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Cultural Adaptation of a Neurobiologically Informed Intervention in Local and International Contexts
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Pakulak, Eric; Hampton Wray, Amanda; Longoria, Zayra; Garcia Isaza, Alejandra; Stevens, Courtney; Bell, Theodore; Burlingame, Sarah; Klein, Scott; Berlinski, Samuel; Attanasio, Orazio; Neville, Helen – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2017
The relationship between early adversity and numerous negative outcomes across the lifespan is evident in a wide range of societies and cultures (e.g., Pakulak, Stevens, & Neville, 2018). Among the most affected neural systems are those supporting attention, self-regulation, and stress regulation. As such, these systems represent targets for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Cultural Differences, Correlation, Cultural Context
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Patterns of Learning and Academic Performance of Spanish and Latin-American Undergraduates
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Martínez-Fernández, J. Reinaldo; Vermunt, Jan D. – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
The aim of this study was to analyse and compare the learning patterns of higher education students from Spain and three Latin-American countries (Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela). For this purpose Vermunt's Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS) was translated into Spanish and tested. The participants were 456 undergraduates enrolled in a teacher…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Guidelines, Latin Americans, Cognitive Style
Other Ways to Wisdom: Learning through the Senses across Cultures.
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Classen, Constance – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1999
Contends that Westerners are accustomed to learning about the world through our senses of sight and hearing, and that "lower" senses--smell, taste, and touch--tend to be associated with "savagery" or sensualism. Provides a cross-cultural look at the Colombian Desana people who acquire knowledge through full-bodied experience…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Internalizing Symptoms in Latinos: The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity
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Varela, R. Enrique; Weems, Carl F.; Berman, Steven L.; Hensley, Lauren; de Bernal, Maria Clara Rodriguez – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
Latin American youth in the United States tend to report more internalizing symptoms than white non-Latino youth, yet little is known about the factors that may contribute to such differences. The present study examined the role that anxiety sensitivity, gender, and ethnic minority status may play in the expression of internalizing symptoms across…
Descriptors: Whites, Fear, Cultural Differences, Latin Americans
Initial Immersion in the Foreign Culture.
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Gorden, Raymond L. – 1968
This is the first unit in a series of instructional materials arising from an exploratory study of cultural barriers to communication between North Americans and Colombians. A syllogistic model, in which our unspoken and unconscious assumptions comprise the major premise, is used to explain the difficulties of intercultural communication. These…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Context
Living in Latin America. A Case Study in Cross-Cultural Communication.
Gorden, Raymond L. – 1975
This volume is intended as a guide to cross-cultural communication for American guests and Colombian hosts interacting with each other. For this study, American guests and Colombian hosts were asked to talk about themselves and each other. Part one, "Scenes of Guest-Host Miscommunication," discusses scenes of interaction between the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences