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Stathis Grapsas; Judith van de Wetering; Jenna Spitzer; Astrid M. G. Poorthuis; Sander Thomaes – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
The sustainability motive-alignment hypothesis posits that adolescents will be motivated to act sustainably when they view sustainable behavior as aligned with their motives for autonomy and peer status. Based on this hypothesis, we developed the Sustainability Motive-Alignment Scale (SMAS), a brief self-report scale of individual differences in…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Adolescents, Motivation, Measures (Individuals)
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van Bergen, Diana D.; Feddes, Allard R.; de Ruyter, Doret J. – Oxford Review of Education, 2021
The role of the source of discrimination in relation to minority Muslim youths' psychosocial well-being has received remarkably little attention in the post-9/11 climate. We have examined one of the aspects of psychosocial well-being that is given prominent attention in the media and public discourse, namely externalising behaviour. The article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Psychological Patterns, Well Being
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Lahaye, Magali; Mikolajczak, Moira; Rieffe, Carolien; Villanueva, Lidon; Van Broeck, Nady; Bodart, Eddy; Luminet, Olivier – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2011
The main aim of the present study was to examine the cross-cultural equivalence of a newly developed questionnaire, the Emotion Awareness Questionnaire (EAQ30) that assesses emotional awareness of children through self-report. Participants were recruited in three countries: the Netherlands (N = 665), Spain (N = 464), and Belgium (N = 707),…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Questionnaires, Children, Cultural Differences
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Ciairano, Silvia; Kliewer, Wendy; Bonino, Silvia; Bosma, Harke Anne – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2008
The main and interactive effects of parental behavioral control and parental support on adolescent adjustment were examined with students ages 15-19 in Italy (N = 391, 59.1% male) and The Netherlands (N = 373, 45.3% male). In general, parental support was associated with better adjustment and parental control was associated with worse adjustment.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Parenting Styles
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Timmer, Erika; Westerhof, Gerben J.; Dittmann-Kohli, Freya – Death Studies, 2005
The study investigated the frequency, themes, and attributions for significant regrets in a random probability sample of 3,917 German and Dutch nationals between the ages of 40 and 85 years. It was found that 14% did not have any regrets in spontaneous memory, and that this increased with the age of the respondents. With respect to mentioned…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Probability, Cultural Differences, Psychological Patterns
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van Tilburg,Theo; Havens, Betty; de Jong-Gierveld, Jenny – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2004
Loneliness is experienced in many cultures. To properly assess cross-cultural differences, attention should be paid to the level, determinants, and measurement of loneliness. However, cross-cultural studies have rarely taken into account more than one of these. Differences in the level of loneliness were hypothesized on the basis of national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Older Adults, Cultural Differences