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In Defense of National Character

Theory and Psychology, 2008
The concept of national character has a long and disputed history, serving at one time as a meeting point for anthropology and psychology, later as a signpost for the parting of the ways. Cultural anthropology has traditionally given ontological priority to culture over the individual and to values as relative over universal; psychology has ...
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TRYPTOPHAN INTAKE AND NATIONAL CHARACTER

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989
Lynn (1982) has devised measures of national character (anxiety and extraversion) based upon social indicators such as suicide rates, caloric intake, divorce rates, and caffeine consumption. Recently, Kitahara (1986) has measured the intake in the diets of nations of the amino acid tryptophan (the precursor of the neurotransmitter serotonin) and ...
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National Character and Sexual Behavior

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2005
Citizens of 22 nations which were rated as more extraverted had more sexual partners and had their first sexual encounter at a younger age than those in nations who were rated as less extraverted.
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CONTACTING THE DEAD AND NATIONAL CHARACTER

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2000
In a sample of 11 European nations, the proportion of residents who reported experiencing contact with the dead was positively associated with Lynn and Hampson's measure of national estimates of neuroticism.
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National Character and Internet Use

Psychological Reports, 2003
Measures of extraversion and neuroticism for 18 industrialized nations were associated with Internet use.
Bijou, Yang, David, Lester
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The Fawlty Rhetoric of National Character

European Journal of English Studies, 2009
While the connection between English humour and national character continues to be debated nostalgically or critically in England, several examples of ‘English humour’ have meanwhile been exported, adopted, and adapted by other nations. In this article, we trace a few examples of the specific uses (national as well as trans-national) to which the ...
Sellars, Roy, Lassen, Henrik
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Digital Access and National Character

Psychological Reports, 2006
A digital access index was associated with measures of national character (such as extraversion and individualism) for 18 industrialized nations, but statistical controls for gross domestic product per capita eliminated these associations.
Bijou, Yang, David, Lester
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