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Variety Of Cultures (variety + of_culture)
Selected AbstractsThe five-factor personality inventory: cross-cultural generalizability across 13 countriesEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY, Issue 5 2003A. A. Jolijn Hendriks In the present study, we investigated the structural invariance of the Five-Factor Personality Inventory (FFPI) across a variety of cultures. Self-report data sets from ten European and three non-European countries were available, representing the Germanic (Belgium, England, Germany, the Netherlands, USA), Romance (Italy, Spain), and Slavic branches (Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia) of the Indo-European languages, as well as the Semito-Hamitic (Israel) and Altaic (Hungary, Japan) language families. Each data set was subjected to principal component analysis, followed by varimax rotation and orthogonal Procrustes rotation to optimal agreement with (i) the Dutch normative structure and (ii) an American large-sample structure. Three criteria (scree test, internal consistency reliabilities of the varimax-rotated components, and parallel analysis) were used to establish the number of factors to be retained for rotation. Clear five-factor structures were found in all samples except in the smallest one (USA, N,=,97). Internal consistency reliabilities of the five components were generally good and high congruence was found between each sample structure and both reference structures. More than 80% of the items were equally stable within each country. Based on the results, an international FFPI reference structure is proposed. This reference structure can facilitate standardized communications about Big Five scores across research programmes. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Culturally Competent Care of Patients with Acute Chest PainJOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS, Issue 9 2005Mary Sobralske PhD Purpose To inform nurse practitioners (NPs) about the influence of culture on patients' responses to pain using the example of acute chest pain. Data sources Selected clinical and research articles on pain and culture and the authors' clinical experiences providing care across a variety of cultures. Conclusions There is very little written and even fewer studies on the connection of culture and the response to acute chest pain. This topic needs more attention by nurse researchers. Implications for practice If NPs are not aware that some patients may not demonstrate behavior typically expected in acute myocardial infarction, they may miss the diagnosis and fail to treat or refer these patients for immediate treatment. [source] The Assessment of Cognitive Performance in Children: Considerations for Detecting Nutritional InfluencesNUTRITION REVIEWS, Issue 12 2003Donna Hughes MPsychClin The accurate assessment of cognitive performance in children is critical for detecting the effects of micronutrient deficiency or supplementation on the developing brain and its functions. Relatively little attention has been paid to the selection of culturally appropriate measures that are sensitive enough to detect the subtle cognitive changes that could be expected following nutritional intervention. Normal brain development and the emergence of cognitive abilities throughout infancy and childhood is discussed in this paper, followed by a description of the more pertinent and sensitive neuropsychological tests that can be used to assess cognitive performance and investigate the effects of micronutrient deficiency and supplementation on cognitive development among children in a variety of cultures. [source] Language out of Music: The Four Dimensions of Vocal LearningTHE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY, Issue 3 2008Nicholas Bannan A growing consensus drawing on research in a wide variety of disciplines has, over the last fifteen years or so, argued the need to revisit Darwin's conjecture of 1871 that language may be descended from an existing, musical medium of communication that developed from animal calls. This paper seeks to examine, in an extension of Hockett's analysis of the design features required for linguistic communication, the nature of the acoustic information produced and perceived in human vocalisation, and to consider the anatomical and neural mechanisms on which these depend. An attempt is made to sketch an evolutionary chronology for key prerequisites of human orality. Cross-species comparisons are employed to illuminate the role of four acoustic variables (pitch, duration, amplitude and timbre), viewing the potential for human vocal productivity from the perspective of animal communication. Although humans are the only species to combine entrainment to pulse with attunement to precisely-tracked pitches, we also depend both for musical interaction and the production and perception of vowel sounds on precise and conscious control of the property of timbre. Drawing on, amongst others, Scherer's analyses of emotionally triggered sounds in a variety of species, and Fernald's presentation of the similarities of infant cries and adult production of infant-directed speech in a variety of cultures and languages, a case is made for the instinctive components of human communication being more music-like than language-like. In conclusion, historical and comparative data are employed to outline the adaptive and exaptive sequence by which human vocal communication evolved. The roles of selective pressures that conform to different adaptive models are compared,natural selection, sexual selection, group selection,leading to the proposal that all of these must have played their part at different stages in the process in a ,mosaic' model consistent with the development of other human traits. [source] The Influence of Culture on Role Conceptions and Role Behavior in OrganisationsAPPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 3 2003Eugene F. Stone-Romero La main-d'oeuvre de nombreux pays industrialisés se diversifie de plus en plus. Les organisations de ces pays emploient des salariés relevant de diverses cultures et subcultures. Par suite, les modèles du comportement organisationnel qui supposent que les salariés partagent une culture unique et relativement homogène ne sont plus pertinents. Nous présentons donc une version modifée du modèle originel du rôle (Katz & Kahn, 1966, 1978). Notre modèle des Effets de la Culture sur le Comportement de Rôle (ECORB) reconnaît explicitement l'impact que les aquis culturels diversifiés de ceux qui proposent et de ceux qui assument les rôles ont sur les expectations de rôles, les rôles proposés, les intentions comportementales et le comportement de rôle. L'un des principes de base de ce modèle, c'est que les variable culturelles et subculturelles affectent les scripts professionnels qu'un salarié a la volonté et la capacité de mettre en ,uvre. En outre, comme les salariés de cultures et subcultures différentes agissent souvent en fonction de scripts divergents, maints problèmes peuvent apparaître (par exemple, les tenants du rôle peuvent adopter une conduite incompatible avec les attentes de l'environnement). On analyse les retombées de notre modèle ECORB sur la théorie, la recherche et la pratique. The workforces of many industrialised nations are becoming increasingly more diverse. Organisations in these nations employ workers from a variety of cultures and subcultures. As a result, models of organisational behavior that assume that workers share a single, relatively homogeneous culture are no longer appropriate. In view of this, we offer a modified version of Katz and Kahn's (1966, 1978) seminal model of role-taking. Our model of the Effects of Culture on Role Behavior (ECORB) explicitly recognises the effects that variations in the cultural backgrounds of role senders and role incumbents have on role expectations, sent roles, behavioral intentions, and role behavior. A basic premise of the same model is that cultural and subcultural variables affect the work-related scripts that a worker is willing and able to use. Moreover, because workers from different cultures or subcultures often operate on the basis of different scripts, a number of problems may arise (e.g. role incumbents may behave in ways that are inconsistent with the expectations of role senders). We offer implications of our ECORB model for theory, research, and practice. [source] The impact of lower urinary tract symptoms and comorbidities on quality of life: the BACH and UREPIK studiesBJU INTERNATIONAL, Issue 2 2007Chris Robertson In a large epidemiological study, authors investigated the effect of LUTS on quality of life among various cultures. They showed a close association between the two, and that the effect of having moderate symptoms has a similar effect on quality of life as diabetes, hypertension or cancer, and that having severe symptoms had a similar effect as a heart attack or stroke. OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) on quality of life (QoL) and to determine its extent across a variety of cultures, and the confounding effects of self-reported comorbidities and demographics. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Data were obtained from two population-based studies in five cities: UREPIK (Boxmeer, the Netherlands; Auxerre, France; Birmingham, UK; and Seoul, Korea) and the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) study (Boston, USA). UREPIK used stratified random samples of men aged 40,79 years. BACH used a multistage stratified cluster sample to randomly select adults aged 40,79 years. QoL was assessed using a standard Medical Outcomes Study,Short Form 12 (SF-12, mental and physical health component scores); LUTS was assessed using the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). The association between QoL and IPSS, associated illnesses, and lifestyle factors was investigated using weighted regression. RESULTS The UREPIK studied 4800 men aged 40,79 years; BACH recruited 1686 men aged 40,79 years. The prevalence of LUTS, defined as an IPSS of ,8, varied by city (P < 0.001), with Auxerre reporting a prevalence (se) of 18.1 (1.2)%, Birmingham 25.6 (1.5)%, Boston 25.1 (1.6)%, Boxmeer 21.2 (1.3)%, and Seoul 19.0 (1.2)%. Overall, this was similar to the reported rate of high blood pressure. Severe LUTS, defined as an IPSS of ,20, affected , 3.3% of the age group; this was roughly similar to stroke (2.2%), cancer (4.5%), or heart attack (4.5%) and less than half as much as diabetes (8.6%). A 10-point increase in IPSS was associated with a 3.3 (0.3)-point reduction in SF-12 physical health component score, with the same effect in all cities (P = 0.682 for the interaction test). This was more than the physical health component score reduction caused by cancer, diabetes, or high blood pressure (2 points each), but less than stroke or heart attack (6 points). The comorbidities had no significant impact on SF-12 mental health component score (other than a heart attack, that had a 1.8-point reduction). A 10-point increase in IPSS was associated with a 3.4 (0.6)-point reduction of the mental health component score in the four western cities and a 1.4 (0.3)-point reduction in Seoul. CONCLUSIONS Increasingly severe LUTS is associated with a lower QoL. The effect of moderate LUTS on QoL physical health component score is similar to that of having diabetes, high blood pressure or cancer, while the effect of severe LUTS is similar to a heart attack or stroke. These changes were consistent across cultures. This analysis shows the magnitude and consistency of the effects of LUTS on QoL. While these patients might be seen by several types of practitioners, it is likely that urologists will be in the best position to recognize the true impact of LUTS on a patient's QoL, to be aware of the effects of therapies for LUTS on QoL, and to ensure that colleagues in other disciplines recognize the importance of these symptoms and their treatment. [source] | |||||||||||||