella vastaa sitä mitä on sovittu, …
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Cross-Cultural Differences and Intercultural Cooperation in the Context of Change and Uncertainty: Americans and Finns in the Workplace
… in their respective languages to explore cross-cultural differences in response to change and uncertainty in the work place. Changes were explored in the domains of organizational, process, procedure and work content, and technological changes in the work place. As a point of departure for …
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An investigation into the influence of cross-cultural differences in self-consistency and desirability on well-being and posttraumatic psychological adjustment.
… study were to investigate the influence of cross-cultural differences in self-concept structure and content on well-being (Study 1a) and posttraumatic psychological adjustment (Study 1b). Design: A two-group (British vs. East Asian) quantitative cross-sectional design was used. Participants …
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An Investigation of Cross-Cultural Differences and Similarities Between Asian-Americans and European-Americans Based on a New Multidimensional Model of Esteem
… of virtue esteem. More specifically, I compared cross-cultural differences and similarities in esteem between Asian Americans (AA) and European Americans (EA). AA and EA college students completed questionnaires measuring esteem, subjective well-being, and ill-being. In addition, participants …
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Minding the Politeness Gap in Cross-cultural Communication
Misunderstandings in cross-cultural communication often arise from subtle differences in interpretation, but it is unclear whether these differences arise from the literal meanings assigned to words or from more general pragmatic factors such as norms around politeness and brevity. In this paper, …
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Cultural Influences in Representation, Management and Prevention of Illness
Due to the cultural diversity, there might be cross-cultural differences in self-regulation of health and illness. People might represent illness threat, and the strategies they adopt to cope with an existing or potential illness threat differently. However, very limited attention has been given to …
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A cross-cultural comparison of evaluation in classical concert reviews in British and Hong Kong newspapers
… results indicated more similarities than differences cross-culturally. Both groups were predominantly evaluative and contained more praise than criticism; more CRs opened and closed positively; evaluation focused primarily on performance; praise was less mitigated than criticism; Booster …
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To (be)lieve, or not to (be)lieve? Fake news, culture, and decision-making in a post-truth age
… how credibility characteristics varied across social media platforms such as X, Instagram, and Facebook. Results indicated that participants used different credibility cues depending on the platform on which the news appeared. Study 3 examined participants’ eye movements, dwell time (the …
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The effect of psychological factors on morality. the role of culture and moral foundations.
… main aim of this PhD research was to explore the cultural differences in moral judgment, moral behaviour, moral identity, and cultural values between Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. Furthermore, I was interested in the psychological factors affecting morality in those two cultures. The first …
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The Stigma of Depression Across Cultures: The Role of Theory of Mind
… and conceptualization of stigma varies across cultures and is affected by factors such as levels of acculturation, individualism, and collectivism. To date, most studies have conflated culture with ethnicity or have measured it in a limited way without exploring interactive mechanisms of …
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The effects of individualism-collectivism on brainstorming : a comparison of Canadian and Taiwanese samples
… study will encourage further research into cross-cultural differences along the creativity dimension.
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Culture and Somatic Focused Attention
In a two-study investigation, cross-cultural differences between Ghanaian and American university students in somatic-focused attention were explored. Study 1 showed that Ghanaian participants paid more attention to their body and less to emotions than did American participants. However, these …
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A Phenomenological Study of Cultural Transition and Adjustment of Asian Undergraduate International Students Using Different Cross-Cultural Treatments
… students in the U.S., experience more cross-cultural adaptation distress compared to other international student groups. The purpose of this study was to examine the pre-departure and post-arrival cultural knowledge, transition, and adjustment of Eastern Asian undergraduate …
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The impact of neuroticism on an individual's intelligence scores: a cross cultural study
… method for the prediction of human performance across a variety of occupations and settings. Nevertheless, there is still debate among researchers about whether the results of these scales can be considered an accurate indicator of an individual's true capability or whether they also reflect the …
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Cross-cultural investigation of the relationship between personal values and hotel selection criteria
… and two other hypotheses were tested regarding cultural differences of personal value structures and hotel choice criteria. In the U.S. sample, two major value groups were identified with distinct hotel choice criteria whereas three value groups were found in the Korean sample. In the both …
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Empowerment effects across cultures
… in a set of testable hypotheses concerning the cross-cultural differences in the relationships between empowerment and its antecedents and consequences. A quantitative study was undertaken to test the hypothesised conceptual model. Data were collected from India and the UK, via drop-off …
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