WAYNE H. HOLTZMAN, ROGELIO DIAZ-GUERRERO and JON D. SWARTZ. Personality Development in Two Cultures : A Cross-Cultural Longitudinal Study of School Children in Mexico & the United States. Pp. xvii, 427. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1975. $15.00

A cross-cultural study was conducted to provide evidence related to previous research results on the life-span development of three divergent thinking abilities (fluency, flexibility, and originality). Samples from four age groups (children, adolescents, young adults, adults) in each of two cultures (South Africa and the United States) served as participants. Participants responded to presentation of four groups of auditory stimuli recorded on a casette tape. Responses were scored for fluency, flexibility, and originality. Developmental trends across the four age groups displayed a similar pattern in both cultures for all three variables. The developmental shape of these patterns was similar to those displayed In previous research using larger samples in the United States.

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Constructions of Religiosity and Death Anxiety in Two Cultures: The United States and Kuwait

Journal of Psychology and Theology ◽

10.1177/009164719702500306 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 374-383 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

James A. Thorson ◽

F. C. Powell ◽

Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽

James A. Beshai

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

State Anxiety ◽

Death Anxiety ◽

The United States ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Intrinsic Religiosity ◽

Religious Motivation ◽

Two Cultures ◽

Cross Cultural Differences

Religiosity seems to moderate death anxiety, but not in all groups. The two constructs apparently are related mostly among those who are high in intrinsic religiosity or low in death anxiety, or both. Age seems to be an important factor in the development of this relationship. Samples from Kuwait (N = 294) and the United States (N = 279) completed instruments to assess death anxiety and intrinsic religious motivation. The Kuwaitis scored much higher than the Americans in both. State anxiety may have influenced the Kuwaitis’ death anxiety scores. Relationships and cross-cultural differences are examined.

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A Tale of Two Cultures: Consumer Reactance and Willingness to Book Fenced Rates

Journal of Travel Research ◽

10.1177/0047287517713722 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 57 (6) ◽

pp. 707-726 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Myungkeun Song ◽

Breffni M. Noone ◽

Anna S. Mattila

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South Korea ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

The United States ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Pricing Strategies ◽

Two Cultures ◽

Cross Cultural Differences ◽

Consumer Reaction

Rate fences are integral to the practice of revenue management. Prior research suggests that cross-cultural differences in consumer reaction to rate fences exist but little is known about why this is so. This research employed two experimental studies with consumers from the United States and South Korea to explore the mechanisms underlying cultural differences in consumer reaction to nonphysical and physical rate fences. In Study 1, we found that feelings of reactance mediate the restriction-based nonphysical rate fence-willingness to book relationship for highly individualistic cultures, but not for highly collectivist cultures. Study 2’s findings suggest that consumers from low-context cultures favor product-based, over service-based, physical rate fences, while consumers from high-context cultures are unlikely to react differently to product-based, and service-based, physical rate fences. Together, the findings of Study 1 and Study 2 provide tourism managers a framework within which geolocation-based pricing strategies, and associated rate fences, can be evaluated.

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Comparison of Social Positions of School Children in India and the United States

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1975.37.1.208 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 208-210

Author(s):

Nicholas A. Vacc ◽

Puran Lal Rajpal

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Sex Differences ◽

Behavioral Disorders ◽

School Children ◽

The United States ◽

Social Forces ◽

Two Cultures ◽

The Social ◽

The Two Cultures

The purpose of this study was to compare the social positions of two groups of children in India and the United States, those identified as having behavioral disorders ( N = 21 American, 22 Indian) and those not so classified, i.e., normal ( N = 415 American, 329 Indian). The children ranged from 11 to 17 yr. of age; no attempt was made to investigate sex differences. Analysis of the sociometric data suggests the social positions of children in the two cultures are similar. The research is not definitive but suggests that common social forces may be operating in both cultures toward children with behavioral disorders.

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