Personality, intelligence, and longevity: A cross-cultural perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Eysenck
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
High Income ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Cultural Information

Cross-cultural information about national IQ, national personality, and longevity was obtained. Longevity was positively associated with neuroticism and national IQ and negatively associated with conscientiousness and agreeableness. The negative effects were mediated by income inequality: low conscientiousness and agreeableness were associated with high income inequality (strongly associated with poor longevity). The effect of national IQ on longevity remained strong when GDP percapita, income inequality, and individualism were partialed out. This effect probably occurs in part because countries with high national IQ have higher literacy rates and higher levels of health literacy.

scholarly journals Adolescent Health Literacy in Beijing and Melbourne: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuaijun Guo ◽  
Xiaoming Yu ◽  
Elise Davis ◽  
Rebecca Armstrong ◽  
Elisha Riggs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Cultural Groups

While adolescent health literacy has gained momentum, it is under-researched from a cross-cultural perspective. This study aims to compare health literacy among two cultural groups of secondary students in Beijing and Melbourne. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 770 students from five secondary schools in Beijing and Melbourne. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to collect information on health literacy (the eight-item health literacy assessment tool (HLAT-8), the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) and the 47-item Health Literacy Survey (HLS-47)), its antecedents and health outcomes. Overall, students’ health literacy in Melbourne (n = 120) was higher than that in Beijing (n = 650): 28.25 ± 6.00 versus 26.37 ± 5.89 (HLAT-8); and 4.13 ± 1.73 versus 3.65 ± 1.64 (NVS). The proportion of students with low health literacy varied by instruments, representing 23.7–32.2% in Melbourne and 29.0%–45.5% in Beijing. In both cultural groups, students’ self-efficacy, social support, and perceptions of school environment were associated with their health literacy, which in turn predicted their health behaviours, patient-provider communication and health status. Given the nature of our study design and small samples, a cautious conclusion would be that adolescent health literacy is sensitive to the broad cultural context and might be an interactive outcome influenced by an individual’s health skills and the social environment. Particularly, creating a supportive school environment is critical to develop adolescent health literacy that would eventually contribute to better health outcomes.

Teachers' Self-Efficacy in Cross-Cultural Perspective

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Klassen ◽  
Mimi Bong ◽  
Ellen L. Usher ◽  
Wan Har Chong ◽  
Vivien S. Huan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Perspective

Teresa Mannion and the Emergence of Extreme Weather Culture in Ireland

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-150
Author(s):  
Diane Negra
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Viral Video ◽  
Cultural Information ◽  
Strong Winds ◽  
Risk Coverage

In this article I consider how registers of weather media carry/convey cultural information, specifically how texts about extreme weather articulate with investment in a supposed post-recession restored normality marked by the Irish government's commitment to deregulated transnational capitalism. I maintain that, in a process of cross-cultural remediation, sensationalist codes of US weather media that discursively manage awareness of systemic climate problems are just starting to infiltrate the Irish broadcasting environment. In early December 2015 RTÉ’s Teresa Mannion covered a strong gale, Storm Desmond, amidst inclement conditions in Salthill, Co Galway. Modelling the kind of ‘body at risk’ coverage consummately performed by US Weather Channel personnel, Mannion could barely speak over the lashing rain and strong winds in a dramatic broadcast that quickly became a viral video. This article analyses the fascination with Mannion's piece and its memetic, and attends to the nature of the pleasure taken in her on-camera discomfiture and the breach of gendered territory committed by Mannion at a time when national popular culture in Ireland is under increased obligation to identify and explain climate change-related extreme weather.

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