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Gillespie-Lynch, Kristen; Daou, Nidal; Sanchez-Ruiz, Maria-Jose; Kapp, Steven K.; Obeid, Rita; Brooks, Patricia J.; Someki, Fumio; Silton, Nava; Abi-Habib, Rudy – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Although stigma negatively impacts autistic people globally, the degree of stigma varies across cultures. Prior research suggests that stigma may be higher in cultures with more collectivistic orientations. This study aimed to identify cultural values and other individual differences that contribute to cross-cultural differences in autism stigma…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Cultural Differences, Social Bias
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Giossos, Yiannis; Koutsouba, Maria; Mavroidis, Ilias – American Journal of Distance Education, 2016
An instrument was developed to assess the perceived learner-teacher transactional distance in the context of the Hellenic Open University and to provide psychometric evidence of reliability and validity of the interpretation of the scores derived from the scale. First, an elicitation study gathered information on students' beliefs and feelings…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Social Distance, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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Pfaff, Lawrence A.; Boatwright, Karyn J.; Potthoff, Andrea L.; Finan, Caitlin; Ulrey, Leigh Ann; Huber, Daniel M. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2013
In this study, researchers used a customized 360-degree method to examine the frequency with which 1,546 men and 721 women leaders perceived themselves and were perceived by colleagues as using 10 relational and 10 task-oriented leadership behaviors, as addressed in the Management-Leadership Practices Inventory (MLPI). As hypothesized, men and…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Females, Males, Hypothesis Testing