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Affum-Osei, Emmanuel; Goto, Sharon G.; Yeung, June Chun; Wang, Rong; Lam, Hodar; Abdul-Nasiru, Inusah; Chan, Darius K.-S. – Journal of Career Development, 2021
This study validates Shane et al.'s Entrepreneurial Career Motives Scale across nations. A total sample of 948 undergraduate and postgraduate students from five nations (China = 229, Hong Kong = 213, Holland = 136, United States = 155, and Ghana = 215) were recruited to complete a survey designed to measure their entrepreneurial motives and other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Entrepreneurship, Questionnaires
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Elliot, Andrew J.; Murayama, Kou; Pekrun, Reinhard – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
In the present research, a 3 x 2 model of achievement goals is proposed and tested. The model is rooted in the definition and valence components of competence, and encompasses 6 goal constructs: task-approach, task-avoidance, self-approach, self-avoidance, other-approach, and other-avoidance. The results from 2 studies provided strong support for…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Models, Replication (Evaluation), Competence
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Montirosso, Rosario; Cozzi, Patrizia; Putnam, Samuel P.; Gartstein, Maria A.; Borgatti, Renato – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
An Italian translation of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) was developed and evaluated with 110 infants, demonstrating satisfactory internal consistency, discriminant validity, and construct validity in the form of gender and age differences, as well as factorial integrity. Cross-cultural differences were subsequently evaluated…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Construct Validity, Questionnaires, Infants
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Dutta, Alo; Kundu, Madan; Chan, Fong – Rehabilitation Education, 2010
Minority researchers have traditionally exhibited a need for and interest in investigating non-mainstream issues involving diverse communities. Since faculty at colleges and universities within the United States are largely Caucasian, research on issues relevant to marginalized groups is lacking. This three-stage Delphi study was designed to…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Methods Research, Investigations, Cultural Differences
Chen, Ching-I – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Taiwanese early intervention/early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) system is modeled after the federal legislation and practices of the U.S., incorporating specific cultural beliefs in Taiwan. Nonetheless, in EI/ECSE assessments, several challenges are presented, including: (a) limited resources and funding, (b) lack of reliable and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Early Childhood Education, Intervention
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Liu, Ou Lydia – International Journal of Testing, 2009
Learning strategies and affective factors could have a profound impact on student standardized mathematics performance. This study investigated gender differences in affective factors, learning strategies, and preferred learning situations, and how these variables affect math achievement of 15 year olds in the United States and Hong Kong on the…
Descriptors: Asians, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Achievement, Learning Strategies