Summary: Data from 1268 East Germans and 925 West Germans are used for testing three hypotheses regarding the measurement equivalence and structural invariance of mental health indicators: (1) Strain sensitive mental health indicators have lower item ...
Family cohesion and adaptability, as operationalised in the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales III (FACES III), are two hypothesised dimensions of family functioning. We tested the properties of a French version of FACES III in school-children (mean ...
The Five Factor Model (FFM), a valid model of interindividual differences in the personality of a group of people, reportedly does not always provide a good fit for the individuals of that group. In addition to intraindividual variation across a ...
Psychopathology in adolescents from seven countries: What role does controlling identity development and family relationships play?Abstract. This study analyzed the unique effects of gender and culture on ...
<span class="fett">Aim:</span> To investigate whether France and the Netherlands differ in how peer-group substance use and deviancy are related to alcohol intoxication and to the use of cannabis and other illegal drugs. The associations between substance ...
Culture, self-concept and cognitionAbstract. Members of individualist cultures define their selves primarily as an autonomous and independent entity (independent self-construal). In collectivist cultures, identity is more likely defined by stressing the ...
Zusammenfassung. Die Conners-Rating-Skalen (CRS) stellen das in der ADHS-Diagnostik am häufigsten eingesetzte Fragebogenverfahren dar. In deutlichem Kontrast zu der Verbreitung der CRS steht der empirische Kenntnisstand über deren Gütekriterien. ...
Methodological challenges in cross-cultural infancy researchAbstract. Human development takes place at the interface between biology and culture. Therefore the study of development requires consideration of the respective eco-cultural framework. However, ...
Zusammenfassung. In einer Untersuchung an jugendlichen Schülern1Der Begriff „Schüler” bezeichnet in diesem Beitrag Schülerinnen und Schüler. aus fünf Ländern wurden Zusammenhänge zwischen individuellen Wertorientierungen auf der einen Seite und der ...
Abstract. TV news are essentially cultural phenomena. Previous research suggests that the often-overlooked formal and implicit characteristics of newscasts may be systematically related to culture-specific characteristics. Investigating these ...
Analysis of the responses of 139 male and 83 female Lithuanian 12-14 year-olds to a translation of the Self-Description Questionnaire-1 (SDQ-1; Marsh, 1988) supported the internal consistency and factor structure of this instrument. Some evidence of a “...
Previous studies have drawn attention to the occurrence of important differences between the mean scores of some Rorschach variables in Portuguese samples and the normative data published by Exner. The present paper shows the evolution in the scores of 13 ...
Abstract. The short(s)-EMBU (Swedish acronym for Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran [My memories of upbringing]) consists of 23 items, is based on the early 81-item EMBU, and was developed out of the necessity of having a brief measure of perceived ...
Abstract. This two-study report investigates the equivalence of the Dutch Therapist Adherence Measure Revised (TAM-R) to the US original. The TAM-R is a questionnaire measuring therapist adherence to the treatment model of Multisystemic ...
Abstract. The aim of this research was to validate the dual conception of envy in Serbian culture, measured by the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (BeMaS). In Study 1 (N = 404), the results confirmed cross-cultural invariance of the ...
Two psycholexically based taxonomies of values found in Dutch and in German are compared, and a joint structure is presented. The datasets consisted of self- and other-ratings of 634 participants on 641 Dutch value descriptors and of self-ratings of 456 ...
Abstract.Background: The German Questionnaire to Assess Resources for Children and Adolescents (QARCA; Lohaus & Nussbeck, 2016) is a diagnostic questionnaire that estimates six personal resources and four ...