Adapting the Metamemory in Adulthood (MIA) Questionnaire for cross cultural application in South Africa

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothea M. van Ede
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
External Memory ◽  
Memory Aids ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Males And Females

The Metamemory in Adulthood (MIA) Questionnaire was adapted for cross-cultural applications in South Africa. The sample consisted of 902 adults (males and females) in early adulthood, middle age and old age and from the following population groups: black, Coloured English-speaking, Indian, Afrikaans-speaking and English-speaking whites. An eight-factor structure was obtained in comparison with the seven factors reported from American and Canadian samples. The Strategy Use factor split into Mental Memory Strategies and External Memory Aids. The adapted MIA is shorter than the original (89 items, compared to the original 108) but the reliabilities of the subscales are still good.

scholarly journals The road less traveled: A cross-cultural study of the negative wording factor in multidimensional scales

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Jing Luo ◽  
Yueyang Chen ◽  
Brent Roberts ◽  
Fritz Drasgow
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Adequate Model ◽  
The Road ◽  
Configural Invariance ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Negative Wording ◽  
The Impact

Negatively worded items (NWIs) have been found to distort the hypothesized one-factor structure of many unidimensional scales and an additional negative wording factor is needed to achieve adequate model fit. However, little is known about impact, dimensionality, and correlates of the negative wording factor for multidimensional scales. Using responses to the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2) administered to nationally representative samples of Germany, Spain, France, Japan, Poland, America, and England, the present study reported on a comprehensive cross-cultural examination of the impact, dimensionality, and external correlates of negative wording factors. We further investigated whether modeling a negative wording factor affects the factor structure and criterion-related validity. It was found that NWIs blurred the factor structure of the BFI-2 in non-English-speaking countries such that factors like agreeableness was not recovered, thus rejecting configural invariance. The results also strongly supported the idea that there was a general negative wording factor across subscales of the BFI-2 and this factor was consistently related to age, gender, educational attainment and life satisfaction across countries. Moreover, modeling a negative wording factor improved the factor structure of the BFI-2 and scalar invariance was achieved. Implications of these findings were discussed.

scholarly journals Leisure time physical activity throughout adulthood is associated with lower medicare costs: evidence from the linked NIH-AARP diet and health study cohort

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. e001038
Author(s):  
Diarmuid Coughlan ◽  
Pedro F Saint-Maurice ◽  
Susan A Carlson ◽  
Janet Fulton ◽  
Charles E Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthcare Costs ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Physical Activity Levels ◽  
Medicare Costs

BackgroundThere is limited information about the association between long-term leisure time physical activity (LTPA) participation and healthcare costs. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between LTPA over adulthood with later life healthcare costs in the USA.MethodsUsing Medicare claims data (between 1999 and 2008) linked to the National Institutes of Health-American Association of Retired Persons (NIH-AARP) Diet and Health Study, we examined associations between nine trajectories of physical activity participation throughout adulthood with Medicare costs.ResultsCompared with adults who were consistently inactive from adolescence into middle age, average annual healthcare costs were significantly lower for maintainers, adults who maintained moderate (–US$1350 (95% CI: –US$2009 to –US$690) or −15.9% (95% CI: −23.6% to −8.1%)) or high physical activity levels (–US$1200 (95% CI: –US$1777 to –US$622) or −14.1% (95% CI: −20.9% to −7.3%)) and increasers, adults who increased physical activity levels in early adulthood (–US$1874 (95% CI: US$2691 to –US$1057) or −22.0% (95% CI: −31.6% to −12.4%)) or in middle age (–US$824 (95% CI: –US$1580 to –US$69 or −9.7% (95% CI −18.6% to −0.8%)). For the four trajectories where physical activity decreased, the only significant difference was for adults who increased physical activity levels during early adulthood with a decline in middle age (–US$861 (95% CI:–US$1678 to –US$45) or −10.1% (95% CI: −19.7% to −0.5%)).ConclusionOur analyses suggest the healthcare cost burden in later life could be reduced through promotion efforts supporting physical activity participation throughout adulthood.

scholarly journals Sex and Relationship Differences on the Short Love Attitude Scale: Insights from the Hungarian Adaptation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert Meskó ◽  
András N. Zsidó ◽  
András Láng ◽  
Kázmér Karádi
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Sexual Motivation ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Relationship Status ◽  
Mate Value ◽  
Valid Measure ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Love Styles

AbstractLove styles are attitudes towards romantic relationships that are related to sexual motivation, sociosexuality, mate value, and relationship status. In the present study, the Short Love Attitude Scale (LAS-SF) was adapted to Hungarian, and the original factor structure was replicated with a Hungarian sample of 800 participants (439 females, mean age = 38.6 years). The results show that the Hungarian LAS-SF is a reliable and valid measure, which enables cross-cultural comparisons. Differences in love styles were revealed across sexes and relationship statuses. All men except singles scored relatively high on Eros, while the highest Eros scores among women were obtained for those in a committed relationship. Women and men preferred the same strategy (Ludus) to achieve short-term relationship goals.

scholarly journals What Are Friends for in Russia Versus Canada?: An Approach for Documenting Cross-Cultural Differences

2021 ◽  
pp. 106939712110245
Author(s):  
Marina M. Doucerain ◽  
Andrew G. Ryder ◽  
Catherine E. Amiot
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Cultural Models ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Group ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences

Most research on friendship has been grounded in Western cultural worlds, a bias that needs to be addressed. To that end, we propose a methodological roadmap to translate linguistic/anthropological work into quantitative psychological cross-cultural investigations of friendship, and showcase its implementation in Russia and Canada. Adopting an intersubjective perspective on culture, we assessed cultural models of friendship in three inter-related ways: by (1) deriving people’s mental maps of close interpersonal relationships; (2) examining the factor structure of friendship; and (3) predicting cultural group membership from a given person’s friendship model. Two studies of Russians (Study 1, n = 89; Study 2a, n = 195; Study 2b, n = 232) and Canadians (Study 1, n = 89; Study 2a, n = 164; Study 2b, n = 199) implemented this approach. The notions of trust and help in adversity emerged as defining features of friendship in Russia but were less clearly present in Canada. Different friendship models seem to be prevalent in these two cultural worlds. The roadmap described in the current research documents these varying intersubjective representations, showcasing an approach that is portable across contexts (rather than limited to a specific cross-cultural contrast) and relies on well-established methods (i.e., easily accessible in many research contexts).

Components of Source “Image”: Hong Kong, Brazil, North America

1969 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
James B. Lemert
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
North America ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Source Image ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Three Factor

Evidence of three kinds is given for the cross-cultural generality of a three-factor structure of source image: Safety, Dynamism and Qualification, which emerges across sources, scales, cultures, instructions and situations.

scholarly journals Being overweight in early adulthood is associated with increased mortality in middle age

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Carslake ◽  
Mona Jeffreys ◽  
George Davey Smith
Keyword(s):  
Middle Age ◽  
Early Adulthood
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