Stories of Chinese children evidence the following in comparison to those of American children: (1) greater social orientation; (2) greater concern with authority and with moral-ethnic rectitude; (3) greater saliency of the role of natural forces and chance; (4) more affective elements; (5) fewer instances of physical aggression; and (6) less…

Correspondence between degree of acculturation and values was studied in first-generation Mexican Americans--42 identified as highly acculturated and 42 as low acculturated. Results showed variability across groups for specific values, but a greater correspondence of values between high acculturation and comparison groups than between low…

Administered Suicide Opinion Questionnaire to 100 Italian and 100 U.S. physicians, comparable in age, gender, and medical field. Found significant difference on seven of eight scales, with Italian physicians showing greater agreement on mental illness, right to die, religion, impulsivity, normality, aggression, and moral evil scales. Found gender…

Administered Suicide Opinion Questionnaire to university students from Singapore (n=100) and Australia (n=82). Of 15 factors, 10 showed statistically significant mean differences, with Singaporeans endorsing greater disagreement on factors of Acceptability and Demographic aspects, and Australians endorsing greater disagreement on factors of…

Administered Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ) to 100 Canadian and 100 United States college students. Found substantial intergroup differences, but no sex differences. Univariate analyses indicated significant differences on 8 of 15 SOQ factors, suggesting that Canadian college students perceive suicide as part of everyday life, not to be…

Administered Suicide Opinion Questionnaire to college students in New Zealand (N=236) and United States (N=248). New Zealand students perceived more of a relationship between suicide and mental illness; perceived suicide as less serious; agreed with right to take one's life, and saw suicide in more religious context and as less impulsive, less…

Administered Suicide Opinion Questionnaire to 100 medical students from Japan and 100 medical students from the United States (80 percent males, 20 percent females). Found significant differences on Right to Die, Normality, and Aggression scales between Japanese and U.S. students, and significant gender differences on Religion and Impulsivity…

A sleep questionnaire was administered to 80 Mexican American and 80 Anglo elderly, ages 60 to 96. The Mexican American sample reported poorer quality and longer latency of sleep, greater negative affect concerning dreams, longer sleep duration, less dream recall, more regular sleep, and more positive valence towards sleep. (JHZ)

Studies whether Chinese children are more cooperative, whereas U.S. children are more competitive, using 76 10- to 12-year-old children in each country. Results using the Social Values Task indicate that Chinese children favor strategies that result in equality and group enhancement, and U.S. children favor individualistic and competitive…

Two samples of 316 stories generated by 80 Chinese and 80 American children were content analyzed. The stories were generated using a method developed by Metraux, which asks children to complete stories. According to the study's hypotheses Chinese children were expected to: (1) show evidence of greater social orientation, as reflected by such…