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Peer reviewedLee, Ying-Chiao; Chen, Ying-Sheue – Journal of Adolescence, 1998
Temperament characteristics of Chinese adolescents in Taiwan were explored using a Chinese Adolescent Temperament self-rating questionnaire which had been previously standardized. Stepwise multiple regression with backward elimination disclosed five significant temperament factors including age, gender, sibling order, and parental education…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries
Download full textvan Lieshout, Cornelis F. M.; And Others – 1995
A person-centered approach was followed for the study of patterns in personality development in middle childhood through early adolescence. In a longitudinal study of 100 children, the "big five" personality factors--extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness--were assessed in person descriptions by…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Early Adolescents, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMcCrae, Robert R.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Administered translations of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory to adults in Germany, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, and South Korea. Found declines in neuroticism, extraversion and openness, and increases in agreeableness and conscientiousness age for both men and women. Results support hypothesis that age differences reflect universal maturational…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedTobacyk, Jerome J.; Tobacyk, Zofia Socha – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1992
Uses Social Learning Theory to compare 149 university students from Poland with 136 university students from the southern United States for belief-based personality constructs and personality correlates of paranormal beliefs. As hypothesized, Poles reported a more external locus of control and significantly greater endorsement of irrational…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Grotberg, Edith H. – 1997
Resilience is defined as "the human capacity to face, overcome, and be strengthened by experiences of adversity." This study used an Eriksonian developmental model to examine parents', caregivers', and children's resilience-promotion in children up to 12 years of age. Age and gender differences and cultural/ethnic similarities and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Child Rearing, Children
