A Cross-Cultural Study of Sex Differences in Life Problems and Interests of Adolescents: A Cross-Cultural Study

A theoretical Hierarchy of Human Relationships was constructed in terms of altruism. It was hypothesized that the probability for an actor A to perform an altruistic act to a person B depends on the relationship between A and B, and the probability decreases consistently in the following order of relationships: close relatives, best friends, strangers who are very weak or very young or who are elite in society, common strangers, and enemies. Two hypothetical dilemmas were used to study the sex differences in human relationships. Subjects were 400 English in London and 519 Chinese in Hong Kong. The general findings supported the proposed hierarchy of human relationships but the female subjects in both the English and Chinese samples were more altruistic than the male subjects.

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Rural-Urban and Sex Differences in the Valuation of Fifty Activities a Cross-Cultural Study

International Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1080/00207597208247053 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 191-195

Author(s):

R. R. Borude ◽

C. G. Rajkarne ◽

T. A. De Souza ◽

D. S. Janbandhu

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Cultural Study ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cross Cultural Study

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A Cross-Cultural Study of Personality: Israel and England

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1985.57.1.111 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 111-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Sybil B. G. Eysenck ◽

Orenia Yanai

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Cultural Study ◽

Social Desirability ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

Cross Cultural Study ◽

Cultural Comparisons

688 men and 362 women were given the 101-item version of the Adult Eysenck Personality Questionnaire which had been translated into Hebrew. Factor comparisons indicated that identical factors of Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Social Desirability were observed in Israeli data. Reliabilities were satisfactorily high for all factors except Psychoticism which was rather weak. Means showed the usual sex differences, with men scoring higher than women on Psychoticism and Extraversion but lower on Neuroticism and Lie scales. Cross-cultural comparisons of means, computed on reduced scoring keys containing only items in common, indicated that Israeli subjects (both sexes) scored higher than the British ones on Extraversion and Lie scales but lower on Psychoticism and Neuroticism scales.

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The emergence of sex differences in personality traits in early adolescence: A cross-sectional, cross-cultural study.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ◽

10.1037/a0038497 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 108 (1) ◽

pp. 171-185 ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

Marleen De Bolle ◽

Filip De Fruyt ◽

Robert R. McCrae ◽

Corinna E. Löckenhoff ◽

Paul T. Costa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Cultural Study ◽

Early Adolescence ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cross Cultural Study

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CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF SIXTH-GRADERS' NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: MIDDLE-CLASS VERSUS MENNONITE AND AMISH YOUTH

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.1977.5.2.209 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 209-214 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Barbara E. Bernstein

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Middle Class ◽

Cultural Study ◽

Sixth Graders ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Personal Health ◽

Class Versus ◽

Health Habits ◽

Cross Cultural Study ◽

Class Youth

The New Year's resolutions of middle-class sixth-graders were compared with those of Mennonite and Amish sixth-graders. The Mennonite and Amish youngsters generally resolved to try harder at various things, whereas middle-class youngsters focused on the outcome of their efforts, resolving to do better. The resolutions of middle-class youth were also notably more dynamic and imaginative than those of the Amish and Mennonites. In addition, certain sex differences were found in both cultures. Girls consistently wrote longer resolutions and more of them. Girls also wrote more about home responsibilities and personal health habits, whereas boys wrote more about religious responsibilities and sports and hobbies. All of these sex differences, however, were more pronounced among the Amish and Mennonite youth.

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