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Orthorexia nervosa, eating patterns and personality traits: a cross-cultural comparison of Italian, Polish and Spanish university students

BMC Psychiatry, 2019
BackgroundThe amount of research about orthorexic attitudes and behaviours has increased in the last five years, but is still mainly based on descriptive and anecdotal data, yielding a variety of prevalence data and inconsistent results.
C. Gramaglia, E. Gambaro, C. Delicato, M. Marchetti, M. Sarchiapone, D. Ferrante, María Roncero, C. Perpiñá, A. Brytek-Matera, E. Wojtyna, P. Zeppegno   +10 more
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Factor structure and measurement invariance of a neuropsychological test battery designed for assessment of cognitive functioning in older Mexican Americans

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2018
Introduction The present study sought to investigate the measurement invariance of commonly used neuropsychological tests in an ethnically (Hispanic vs. non‐Hispanic) and linguistically (Spanish vs. English) diverse sample.
Brandon E. Gavett, Katie Stypulkowski, Leigh Johnson, James Hall, Sid E. O'Bryant   +4 more
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Personality correlates of Managerial talent: Cross cultural comparison

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 1983
In spite of the worldwide use of the Managerial Assessment Centre, little, if any, cross-cultural research has been done on the method. Another neglected area of AC-research, is the study of personality.
A. D. de Bod, L. W. Slavinski
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The long-term impact of wheelchair delivery on the lives of people with disabilities in three countries of the world

African Journal of Disability, 2017
Background: Lack of access to mobility for people with disabilities, particularly in less- resourced settings, continues to be widespread. Despite challenges to wheelchair delivery, the benefits to health, employment, social integration and life ...
Susan Shore
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Workplace bullying across the globe: a cross-cultural comparison

Person-centered review, 2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze cross-national and cross-cultural similarities and differences in perceptions and conceptualizations of workplace bullying among human resource professionals (HRPs).
Denise Salin, Renee L. Cowan, Oluwakemi Adewumi, E. Apospori, Jaime E. Bochantin, P. D’Cruz, N. Djurkovic, Kasia Durniat, J. Escartín, Jing Guo, İ. Işık, S. Koeszegi, D. Mccormack, S. Monserrat, Eva Zedlacher   +14 more
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A comparative study of mental health literacy in university students in Czechia and China [PDF]

Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2023
This study compares the mental health literacy (MHL) of university students in China and the Czech Republic. MHL refers to the ability to recognize mental health problems, adjust one’s mental state and seek professional assistance.
Hongyang Liu, Lucie Vachova
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The effect of positive emotion on foreign language teacher engagement and well-being: A cross-cultural comparison

Language Teaching Research
Foreign language teaching enjoyment (FLTE) has recently been introduced as a broad positive emotion experienced by foreign language (FL) teachers, despite obstacles embedded in FL teaching.
Mostafa Azari Noughabi, Shanshan Yang, E. Botes, Jean-Marc Dewaele   +3 more
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Simulating trait evolution for cross-cultural comparison [PDF]

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2010
Cross-cultural anthropologists have increasingly used phylogenetic methods to study cultural variation. Because cultural behaviours can be transmitted horizontally among socially defined groups, however, it is important to assess whether phylogeny-based methods—which were developed to study vertically transmitted traits among biological taxa—are ...
Nunn, Charles, Arnold, C, Matthews, Luke, Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique   +3 more
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Verona Service Satisfaction Scale- 32 (VSSS-32): PersianTranslation and Cultural Adaptation [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 2008
"n Objective: "n To translate Verona Service Satisfaction Scale-32 (VSSS-32) to Persian, to adapt it for Iranian culture and to investigate the performance characteristics of the Persian version intended to measure patient satisfaction with ...
Naista Zhand, Abbas Nazemian, Mohammad reza Mohammadi, Homayun Amini, Vandad Sharifi, Yasamin Mottaghipour, Seyed jafar Mousavinia, Ali Akbar Nejatisafa, Varasteh Vakili Zarch, Payam Sobhe-Bidari   +9 more
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The relationship between tourist nationality, cultural orientation and nature-based tourism experiences

European Journal of Tourism Research, 2010
This study sets out to explore how tourist nationalities with dissimilar cultural orientation differ in their evaluation of nature-based tourism experiences.
May Vespestad, Mehmet Mehmetoglu
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