SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1998
2:00-3:00 Room: Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center
OPENING CEREMONIES
Dr. Walter J., Lonner, Congress President, Western Washington University
Dr. Karen W. Morse, President, Western Washington University
Dr. Peter J. Elich, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Western Washington
University
Dr. Marshall H. Segall, President, IACCP, Syracuse University, Syracuse,
New York, USA
Dr. James Georgas, Secretary-General, IACCP, University of Athens, Athens,
GREECE
3:00 - 6:00 Room: Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center
FOUNDERS' SYMPOSIUM
Chair: Berry, J.W., CANADA
Precursors of cross-cultural psychology and the context of culture
Díaz-Guerrero, R., MEXICO
Reflections of a pre-nominal cross-cultural psychologist
Jahoda, G., UNITED KINGDOM
Cross-, intra-, inter- and just plain cultural psychology
Price-Williams, D.R., USA
Odysseus wandered for 10 and I wondered for 50 years
Triandis, H.C., USA
8:00 P.M. Room: Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
On the pernicious concept of "Race" or Why do we still have racism
if there are no such thing as races?
Marshall H. Segall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1998
SPECIAL EVENTS
8:30-9:30 Room: AH-100
JUBILEE SPEAKER SERIES
Penis envy, promiscuity, and pleasure: Our changing stories of sex and gender
Tavris, C., USA
10:00-12:30 Room: AH-100
MUNROE MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM
Convenor: Best, D.L., USA
Children's play and the emergence of a gendered division of labor: A
reanalysis of the social behavior data collected by Beatrice and John Whiting,
Ruth and Robert Munroe, and other collaborators
Edwards, C.P., USA
Cross-cultural studies in child development in Asian contexts
Keats, D.M., AUSTRALIA
History, culture, learning, and development
Greenfield, P.M., Maynard, A., Childs, C., USA
The cultural construction of Yucatec Mayan children's activities
Gaskins, S., USA
Household size and infant indulgence in an Indian town
Seymour, S., USA
Gender concepts: Convergence in cross-cultural research and methodologies
Best, D.L., USA
1:00-2:00 Room: SL-150
INVITED ADDRESS
Immediately before the Weinreich symposium "A critical appreciation
of Berry's Model"
Acculturation strategies: Theory, measurement and application
Berry, J.W., CANADA
2:00-3:00 Room: AH-100
JUBILEE SPEAKER SERIES
The cultural psychology of African Americans
Jones, J.M., USA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1998
SYMPOSIUMS
8:30-10:00 Room: SL-150
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF METAPHORS IN CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
Chair: Gelfand, M.J., USA
Culture and metaphor
Kashima, Y., AUSTRALIA
Culture, metaphor and negotiation
McCusker, C., Gelfand, M.J., USA
Applications of cultural metaphors to business functions and organizations
Gannon, M., USA
Constructing a cultural metaphor for a multi-ethnic nation: The Malaysian
Balik Kampung
Rozhan, O., MALAYSIA
Discussant: Smith, P.B., UNITED KINGDOM
8:30-10:00 Room: BI-234
VALUES: A WINDOW INTO NATIONAL CULTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Convenor: Schwartz, S., ISRAEL
Cultural values and development in Africa: Challenges for the social
scientist
Munene, J., UGANDA, Schwartz, S., ISRAEL
Values in Slovakia in 1992 and 1997: Effects of rapid social change?
Bianchi, G., SLOVAKIA
Value connotations of national identity in three cultural regions of
Spain
Grad, H., Ros, M., SPAIN
European, Asian and American cultural resolutions of value conflict
Baytchinska, K.K., BULGARIA
10:30-12:00 Room: SL-130
BIOLOGY AND CULTURE OF MATING
Co-Convenors: Keller, H. and Eckensberger, L.H., GERMANY
The Indian way: Marriage as the core of human development
Kapadia, S., Mohite, P., INDIA
The German way: Dissolving the significance of marriage?
Römhild, R., Wagels, K., GERMANY
Sources pf variability in mate preferences, mate choice and marriage
patterns: A Darwinian perspective
Voland, E., GERMANY
Kinship, gender and mating: Biological and cultural approaches in anthropology
Stone, L., USA
A plea for an integration from a cultural perspective
Eckensberger, L., GERMANY
A plea for an integration from a socio-biological perspective
Keller, H., GERMANY
10:30-12:00 Room: ES-100
COMMUNITY-BASED INVESTIGATIONS: SOME PROBLEMS OF DESIGN, CONCEPTUALIZATIONS
AND APPLICATIONS
Convenor/Chair: Germain, E., AUSTRALIA
Group membership effects in community-based studies: Participant exchangeability
and experimental control
Germain, E.R., AUSTRALIA
Know thy sample: Recruitment issues in cross- and mono-cultural studies
on the convience-community continuum with examples from cognitive control
and self-efficacy research
Kwon, S., GERMANY
The changing role of the concept of community and its impact on community-based
research in Singapore
Tan, A.G., SINGAPORE
Traditional and non-traditional mental health approaches for Latino communities
in living New York
Vazquez, I., USA
1:00-3:00 Room: BI-234
NEW FRONTIERS IN CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH ON EMOTION
Convenor: Matsumoto, D., USA
Conceptual and empirical analysis of the Korean concept of Chong (Affection):
An indigenous perspective
Choi, S.C., Kim, U., SOUTH KOREA
The meaning of "Amae" among Japanese: Presumed acceptance of one's
misbehavior
Yamaguchi, S., JAPAN
Cultural affordances and mental functions: Implications for emotion
Kitayama, S., Karasawa, M., JAPAN
When culture tells people what to feel
Mesquita, B., Lamb, S., USA
American-Japanese cultural differences in expressing and perceiving emotions
Matsumoto, D., USA
Discussant: Singelis, T.M., USA
1:00-3:00 Room: SL-130
QUALITY OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
Co-convenors/Co-Chairs: Trommsdorff, G., GERMANY and Rothbaum, F., USA
The development of close relationships in Japan and the US: Models of
symbiotic harmony and dynamic tension
Rothbaum, F., Pott, M., USA, Azuma, H., Miyake, K., JAPAN, Weisz, J., USA
A methodological approach to study inter- and intrapersonal emotion regulation
of children: Comparisons between 5-year-old German and Japanese children
Friedlmeier, W., Trommsdorff, G., GERMANY
Intra-cultural and situational differences of Korean mothers' reaction
to children's interaction
Lee, H., Kim, H., SOUTH KOREA
Child-rearing and the development of social motives: A cross-cultural
longitudinal study
Kornadt, H., Eisler, A., GERMANY, Tachibana, Y., JAPAN
2:00-4:00 Room: SL-150
A CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF BERRY'S MODEL
Chair: Weinreich, P., UNITED KINGDOM
A quest for a more cultural and more psychological model of psychological
acculturation
Boski, P., Kwast-Welfeld, J., POLAND
Is Berry's model of acculturation useful in understanding individual
and group differences of acculturative behavior? A critical evaluation of
empirical findings
Schmitz, P.G., GERMANY
From acculturation to enculturation: Intercultural, intracultural and
intrapsychic mechanisms
Weinreich, P., UNITED KINGDOM
Discussant: Berry, J.W., CANADA
3:30-5:30 Room: SL-130
MASCULINITY/ FEMININITY AS A CULTURAL DIMENSION
Convenor: Hofstede, G., THE NETHERLANDS
Are masculine cultures female-friendly? Male and female expatriates'
success in countries differing in work value orientations
Caligiuri, P.M., Tung, R.L., USA
The reflection of MAS/FEM values in consumer behavior and advertising
de Mooij, M., THE NETHERLANDS / SPAIN
Climate and masculinity
van de Vliert, E., Huismans, S.E., THE NETHERLANDS
Masculinity in the nineties: A ten-nation study
van Oudenhoven, J.P., THE NETHERLANDS
3:30-5:30 Room: ES-100
UNDERSTANDING MEXICAN CULTURE FROM ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY PERSPECTIVE
Convenor: Reyes-Lagunes, I., MEXICO
The psychological meaning of Dad and Mom in Mexican adolescents
Andrade-Palos, P., MEXICO
Self-concept in Mexican adolescents
Díaz-Loving, R., Reyes-Lagunes, I., MEXICO
An approach to the origin of values
Díaz-Guerrero, R., Díaz-Loving, R., MEXICO
Masculinity and femininity in Mexico: Subcultural differences
Reyes-Lagunes, I., Díaz-Loving, R., MEXICO
Analysis of the relationship between acculturation and nationality
Varela-Macedo, V.M., Díaz-Loving, R., Reyes-Lagunes, I., MEXICO
3:30-5:30 Room: BI-234
WHERE IS THE CULTURAL FACTOR IN COGNITION?
Co-Convenors: van de Vijver, F.J.R. and Poortinga, Y.H., THE NETHERLANDS
Cross-cultural differences on cognitive tasks: A psychophysiological
investigation
Sonke, C.J., Poortinga Y.H., Brunia, C.H.M., THE NETHERLANDS
Memory development of Libyan and Dutch children
Shibani, M.A., van de Vijver, F.J.R., Poortinga, Y.H., de Kuijer,
J.H.J., THE NETHERLANDS
Assessment of cognitive abilities in a multicultural society
Helms-Lorenz, M., van de Vijver, F.J.R., THE NETHERLANDS
The cognitive structure of emotions: Evidence for cultural invariance
from a qualitative study
Fontaine, J., Poortinga, Y.H., THE NETHERLANDS
Discussant: Jahoda, G., UNITED KINGDOM, Munroe, R., USA
4:00-6:00 Room: SL-150
CULTURE, SELF-CONSTRUAL, AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES
Convenor: Dittmar, H., UNITED KINGDOM
Culture and social influence: A meta-analysis of minority influence studies
Bond, R., Smith, P.B., UNITED KINGDOM
Self and the emotional experience of anger in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom
Redford, P., UNITED KINGDOM
Testing a cultural model of deceptive communication
Singelis, T.M., Kim, M.S., Kam, K., Kam, Y., USA
Culture, special possessions, and "Magic": Talisman use in
Japan, Canada and the UK
Lewis, J.E., UNITED KINGDOM
Self-construal and the meanings of personal possessions in four cultures
Dittmar, H., UNITED KINGDOM, Singelis, T.M., Papadopoulou, K., Chiu,
M.M.L., USA
Discussant: Kashima, Y., AUSTRALIA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1998
PAPERS
8:30-10:00 Room: BI-212
ASSESSING AND VALIDATING UNORTHODOX PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS IN VARIOUS
CULTURES
Chair: Aycan, Z., TURKEY
Towards the development of a culture-free cultural tolerance scale
Aycan, Z., TURKEY, Watson, M., Miguel, M., Jaeger, A., USA
Culture and creativity: Innovations in Spiritualism in India
Bhawuk, D.P.S., USA
Construct validation of the Kiasu construct in five nations
Ho, S.W., Munro, D., Carr, S.C., AUSTRALIA
The Turkish adaptation of the Meadow-Kendall Social-Emotional Assessment
Inventory for the deaf
Polat, F., TURKEY
8:30-10:00 Room: CH-285
CHILD DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES: CULTURAL VALUES AND EDUCATION
Chair: Bornstein, M.H., USA
Educational beliefs of day care teachers in former East-and-West-Germany
Meischner, T., Tietze, W., Wessels, H., GERMANY
Childhood, culture, and conflict in Rwanda
Smith, D.N., USA
Patterns of attachment-exploration balance in one-year-old infants from
Northern Germany and Northern USA
Zach, U., Keller, H., GERMANY
10:30-12:00 Room: SL-150
CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS
Chair: Farman, R.H., SOUTH AFRICA
Counseling and sexuality: A study of Asian students in Australia
Cunningham, W., AUSTRALIA
Psychologists on board South Africa's "phelophepa" primary
health care train: Can we offer a service, or are we just there for the
ride?
Goedeke, S., SOUTH AFRICA
Culturally different intervention approaches for victims of organized
violence
Peltzer, K., SOUTH AFRICA
The efficacy of psychoanalytic treatment for Chinese patients suffering
from personality disorders: Two case studies
Yeung, K.W., Hong Kong, PRC
10:30-12:00 Room: BI-234
IDENTIFYING AND MEASURING INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS ACROSS CULTURES
Chair: Hills, M.D., NEW ZEALAND
Eco-cultural regularities of semanticoformation
Bryun, E.A., RUSSIA
Developing the Kluchhohn-Strodtbeck Values Orientation Instrument
Hills, M.D., NEW ZEALAND
Individual types that cut across cultural boundaries
Maruyama, M., JAPAN
Measurement of ethnocultural identity: Diversity among Asian-American
groups
Yamada, A., USA
1:00-3:00 Room: MH-104
CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN CROSS-CULTURAL ASSESSMENT
Chair: Dinnel, D., USA
Using item response theory to test translation equivalence and cross-cultural
comparability
Ertubey, C., Russell, R.J.H., UNITED KINGDOM
Confirmatory factor analysis on the Amharic version of the STAI
Mulatu, M.S., USA
The bell curve revisited: A South African perspective
Schepers, J.M., SOUTH AFRICA
An Indian perspective on understanding intelligence
Srivastava, A.K., Misra, G., INDIA
1:00-3:00 Room: BI-212
THE CULTURAL MEDIATION OF SELF CONCEPT AND PERSONALITY - Part I
Chair: Kashima, Y., AUSTRALIA
Self-esteem and social-distance in minority adolescents: South Africa's
Zanzibari Muslims
Farman, R.H., Mohamed, S., SOUTH AFRICA
Self construals among Canadian and Chinese samples
Li, H.Z., CANADA
Malay personality structure: An etic strategic approach using the Big
Five model
Mastor, K.A., Cooper, M., Jin, P., AUSTRALIA
Self disclosure differences among tribal and non-tribal adolescents
Saun, G.S., INDIA
Help-seeking: Effect of self esteem, ego-centrality of task and gender
Sharma, V., INDIA
1:00-3:00 Room: AH-104
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING MENTAL DISORDERS IN OTHER CULTURES
Chair: Beardsley, L.M., USA
Emerging: A trauma detachment syndrome
LeVine, P., AUSTRALIA
Norms of the MMPI-2 for the Mexican population
Lucio, E., Ampudia, A., Durán, C., León, I., MEXICO
Environment in families with an alcohol or drug user: A comparison between
Mexico and the United Kingdom
Natera, G., MEXICO, Orford, J., UNITED KINGDOM, Mora, J., MEXICO, Velleman,
R., UNITED KINGDOM, Tiburcio, M., MEXICO
Action theory and therapeutic action
O'Hearn, K., USA
Depression in European countries: A cross-cultural study using the multilevel
approach
van den Eeden, P., Braam, A.W., Prince, M.J., Copeland, J.R.M., and Eurodep-partners,
THE NETHERLANDS
3:30-5:30 Room: BI-212
THE CULTURAL MEDIATION OF SELF CONCEPT AND PERSONALITY - Part II
Chair: Mendoza-Denton, R., USA
Debating interpretive frameworks for self and identity in multicultural
societies
Franchi, V., SOUTH AFRICA, Andronikof-Sanglade, A., FRANCE
Social-psychological characteristics of three transcaucasian societies
Javakhishvili, N., GEORGIA
Applying CAPS theory to cultural differences in social behavior
Mendoza-Denton, R., Ayduk, O., Mischel, W., Shoda, Y., USA
Culture and perceptions of self-other similarity
Satterwhite, R.C., Dai, T., Feldman, J., Catrambone, R., USA
3:30-5:30 Room: AH-04
CULTURAL-SPECIFIC AND UNIVERSAL PREDICTORS OF MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES
Chair: Forgays, D., USA
Self-attention: A mediator of cultural influences on depressive symptoms
Chen, H., Guarnaccia, P., USA
The effect of Apartheid on black mental health as moderated by racial
identity
Hocoy, D., USA
Sociocultural variations in job stress coping and mental health in India
Krishna, A., INDIA
Mental health correlates of perceived parental acceptance-rejection:
Cross-cultural and intracultural evidence
Rohner, R.P., USA
Investigation of stigma and mental illness amongst people of non English-speaking
backgrounds (NESB) in the Perth, Australia community
Rooney, R., O'Neill, K., Bakshi, L., AUSTRALIA
3:30-5:30 Room: MH-104
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTICULTURAL ASSESSMENT
Chair: Dana, R., USA
Multicultural assessment: Using standardized aptitude tests in nontraditional
ways
Lewis, J.E., Samuda, R.J., USA
Psychological assessment in Spain and the United States with Spanish-speaking
clients: A qualitative comparison
Lewis, J.E., Trop, E., USA
Multicultural assessment for the 21st century
Samuda, R.J., Lewis, J.E., USA
Issues in cross-cultural drug research
Segal, B., USA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1998
POSTERS
9:00 - 12:00 Room: Chart Room
APPLIED, I/O, DECISION MAKING, NEGOTIATIONS
A study of organizational contexts: An exploration of aspects of culture
and control among knowledge workers
Kamalanabhan, Dr., INDIA
The relation of organizational behavior to performance in light industrial
enterprises: An empirical cross-cultural study
Li, B., PRC
A cross-cultural investigation into three measures of work orientation
Viviers, A., SOUTH AFRICA
Characteristics of an effective leader: Perceptions of non-leaders
Vohra, N., Pattnaik, S., Gantayat, C., INDIA
Managers' traits: The design and measurement in relating to the importance
Wang, L., Li, M., PRC
COGNITIVE, PERCEPTION, EMOTION, PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Beliefs about time: Comparisons of white Americans, black Americans and
black Africans
Buggie, S.E., Hill, O., Block, R.A., USA
Critical thinking and learning style
Gadzella, B.M., Huang, J., Masten, W.G., USA
Aesthetics in a cross-cultural perspective
Halcour, D., GERMANY
The cognitive style, real/perceptible-hypothetical/imperceptible in Vietnamese
people
Ho, C., Denny, J.P., CANADA
Everyday emotions in different cultures
Mesquita, B., Lamb, S., USA
A color perception illusion that may form the basis of new measures
Robinson, J.A., Wolf, G., Maine, S., AUSTRALIA
Neuropsychological measures of attention and memory: A cross-cultural
study with replication
Townes, B.D., Tekcan, A., TURKEY, Dugbartey, A., USA
PEDAGOGY, TEACHING, LEARNING, CLASSROOM
Some noncognitive latent determinants of mathematics achievement in Jordan:
Implications for educational reform
Ahlawat, K., Al-Da'jeh, H., JORDAN
Getting real: Cross-cultural training in multicultural Australia
Gabb, D.C.J., AUSTRALIA
Student adjustment: Hong Kong students' and teachers' beliefs
Hui, E.K.P., Hong Kong, PRC
From the origin to the modern: An examination of the Chinese view of
education
Lin, W.Y., Wang, C.W., TAIWAN
Achievement motivation: A cultural perspective
Niles, F.S., AUSTRALIA
Communicating in a second language: The importance of support from the
Latino community for Anglo-Americans' motivation to learn Spanish
Noels, K.A., Rollin, E., CANADA
Individual differences in intercultural knowledge among United States undergraduate
college students
O'Shea, W., USA
Perceived control, self concept, and mathematics achievement: A cross-cultural
gender comparison
Senturk, D., Ho, H.Z., Zimmer, J., Peralta, R., USA, Chiu, S.Y., Wang, C.P.,
PRC
Social skills and behavior problems in two groups of children with and
without disabilities in Iran
Shahim, S., IRAN
Cross-cultural factors' influence on business ethics training in the
Ukraine
Vasylyeva, O., Vynoslavska, O., UKRAINE
High achieving 6th grade Chinese and U.S. children: Attributions and
the home environment
Whipple, A., Ho, H.Z., Zimmer, J., USA, Chiu, S.Y., Wang, C.P., PRC
2:00 - 5:00 Room: Chart Room
CLINICAL, ABNORMAL, DIAGNOSIS
The distribution of family roles of Christians' and Muslims' families after
the appearance of psychosis
Belevska, D., Trajkov, I., R. MACEDONIA
Cultural differences, perfectionism, and suicidal risk: Does social problem
solving still matter?
Chang, E.C., USA
Supernatural illness attributions and help-seeking behaviors among Filipino
women
Edman, J.L., USA
Variations in hopelessness, optimism and pessimism: A study of Ghana
and USA samples
Eshun, S., USA
Culture, gender, rumination and suicide ideation: Differences between
Ghana and the USA
Eshun, S., USA
The cultural dimension in a causal model of depression
Fazil, Q., UNITED KINGDOM
Return to the historical country: Age, stress and depression
Iljuk, B., CZECH REPUBLIC
Structure of premenstrual dysphoric symptoms in three countries
Krauss, S.S., Darze, F.R., Shiota, N.K., USA
Psychosocial concomitants of loneliness among students of Cabo Verde
and Portugal
Neto, F., de Oliveira, J.B., PORTUGAL
Is there a role for the new Rorschach in cross-cultural research? Validity
of its use with Russian psychiatric patients.
Ritsher, J.E.B., Slivko-Kolchik, E.B., Oleichik, I.V., USA
Breaking through the cycle of marital violence: Potential interventions
Sriram, R., Mukerjee, S., INDIA
Cross-cultural comparisons of "at risk" behaviors in school-aged
children: Hong Kong and the United States
van Lingen, G., Hong Kong, PRC
Assessing cross-cultural competencies
Wong, P.T.P., Wong, L., CANADA
METHODOLOGICAL, STATISTICAL, TESTING, RESEARCH ISSUES
Some South African evidence of the inter-rater reliability of the Motivation
Assessment Scale
Adebo, A., SOUTH AFRICA
Measuring Los Cinco Grandes in Hispanic and Spanish samples
Benet-Martínez, V., USA
Prototypes of the ideal person in seven cultures
Smith, K.D., Smith, S.T., Christopher, J.C., USA
Evaluation of anxiety and coping among students using PETER
Toubiana, Y., ISRAEL
Item response theory and measurement equivalence in personality assessment:
A South African example
Kanjee, A., Van Eeden, R., SOUTH AFRICA
The utility of the Biggs Study Process Questionnaire for South African
university students
Kruger, J., Schoeman, J., Van Eeden, R., SOUTH AFRICA
The importance of psychological traits: A twenty-country study
Williams, J.E., Satterwhite, R.C., Saiz, J.L., USA
Exploration of the world of meanings of ESL students
Wong, L., Ishiyama, F.I., Wong, P.T.P., CANADA
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1998
SPECIAL EVENTS
10:00-11:00 Room: SL-140
CONVERSATION HOUR
The health of nations and the abilities of mankind
Irvine, S.H., USA
11:00-12:00 Room: AH-100
JUBILEE SPEAKER SERIES
Directions in gender research in American Indian societies: "Two Spirits"
and other categories
Medicine, B., USA
1:00-2:00 Room: T-1
CONVERSATION HOUR
Community psychology for family services in schools
Holtzman, W., USA
3:30-4:30 Room: AH-100
JUBILEE SPEAKER SERIES
Hispanic psychology: A 25-year retrospective look
Padilla, A., USA
6:30-7:30 Room: T-1
CONVERSATION HOUR
Seventy five years of cross-cultural psychology in New Zealand
Ritchie, J. and J., NEW ZEALAND
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1998
SYMPOSIUMS
8:30 - 10:00 Room: SL-130
THE CONCEPT OF INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGY
Convenor: Adair, J.G., CANADA
Further scientific advancements of the indigenous psychologies approach:
Theoretical, conceptual, and methodological contributions
Kim, U., SOUTH KOREA
Do differences in behavior imply a need for different psychologies?
Poortinga, Y.H., NETHERLANDS/ BELGIUM
Effects of culture on the development of the authoritarian personality
Díaz-Loving, R., MEXICO
Indigenous contributions vs. indigenous psychologies
Adair, J.G., CANADA
Chair/Discussant: Díaz-Loving, R., MEXICO
8:30 - 10:00 Room: ES-100
CULTURE AND IDENTITY: TOWARD AN INTEGRATION OF CROSS-CULTURAL AND SOCIAL
IDENTITY APPROACHES
Convenor: Kashima, E., AUSTRALIA
Entitativity belief and the collective self
Hong, Y., Chiu, C., Hong Kong, PRC
Individual, relational, and collective selves across cultures
Kashima, E., Kashima, Y., Hardie, E., AUSTRALIA
What is "Ingroup"?: The psychological meanings of family and
social group in the Japanese culture
Muramoto, Y., USA, Yuki, M., Yamaguchi, S., JAPAN
Group-representation and self-concept: Japanese distinct-networked self
vs. American collective self
Yuki, M., JAPAN, Brewer, M.B., USA
Discussant: Triandis, H.C., USA
8:30 - 10:00 Room: SL-150
ECOSOCIAL INDICATORS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES IN CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH
Convenor: Georgas, J., GREECE
Ecosocial indices and psychological variables in cross-cultural research
Berry, J.W., CANADA, Georgas, J., GREECE, van de Vijver, F.J.R., THE
NETHERLANDS
Country indicators and intelligence test scores
van de Vijver, F.J.R., Vaessen, A., van de Leur, K., THE NETHERLANDS
Revisiting basic color terms
Saunders, B., van Brakel, J., BELGIUM
Discussant: Segall, M.H., USA
10:30 - 12:00 Room: ES-100
ACCULTURATION AND/OR DEVELOPMENT: SERVICE DELIVERY TO MINORITY COMMUNITIES
IN NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES
Convenor: Vazquez, A., USA
Pacific Island postnatal stress: Assessment and support needs of mothers
in South Auckland
Bridgman, G., NEW ZEALAND
Therapy space in the house: Family therapy at home
Segura, J.A., CANADA
Service delivery to multicultural communities in Australia
Niles, F.S., AUSTRALIA
Acculturation and /or development: A reexamination of Latino psychology
Vazquez, I., USA
10:30 - 12:00 Room: SL-150
FAMILY AND SELF: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Co-Convenors: Ka¦itçiba·i, Ç., TURKEY and Georgas,
J., GREECE
The family-self interface in cross-cultural perspective Gardiner,
H.W., USA
Intercultural transitions, families and schools
Laosa, L., USA
The structure of self-concept as influenced by the family and social
factors
Panagiotopoulou, P., GREECE
Emotional autonomy in a culture of relatedness
Stewart, S.M., Hong Kong, PRC
10:30 - 12:00 Room: SL-130
MODELS AND MEASUREMENT OF ACCULTURATION
Co-Chairs: Tanaka-Matsumi, J. and Nguyen, D.D., USA
Acculturative stress in people of African descent in the USA: A study
of cultural mistrust in black psychiatric patients
Whaley, A.L., USA
Measurement of acculturation: An examination of psychometric properties
Tanaka-Matsumi, J., Hsia, C., Fyffe, D., USA
An empirical categorization of general factors in acculturation scales
Nguyen, D.D., Ilani, S., Chang, R., USA
Discussant: Kleinknecht, R.A., USA
1:00 - 3:00 Room: SL-150
CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES IN CROSS-CULTURAL INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY
Chair: Aycan, Z., TURKEY
Role of "Culture" in industrial and organizational psychology
Aycan, Z., TURKEY
Subcultural variations in relationship among societal and organizational
cultures
Sinha, J.B.P., INDIA
What do we mean by power distance?
Smith, P.B., UNITED KINGDOM
Cultural values and economic growth
Paz, G., Erez, M., Maital, S., ISRAEL
Toward the developmentof a practical theory of culture and negotiation
Gelfand, M.J., McCusker, C., USA
Managing ethics: A ten-country study
Jackson, T., UNITED KINGDOM
Discussant: Earley, C., USA
1:00 - 3:00 Room: MH-104
INDIVIDUAL VALUES: ANTECEDENTS, CONSEQUENCES AND SOCIETAL MEASUREMENT
Convenor: Schwartz, S., ISRAEL
Effects of age and ethnicity on value priorities: Israeli natives and
immigrants
Sagiv, L., Roccas, S., ISRAEL
How best to measure societal values? Aggregating individual values vs.
asking about the typical person
Roccas, S., Sagiv, L., ISRAEL
Values and value differences in French society
Wach, M., Kurc, A., FRANCE
Adolescents' values in Estonia, Finland and Russia
Verkasalo, M., Helkama, K., FINLAND, Niit, T., ESTONIA, Andreyeva, G.,
Stefanenko, T., Dubovskaya, E., RUSSIA
Values and perceived role stressors among nurses: A four-nation study
Glazer, S., USA
1:00 - 3:00 Room: SL-130
VALIDATING INSTRUMENTS FOR CROSS-CULTURAL AND/OR CROSS-LINGUAL RESEARCH
Convenor/Chair: Tanzer, N.K., AUSTRIA
Validating instruments for cross-cultural and/or cross-lingual research:
An overview
Tanzer, N.K., AUSTRIA
Bias and equivalence in cross-cultural assessment
van de Vijver, F.J.R., THE NETHERLANDS
Egyptian experiences in cultural adaptation of psychological tests
Abou-Hatab, F.A., EGYPT
Equivalence of response scales in cross-national survey research
Harkness, J., GERMANY
Using mean and covariance structures (MACS) analyses to determine the
cross-cultural comparability of constructs
Little, T.D., GERMANY
Considertions on cross-cultural comparative research: Chinese expriences
Yan, G., PRC
Discussant: Hocevar, D., USA
1:00 - 3:00 Room: BI-234
VALUE OF CHILDREN IN CHANGING SOCIETIES
Co-convenors/Co-Chairs: Trommsdorff, G., GERMANY and Rothbaum, F., USA
The value of children revisited: Comments and perspectives
Kagitcibasi, C., TURKEY
The changes in value of children in Japanese women
Kashiwagi, K., JAPAN
The intergenerational transmission of parenting: The case of mothers'
and fathers' child rearing stress
Seginer, R., ISRAEL, Vermulst, A., THE NETHERLANDS
Social capital, intergenerational transmission and intercultural contact
in immigrant families
Nauck, B., GERMANY
Cultural and developmental aspects of values of children
Trommsdorff, G., GERMANY
3:30 - 5:30 Room: BI-234
EAST ASIAN CONCEPT OF SELF AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
Convenor: Kim, U., SOUTH KOREA
The relational self: An indigenous analysis of Korean students and adults
Yang, K.M., Kim, U., SOUTH KOREA
Self-concept clarity in Korea
Kim, D., SOUTH KOREA
Conception of self and significant others in Taiwan
Tsai, A.Y., USA
Conception of self and significant others: A comparison of Asian-American
and Euro-American students
Suzuki, L.K., Vo, E.D., USA
Perception of parental control, acceptance, and rejection: Comparative analysis
of Korean adolescents living in Hawaii and Korea
Choe, C., Kim, U., SOUTH KOREA
3:30 - 5:30 Room: SL-150
PSYCHOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THEORY AND RESEARCH
Co-Convenors: Gabrenya, W.K., TAIWAN and Billings, D.K., USA
Why cross-cultural psychology needs the anthropologist: An historical
view
Bourguignon, E., USA
"Culture" in anthropology: Defining features
Billings, D.K., USA
Areas of interchange between psychological anthropology and cross-cultural
psychology: Concepts of culture and of psychological processes
Miller, J.G., USA
From cross-cultural to cultural psychology: Anthropological contributions
Boski, P., POLAND
Theoretical movements in psychology and anthropology: The case of the
Taiwan Sinicization Movement
Gabrenya, W.K., TAIWAN
Discussant: Segall, M.H., USA
3:30 - 5:30 Room: SL-130
THE USE OF STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING IN CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES OF VALUES
AND WELL-BEING
Convenor: Boehnke, K., GERMANY
Person/society value conflict and well-being: The role of acculturation
strategies
Stromberg, C., GERMANY
Work values of German, Polish, and Czech youth in times of rapid social
change
Classen, G., Bergs-Winkels, D., GERMANY
It's the end of it all and I'm fine... - Ecological hopelessness and
mental health in Germany and the Americas
Sohr, S., GERMANY
Is there an ecological value basis? A comparison of Germany and the United
States
Rippl, S., GERMANY
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1998
PAPERS
8:30 - 10:00 Room: AH-04
CULTURE, SEX, AND GENDER RELATIONS
Chair: Best, D.L., USA
Social representations of sexuality through interpersonal agreement analysis:
A study of prostitutes and non-prostitutes in Harare and Brussels
Bundy, R., Chinogwenya, B., Lisgarten, J., Mundy-Castle, A., ZIMBABWE
A study of gender in friendships among university students in Taiwan,
The Philippines, and the U.S.
Crittenden, K., USA, Lamug, C.B., THE PHILIPPINES, Chu, R., Tseng, S., TAIWAN
Roles, norms, and symptoms in a group of Pakistani immigrant women in
New York City
Karasz, A., USA
Sociobiological factors and generational differences in the Cameroon
woman's self perception
Tchombe, T.M., CAMEROON
8:30 - 10:00 Room: BI-234
EXTENDING THE UNDERSTANDING OF INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM - I
Chair: Lee, J.A., USA
Social support and culture: What do cultural differences really mean?
Goodwin, R., Giles, S., Breuel, H., Allen, P., UNITED KINGDOM
Self-enhancement and culture
Kurman, J., ISRAEL
Adapting Triandis's model of subjective culture and social behavior relationships
Lee, J.A., USA
Psychological distance and emotion
Wong, N., Bagozzi, R., USA
8:30 - 10:00 Room: MH-104
THEN AND NOW: FURTHER PERSPECTIVES ON THE ORIGIN, SCOPE, AND CURRENT USEFULNESS
OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
Chair: Segall, M.H., USA
W.H.R. Rivers (1864-1922); The first cross-cultural psychologist
Deregowski, J.B.D., UNITED KINGDOM
Challenging Euro-American centered psychology
Naidoo, J., Olowu, A., Gilbert, A., Akotia, C., CANADA
Cross-cultural psychology: Is it time to revise the model?
Tyler, F.B., USA
An integrative-eclectical approach to analyzing social psychological
phenomena across cultures
Yanchuk, V., BELARUS
10:30 - 12:00 Room: BI-234
EXTENDING THE UNDERSTANDING OF INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM - II
Chair: Brewer, M.B., USA
Individualism-collectivism revisited: Some consequences in group decision
making
Saha, A., Ghosh, E.S.K., INDIA
Describing persons, events and emotions: A cultural perspective
Görts, C.A., Semin, G.R., THE NETHERLANDS
Individualism-collectivism and proverb interpretation
Goto, S.G., Mio, J.S., USA
The measurement of collectivism in India
Verma, J., INDIA, Triandis, H.C., USA
Patterns of language use in individualistic and collectivistic cultures
Zwier, S., Semin, G.R., THE NETHERLANDS
10:30 - 12:00 Room: MH-104
PERSPECTIVES ON LEARNING, SCHOOLING AND TRAINING IN VARIOUS CULTURES
Chair: Hamers, J., CANADA
Language use, language attitudes, literacy and cultural identity of Francophone
and non-Francophone children, schooled in French, in three countries
Hamers, J., CANADA
Developing intercultural competence through situated learning
Kammhuber, S., GERMANY
Basic patterns of experiencing cultural differences and their implications
for intercultural training
Layes, G., GERMANY
Do cultural factors mediate emotional reactions to stress?: A study of
two cultures
Thapa, K., Naidu, R.K., Rettek, S.I., Roseman, I.J., Dhawan, N., INDIA
1:00 - 3:00 Room: BI-212
CULTURAL VALUES AND ACCULTURATIVE PROCESSES
Chair: Phalet, K., THE NETHERLANDS
Research on the value system of German settlers in Georgia
Begiashvili, M., Sakandelidze, I., GEORGIA
Intergenerational patterns of values and acculturation among Turkish
and Moroccan immigrants in Brussels
Phalet, K., THE NETHERLANDS, Swyngedouw, M., Derycke, L., BELGIUM
Hospitality or xenophobia: An Austrian tourism perspective
Wilhelm, U., AUSTRIA
1:00 - 3:00 Room: AH-04
EXPANDING THE COUNSELING MODEL: NEW INSIGHTS FOR PRACTITIONERS - I
Chair: Tanaka-Matsumi, J., USA
Eating disorders among Asian women in western and non-western societies
Bader, D., USA
Mindscapes: Cross-cultural and therapeutic implications
Mundy-Castle, A., ZIMBABWE
Ogbanje syndrome: Reincarnation or sickle cell hemoglobinopathy-related
morbidity and mortality?
Nzewi, E.N., USA
1:00 - 3:00 Room: ES-100
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY IN CULTURAL CONTEXT
Chair: Jones, D., UNITED KINGDOM
Social support and marital quality in a British-Asian community
Goodwin, R., Baumgarte, R., Cramer, D., UNITED KINGDOM
Family relationships in three cultures
Jones, D., Blackburn, P., Mazaheri-Tehrani, A., Sharma, D., UNITED KINGDOM
Marital communication in Puerto Rican couples
Nina, R., USA
Acculturation, coping strategies and functionality of Greek immigrant
families
Papastylianou, D., GREECE
3:30 - 5:30 Room: ES-100
ACCULTURATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE: STRESS AND EMOTIONAL REACTIONS
Chair: Luna-Hernández, J.R., MEXICO
Social support in a changing Europe: Support, appraisal of change and
their consequences in Russia, Hungary and Georgia
Goodwin, R., UNITED KINGDOM, Nizharazde, G., GEORGIA, Luu, L.A.N., Kosa,
E., HUNGARY, Emelyanova, T., RUSSIA
Coping with the syndrome of imposed ethnicity among ethnic Russians
Lebedeva, N., RUSSIA
Effects of migration on emotional experience in Raramuri (Tarahumara)
migrants in Chihuahua, Mexico
Luna-Hernández, J.R., Breugelmans, S.M., MEXICO
Stress and mental health among migrants in Australia
Niles, F.S., AUSTRALIA
3:30 - 5:30 Room: BI-212
CHALLENGES TO CHILDREN: FROM CHILD ABUSE TO FULFILLING ACHIEVEMENT EXPECTATIONS
Chair: Ogunnaike, O., NIGERIA
Variations in concepts of child abuse
Bundy, R., Nyandiya-Bundy, S., ZIMBABWE
Academic achievement and risk-taking among tribal and non-tribal students
of South Bihar, India
Daftuar, C.N., Daftuar, L.C., INDIA
Cultural identity formation and global self-esteem development in adolescents
of migrant and indigenous Australian cultural background
Germain, E.R., AUSTRALIA
Psychological profile of a group of street children of Caracas
Izaguirre, M., García-Sucre, D., Rivero, I., VENEZUELA
3:30 - 5:30 Room: AH-04
EXPANDING THE COUNSELING MODEL: NEW INSIGHTS FOR PRACTITIONERS - II
Chair: Church, A.T., USA
Religion and psychiatry: Review and a Muslim view
Al-Modayfer, O., CANADA
Burden-bearing as a model for counseling in the Philippines
Decenteceo, E.T., PHILIPPINES
Attitudes of undergraduate students toward the elderly in the U.S. and
Ireland
Eyetsemitan, F., USA
Culture as a psychological defense: Perspectives from terror management
theory
Salzman, M., USA
Cross-cultural aspect of psychological counseling
Vynoslavska, O., UKRAINE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1998
POSTERS
9:00 - 12:00 Room: Chart Room
ACCULTURATION, MODERNIZATION, SOCIAL CHANGE
The value system structure in Macedonian teachers in the period of transition
Achkovska-Leshkovska, E., R. MACEDONIA
Development of the Filipino American acculturation scale (FAAS)
Advincula, A., Ricco, R., USA
A clinical approach to cross-cultural identification conflicts in a sample
of placed children and adolescents
Anaut, M., Chouvier, B., FRANCE
Transition reflection upon value system of Macedonian young people
Arnaudova, V., R. MACEDONIA
Conflict regulation preferences of Turkish immigrants in Germany
Bierbrauer, G., GERMANY
Acculturative and marital stress: The moderating role of linguistic self-confidence
Budhwani, T.D., Clément, R., CANADA
American Indians and the Third World metaphor
Buggie, S.E., Gjeltema, B., Block, R.A., USA
Preferences: The heart of acculturation
Flannery, W.P., USA
Collective experiences through intercultural contacts and the readiness
to solve intercultural conflicts in three Chilean ethnic groups
Göbel, K., Hesse, H., GERMANY
The more the better: Cultural identities and adaptation of Russian immigrants
in Israel
Horenczyk, G., Ben-Shalom, U., ISRAEL
Selective acculturation and ethnic identity of Chinese Canadian adults
Kwong, J.Y., Wong, P.T.P., CANADA
Cross-cultural contacts and name usage: Surname, English name, addressing
based on relationship in East Asia
Nakamura, S., JAPAN
The development of a measure of ethnic identity
Rooney, R., Nesdale, D., AUSTRALIA
Distinguishing between fundamental dimensions of collectivism-individualism:
Relations to socio-political attitudes
Strunk, D.R., Chang, E.C., USA
Assessment of cultural identity among native Hawaiian children and adolescents
Thurston, B., Sales, F., Leo, W., Aluli, K., Johnson, J., USA
Rwandan immigration and adaptation in North America
Woodward, W.R., Higiro, J.M.V., Umugwangwali, B., USA
2:00 - 5:00 Room: Chart Room
DEVELOPMENTAL
Sexual behavior, AIDS and social anxieties in adolescents in some African
countries
Adebo, A., SOUTH AFRICA
Preschool language development and fourth grade educational outcomes
Aksu-Koç, A., Öuün¦, S., Tekcan, A., Townes, B.D.,
TURKEY
Whose work is homework?: Examining the culture of homework in Spain and
Canada
Baker-Sennett, J., LaCasa, P., CANADA
Reference in maternal speech: Dual adaptation to infant development and
to culture
Bornstein, M.H., USA
Play in two cultures: Universality of process, specificity of structure
Bornstein, M.H., USA
Cultural identity strategies, representations of achievement and depression
in adolescents of immigrant descent in France
Franchi, V., SOUTH AFRICA
Some child care arrangements made by women tea pluckers: The story and
its implications
Ganapathy, H., INDIA
Adolescents' perception about parents' attitudes: A transcultural study
Girardi, C.I., MEXICO
Comparative study of sleeping arrangements and breast feeding in Brazilian
children
Rabinovich, E.P., BRAZIL
Child development in the Santhal tribal community and non-tribal society
of India
Sahoo, F.M., INDIA
Adolescent cultural identity in South Africa and the United States
Smith, T.B., USA
Heroes and heroines of Brazilian and French adolescents
Stephenson, M., FRANCE
Adolescent identity development in two types of Amish communities
Stevick, R.A., USA
Culture and language acquisition of Japanese-Indonesian children in Bali:
Concerning maternal views on child rearing
Suzuki, K., JAPAN
Child maltreatment over three generations in marginal populations in
Colombia
Tenorio, M.C., COLOMBIA
Mother-child conflict resolution styles among college students in Taiwan
Tsai, A.Y., Hsiu-Ting, Y., USA
Occupational aspirations of preschoolers in the United States and Sri
Lanka
Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Kumar, S., USA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1998
SPECIAL EVENTS
11:00-12:00 Room: MH-163
JUBILEE SPEAKER SERIES
"The mental health of Asian Americans: What we know and what we don't
know."
Sue, S., USA
12:30-1:30 Room: O'Keefe Room, Cafeteria, Fairhaven Administration
Bldg
CONVERSATION HOUR
Primary health care: Expanding our services beyond mental health
Suinn, R.M., USA
1:30 - 3:30 Room: T-1
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
From the soul of the land: Indigenous perspectives on self-determination
and their implications for cross-cultural psychology
Convenor: Taima Moeke-Pickering, Ngati Pukeko (Maori), University
of Waikato, NEW ZEALAND
Presenters: Beatrice Medicine, Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux), South
Dakota, USA; William Demmert, Tlingit, Western Washington
University, Bellingham, Washington, USA; Minoaka Kapuaahiwalani-Fitzsimmons,
Kanaka Maoli, Hawaii, USA; Darren Garvey, and Pat Dudgeon,
Aborigine, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, AUSTRALIA
Discussants: Joseph E. Trimble, Lakota (Sioux) Western Washington
University, Bellingham, Washington, USA; Sharon Kinley, Lummi,
Bellingham, Washington, USA
1:30-3:30 Room: T-2
WORKSHOP
A new, simple method to measure values across cultures
Schwartz, S., ISRAEL
4:30-5:30 Room: AH-100
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7:30-
On the lawn, Wilson Library and Old Main
CONGRESS BANQUET
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1998
SYMPOSIUMS
8:30 - 10:00 Room: T-9
AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SELF-CONCEPTION
Co-Convenors: Mortazavi, S., IRAN and Watkins, D., Hong Kong, PRC
The equivalence of the factor structure of self-concept for age and gender:
An investigation of Hong Kong adolescents
Cheng, C., Hong Kong, PRC
Age and gender differences in the source and level of self-esteem of
adults and college students from four countries
Mortazavi, S., IRAN
Age and gender differences in level and source of self-esteem: A study
of Turkish university students and adults
Sunar, D., TURKEY
Age, gender and the nature of self-concept: Findings of a cross-cultural
research program
Watkins, D., Hong Kong, PRC
8:30 - 10:00 Room: T-1
BILINGUALISM: PSYCHOLINGUISTIC AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Convenor: Altarriba, J., USA
Orthographic knowledge in L2 users
Cook, V., UNITED KINGDOM
Cultural aspects of concepts in bilingual memory
Pavlenko, A., USA
Cross-modal approaches to the investigation of bilingual spoken language
comprehension
Heredia, R., USA/MEXICO
Hemispheric asymmetries in bilingual lexical processing
Kilborn, K., UNITED KINGDOM
Bilingual language processing across orthographies: An exploration of
Devanagari
Vaid, J., USA, Gupta, A., INDIA
Discussant: Altarriba, J., USA
8:30 - 10:00 Room: T-3
CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF ACCULTURATION: CURRENT
EFFORTS AND NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Chair: Benet-Martínez, V., USA
"Being Chinese, being American": Variation among American-born
and immigrant Chinese
Tsai, J., USA
Acculturation as a mediator of cultural differences in causal attribution:
Modeling acculturation in the laboratory
Benet-Martínez, V., Morris, M., USA
The bi-dimensional model of acculturation: Too little? too much? or just
right?
Flannery, W.P., USA
Measuring acculturation across different domains of life: Useful or not?
Shiang, J., USA
Discussant: Sue, S., USA
8:30 - 10:00 Room: T-6
FILIPINO PSYCHOLOGY: INDIGENOUS AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES AND RESEARCH
IN THE PHILIPPINES AND UNITED STATES
Convenor: Church, A.T., USA
Sikolohiyang Pilipino (Filipino Psychology): A legacy of Dr. Virgilio
G. Enriquez
Pe-Pua, R., Marcelino, E., AUSTRALIA
Sikolohiyang Pilipino (Filipino Psychology) in the United States
Strobel, L.M., USA
Cross-indigenous studies of personality, emotion, and intelligence in
the Philippines
Katigbak, M.S., Church, A.T.., USA
Discussant: Church, A.T., USA
10:30 - 12:00 Room: T-10
CONCEPTIONS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN DIFFERENT CULTURES: IMPLICATIONS
FOR IMPROVING LEARNING OUTCOMES
Convener: Watkins, D., Hong Kong, PRC
Phenomenography and cross-cultural psychology: Some theoretical issues
and research findings
Dahlin, B., SWEDEN
Exploring conceptions of learning in different cultures: Qualitative
and quantitative approaches
Purdie, N., AUSTRALIA
Confrontation and conceptual change: A cultural perspective on improving
university teaching
Ho, A.S.P., Hong Kong, PRC
Finding diversity in conceptions of teaching
Pratt, D.D., CANADA
Discussant: Watkins, D., Hong Kong, PRC
10:30 - 12:00 Room: T-1
CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACHES TO INTERGROUP AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
Co-Chairs: Adamopoulos, J., USA and Boski, P., POLAND
Cultural identity, subjective well-being and outgroup evaluation
Boski, P., Sola, T., POLAND
Intergroup contact and acculturation immigrants
Georgas, J., GREECE
Ingroup favoritism and perceived similarity: Russians' perceptions in
the post-Soviet era
Henderson-King, E., Henderson-King, D., Zhermer, N., USA
Feminist consciousness among Russians and Americans
Henderson-King, D., Zhermer, N., USA
The perception of personal relationships in the U.S., Greece, and Poland
Adamopoulos, J., USA , Boski, P., POLAND
10:30 - 12:00 Room: T-6
THE FAMILY IN POST-SOVIET CONTEXT: A CROSS-CULTURAL AND PSYCHOHISTORICAL
ANALYSIS
Convenor: Bondarovskaia, V.M., UKRAINE
Building cross-cultural relationships and community in the post-Soviet
era
Cox, P.J., USA
Integration of Ukraine into Information World Space: Cross-cultural psychological
relationships
Grinchenko, T.A., Stogny, A.A., Mondarovskaia, V.M., UKRAINE
Modern stages of development of the image of subject in the European
mentality
Titov, V., UKRAINE
The family in post-Soviet context: A cross-cultural and psychohistorical
analysis
Bondarovskaia, V.M., UKRAINE
10:30 - 12:00 Room: T-3
PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE THEORY AND MEASUREMENT OF MULTIETHNIC IDENTITY
Convenor: Trimble, J.E., USA
Chair: Beauvais, F., USA
An ecological model for racial, ethnic, and gender identity co-construction:
Preliminary findings from siblings of mixed heritage
Root, M.P.P., USA
Mestizo psychology: Philosophy, theory, research, and application
Ramirez, M. III, USA
Orthogonal cultural identification theory: Validation findings generated
from American Indian, Mexican American, and Anglo adolescents
Trimble, J.E., USA
Discussant: Thurman, P.J., USA
1:30 - 3:30 Room: T-5
ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE IN INDIVIDUALISTIC AND COLLECTIVISTIC
CULTURES
Convenor: Kim, U., SOUTH KOREA
Chair: Park, Y., SOUTH KOREA
The relationship among locus of control, attributional style, social
support, and achievement: Comparative analysis of Korean adolescents and
adults
Park, Y., SOUTH KOREA
Achievement attribution in the Japanese culture
Muramoto, Y., USA, Kim, U., SOUTH KOREA, Yamaguchi, S., Hidaka, Y.,
Izuta, Y., JAPAN
Success and failure attribution: An indigenous analysis of Korean and U.S.
students and adults
Park, Y., SOUTH KOREA
Locus of control, attributional style, and academic grade: Analysis of
Brazilian high school and university students
Ferreira, M.C., Assmar, E.M.L., BRAZIL
Psychological and cultural factors influencing industrial accidents in
Korea: Analysis of private sector employees, safety managers, and government
officials
Park, D., Lee, G.H., SOUTH KOREA
1:30 - 3:30 Room: T-3
ACCULTURATION AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES OF ADOLESCENTS: ASPECTS OF INTERGROUP
RELATIONSHIPS
Convenor: Kwak, K., CANADA
Young immigrants' acculturation attitudes in Portugal and Portuguese
adolescents' attitudes towards immigrants
Neto, F., PORTUGAL
Generational differences on acculturation attitudes and values among
Vietnamese and Korean families
Kwak, K., Berry, J.W., CANADA
Immigrants' intergroup attitudes and behavior: The roles of cultural
identity and motivations for immigration
Horenczyk, G., Bekerman, Z., ISRAEL
Ethnic identity and acculturation preferences among four ethnic groups
in Norway: Relationships and their predictors
Sam, D., NORWAY
Psychosocial adjustment of immigrant youth in Sweden
Westin, C., Virta, E., SWEDEN
1:30 - 3:30 Room: T-4
IMMIGRATION, IDENTITY AND ACCULTURATION: MEDIATING FACTORS
Chair: Lasry, J., CANADA
Acculturation/enculturation: Etic parameters and emic assessment of ethnic
identity in migrant offspring
Weinreich, P., UNITED KINGDOM
Experiencing discrimination as identity incongruity: Outcome and moderating
effects
Clément, R., Denault, B., CANADA
Vitality, contact and situational language norms: The acculturation of
Latinos and Anglo-Americans
Noels, K.A., CANADA
The psychological acculturation of Ukrainian-Canadians
Young, M., Clark, F., Kalimanski, L., CANADA
Ethnic identity, acculturation and health services
Lasry, J., Kirmayer, L.J., CANADA
Discussant: Schmitz, P.G., GERMANY
1:30 - 3:30 Room: PH-146
"PSYCHIC UNITY" - STILL A USEFUL CONSTRUCT?
Co-Chairs: Adamopoulos, J. and Miller, J.G., USA
Cultural formation of a single mind: Piaget and cognitive development
Greenfield, P.M., USA
Cross-cultural and cultural psychology: A synthesis?
Triandis, H.C., USA
Integration of eclecticism
Eckensberger, L.H., GERMANY
Culture, psychological theory, and the issue of psychic unity
Adamopoulos, J., USA
What's old and new about approaches to psychic unity
Miller, J.G., USA
Revisiting the search for psychological universals
Lonner, W.J., USA
1:30 - 3:30 Room: PH-228
SOCIAL CLASS IN CULTURAL RESEARCH: THEORY, METHOD, AND CASE STUDIES
Convenor: Gabrenya, W.K., USA
Cultural dimensions of occupational prestige rankings: The case of Iran
before and after the Islamic Revolution
Banuazizi, A., USA
Social class, schools, and adolescents' values
Gibbons, J.L., USA
Safer SES? German-US comparisons of knowledge, preferences and attitudes
about mental health professionals
Kwon, S., GERMANY
Perceived social status and socio-economic mobility in the Indian context
Pandey, J.G.B., INDIA
Social class, modernity, and social change in Taiwan
Gabrenya, W.K., USA
Discussant: Kagitcibasi, C., TURKEY
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1998
PAPERS
8:30 - 10:00 Room: T-2
ACCULTURATION, ADAPTATION, AND IDENTITY FORMATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN TRANSITION
Chair: Birman, D., USA
Soviet Jewish refugees and their American peers: Adaptation to high school
Birman, D., Trickett, E., Vinokurov, A., USA
The effect of acculturation on the psychological functioning of second-generation
Irish adolescents in New Zealand
Fortune, S.A., Walsh, P.N., IRELAND
Acculturation and delinquency among Cambodian male adolescents in California
Lim, K.V., Go, C.G., Levenson, M., USA
Notions of adulthood within three migrant groups in The Netherlands
Pels, T., THE NETHERLANDS
Racial identity attitudes and self-esteem of black adolescents in Britain:
An exploratory study
Robinson, L., UNITED KINGDOM
Adolescent stress: A cross-cultural study of British White, British Asian
and Asian Indian adolescents
Sharma, D., Jones, D., UNITED KINGDOM
8:30 - 10:00 Room: T-8
CREATING INTERCULTURAL SYNERGIES
Chair: Garcia, J., USA
The effects of cultural diversity in small work groups
Girndt, T., Poortinga, Y.H., THE NETHERLANDS
Training of intercultural competence: An evaluation within a multinational
company
Podsiadlowski, A., Spiess, E., GERMANY
Comparison of managing cultural diversity in German-Chinese research
and business cooperation
Thomas, A., GERMANY
Cultural differences as synergetic potential in complex problem solving
Zeutschel, U., GERMANY
8:30 - 10:00 Room: T-5
PERSPECTIVES ON PLANNING AND PROBLEM SOLVING: CONTRASTS INVOLVING GERMANY
AND OTHER COUNTRIES
Chair: Strohschneider, S., GERMANY
Planning: From a cultural to a cross-cultural perspective
Güss, D., GERMANY
On the cultural relativity of problem solving styles: Explorations in
India and Germany
Strohschneider, S., GERMANY
Cross-cultural group research: Complex problem solving in German and
Indonesian workgroups
Tjitra, H.W., GERMANY
8:30 - 10:00 Room: T-4
SOCIOCULTURAL VARIATIONS IN BELIEFS, JUSTICE, AND VALUES
Chair: Leung, K., Hong Kong, PRC
Properties of intracultural variation in values
Au, K., Hong Kong, PRC
Patternalism: Towards conceptual refinement and operationalization
Aycan, Z., TURKEY; Kanungo, R., USA
Perceptions of the justice and cultural appropriateness of mediation
Chataway, C., Kalemba, V., CANADA
Social axioms: A three-culture study
Leung, K., Bond, M.H., Hong Kong, PRC, Yamaguchi, S., JAPAN, Carrasquel,
R., VENEZUELA
8:30 - 10:00 Room: T-10
SOCIOPOLITICAL INFLUENCES ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES: GREECE, BANGLADESH, AND
SOUTH AFRICA
Chair: Potgieter, A.C., SOUTH AFRICA
Teachers' experiences of a multi-cultural educational secondary school
system - with specific reference to South Africa
Potgieter, A.C., Myburgh, C.P.H., Poggenpoel, M., SOUTH AFRICA
Status of nonformal primary education in Bangladesh
Haq, M.N., BANGLADESH
Teacher gender-related influences in Greek schools
Hopf, D., GERMANY, Hatzichristou, C., GREECE
10:30 - 12:00 Room: T-2
COLONIALISM, ACCULTURATION, AND COPING WITH MULTICULTURAL INFLUENCES
Chair: Garcia, J., USA
Research on the effectiveness of decolonisation workshop experiences
Moeke-Pickering, T., NEW ZEALAND
Acculturation and the development of organizational practices in emergent
Maori organizations
Richards, P., NEW ZEALAND, Garcia, J., USA
The construction of a supra national identity in Chile and Venezuela.
Salazar, J.M., VENEZUELA, Villegas, J.F., CHILE
Cultural styles and relational schemas: Implications for inter-group
conflict
Sanchez-Burks, J., Nisbett, R.E., Ybarra, O., USA
Ways that can promote multicultural understanding: What do Singapore
students suggest?
Tan, A.G., SINGAPORE
10:30 - 12:00 Room: T-4
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION, APARTHEID, AND PREJUDICE
Chair: Cvetkovich, G., USA
Social antecedents of perceived control of academic events in Turkish
and English adolescents
Ertubey, C., Russell, R.J.H., UNITED KINGDOM
Apartheid ideology: Racial identity and political psychology in South
Africa
Hocoy, D., USA
Challenge and survive: The psychology of religion meets culture
Jablonski, P.T., THE NETHERLANDS
Prejudice against overweight people is related to authoritarianism in
Brazil
Paine, P., Dorea, J.G., BRAZIL
10:30 - 12:00 Room: T-5
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN SELECTED CULTURAL CONTEXTS
Chair: Dinnel, D., USA
Learning potential as an alternative cross-cultural measure of general
cognitive ability
de Beer, M., SOUTH AFRICA
Intellectual development of children in Gypsy families in Romania
Dumitrascu, T., ROMANIA
Criteria of beauty regarding spatial patterns in four cultures
Maruyama, M., Zankovsky, A., Fatehi, K., JAPAN
Culture, cognitive style, and category learning
Norenzayan, A., Nisbett, R.E., Smith, E.E., USA
10:30 - 12:00 Room: T-8
MOTIVATION AND HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE
Chair: Roe, R., THE NETHERLANDS
The effects of organizational culture on occupational stress of managers
in India
Daftuar, C.N., Nair, P., INDIA
A new approach to job commitment: A cross-cultural study
Derkach, L., UKRAINE
Interpersonal work values and professional commitment of managers in
the U.S. and India
Ghei, A., USA
Organizational health in Singapore and the U.K.: A contrast, review,
and application
Ho, J., SINGAPORE
Test of a model of work motivation in Bulgaria, Hungary and The Netherlands
Roe, R., Zinovieva, I.L., Dienes, E., ten Horn, L.A., THE NETHERLANDS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1998
POSTERS
9:00 - 12:00 Room: Chart Room
SOCIAL, PERSONALITY
Sex role perception of women in India and America
Agarwal, K.S., Lester, D., Dhawan, N., INDIA
Public interpersonal behavior in six western countries
Arrowood, K.N., Best, D.L., USA
Sociocultural premises about Brazilian family in relation to sex and
age
Assmar, E.M.L., Ferreira, M.C., Novaes, H.G., Tomaz, M.M., Cisne, M., BRAZIL
Structure of attitudes toward cultural diversity: Implications for multinational
corporations
Aycan, Z., TURKEY, Ones, D.S., USA
Weight beliefs among educated East African women
Buggie, S.E., USA, Kasinja, N., MALAWI
Individualism/collectivism and family type as mediators between subsistence
and socialization practices
Carpenter, S., USA
Handling anger in conflict situations in Javanese and German families:
A cross-cultural study
Dahme, G., GERMANY
Predictors of subjective health and well-being in Germany and the U.S.:
Similarities and differences
Fleeson, W., Staudinger, U.M., Baltes, P.B., USA
Assertiveness vs abnegation vs authoritativeness: Differences in two
Mexican subcultures
Flores-Galaz, M., Díaz-Loving, R., MEXICO
Toward a theory of tightness-looseness: Further empirical evidence in
the U.S. and Japan.
Gelfand, M.J., USA, Chan, D., PRC, Yamaguchi, S., JAPAN, Triandis, H.C.,
USA, Nishii, L.H., JAPAN
Perceptions of causal controllability across cultures
Higgins, N.C., Bhatt, G., Finchilescu, G., CANADA
Attitudes about gender roles and marriage at four colleges in Japan
Hill, C.T., USA, Hicks, J., JAPAN
Cultural and psychological characteristics of Hawaiian children
Johnson, J., Leo, W., Aluli, K., Sales, F., Thurston, B., USA
Meta-level collectivism in Estonia and Finland
Kants, L., Realo, A., ESTONIA
Malaysian and Australian adults' beliefs about intelligent children
Robinson, J.A., Haron, F., AUSTRALIA
1:00 - 4:00 Room: Chart Room
SOCIAL, PERSONALITY
Nomological network of relationship harmony in Chinese
Li, C., Kwan, V.S.Y., Bond, M.H., Hong Kong, PRC
Development of interdependent self
Lopez, M., USA
Emotional conflict and role incompatibility
Mishra, K., INDIA
Control beliefs and self-construals in Japanese and Swiss adolescents
Nakamura, Y., Flammer, A., SWITZERLAND
Sexual behavior and religion standing in Portuguese university students
Nogueira, M.C., Oliveira, P., Araújo, S., PORTUGAL
Sociocultural correlates of self-reported risk factors for HIV/AIDS in
a sample of adolescent students in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon
Nsamenang, A.B., CAMEROON
The power of one: Individualism, collectivism and power
Parkes, L.P., Bochner, S., Schneider, S.K., AUSTRALIA
Gender traits and occupational stereotypes among Anglo-Australian and
Chinese Australian students
Ray, S., Hough, C., USA
A cross-cultural study on the meaning of silence
Sano, N., Yamaguchi, S., JAPAN
Factors affecting Malaysian and Australian students' judgments of guilt/innocence
in a hypothetical bombing trial
Thompson, T., Hicks, R., AUSTRALIA
Value systems and value conflicts in different ethnic groups in the period
of socio-political change in Macedonia
Trajkov, I., Belevska, D., Ristovska, K., R. MACEDONIA
The value systems structure and value conflicts of the unemployed in
the period of transition in R. Macedonia
Trajkova, V.S., Sipinkovska, U., Gacova, B., Petanova, I., R. MACEDONIA
Self-conceptions of the mountain children of Nepal
Watkins, D., Hong Kong, PRC, Regmi, M., NEPAL
Meaning of Amae: An empirical research on the use of the word, Amae,
in Japanese (1)
Yamaguchi, S., Hidaka, Y., Ohashi, M., Zemba, Y., Yamauchi, M., JAPAN
Meaning of Amae: An empirical research on the use of the word, Amae,
in Japanese (2)
Yamaguchi, S., Ohashi, M., Hidaka, Y., Yamauchi, M., Zemba, Y., JAPAN
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1998
SPECIAL EVENTS
10:00-12:30 Room: Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center
MILLENIUM PRELUDE: THE PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
Convenors: Ka¦itçiba·i, Ç., TURKEY and Poortinga,
Y.H., THE NETHERLANDS
Conceptions of culture and the person for psychology
Kashima, Y., AUSTRALIA
Cross-cultural analysis of social behavior
Singelis, T.M., USA, Kim, U., SOUTH KOREA
The history and future of development in cross-cultural psychology
Keller, H., GERMANY, Greenfield, P.M., USA
Methodological issues in psychological research on culture
van de Vijver, F.J.R., THE NETHERLANDS, Leung, K., Hong Kong, PRC
Applied cross-cultural psychology: Perspectives on interventions in health
and education
Harkness, S., USA
Can industrial and organizational psychology offer solutions to developing
country problems?
Aycan, Z., TURKEY
4:00-5:30 Room: To Be Arranged
WORKSHOP
Internet Resources Workshop: A Look at Services and Techniques for Researchers
in Cross-Cultural Psychology
Workshop Conductors: Kwon, S., GERMANY, Gabrenya, W.K., USA, Germain,
E.R., Niles, F.S., AUSTRALIA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1998
SYMPOSIUMS
1:30 - 3:00 Room: BI-212
INTERGENERATIONAL VALUE TRANSMISSION
Co-convenors: Schönpflug, U., GERMANY, Schwartz, S., ISRAEL
Are families important value transmitters?
Schwartz, S., ISRAEL
Effects of family processes on value transmission
Knafo, A., ISRAEL
Value similarities and differences in Caucasian and Asian mother-teenager
pairs
Stewart, S.M., Hong Kong, PRC
Culture's antecedents: Intergenerational value transmission
Boehnke, K., GERMANY
Intergenerational value transmission
Schönpflug, U., GERMANY
1:30 - 3:00 Room: ES-100
INTERNET RESOURCES IN CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY: PROMISES AND PITFALLS IN
REAL-LIFE USAGE OF MODERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chair/Convenor: Kwon, S. GERMANY
Culture lite: A view from the World Wide Web
Gabrenya, W.K., USA
Classroom usage and benefits of the Internet for education and teaching
of cross-cultural psychology
Niles, F.S., AUSTRALIA
The use of the Internet and its potential for cross-cultural research:
A case in Singapore
Tan, A., SINGAPORE
Cyber-resources for cross-cultural psychology: Using, misusing, non-using
and abusing Internet services
Kwon, S., GERMANY, Germain, E.R., Niles, F.S., AUSTRALIA, Tan A., SINGAPORE
Discussant: Trimble, J.E., USA
3:30 - 5:30 Room: ES-100
ACCULTURATION: BROADENING THE SCOPE Co-convenors/Chair: van de Vijver,
F.J.R., THE NETHERLANDS and Ward, C., SINGAPORE
Acculturation attitudes in relation to socioeconomic status and attitudes
of the larger society
Ataca, B., CANADA
Acculturation processes of Turkish immigrants in The Netherlands
Arends-Toth, J., van de Vijver, F.J.R., van den Reek, E., THE NETHERLANDS
Theoretical and methodological issues in the measurement of acculturation
Ward, C., SINGAPORE
Acculturation, psychological adjustment and health: The influence of social
and cultural factors
Schmitz, P.G., GERMANY
Human carrying capacity and physiological carrying capacity of land in a
degrading environment: The case of the Fulani in the Sahel
van Haaften, E.H., van de Vijver, F.J.R., Leenaars, J., Driessen, P.,
THE NETHERLANDS
3:30 - 5:30 Room: PH-146
CROSS-CULTURAL CHALLENGES TO "MAINSTREAM" SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: A
PROGRESS REVIEW
Convenor: Smith, P.B., UNITED KINGDOM
Culture and social cognition: A mainstreaming of cross-cultural psychology
or culturizing the mainstream?
Kashima, Y., AUSTRALIA
Cross-cultural conflict styles: Current status and future directions
Ting-Toomey, S., USA
Exploring cultural implications of intragroup processes
Earley, C., UNITED KINGDOM
Cross-cultural influences on the study of intergroup behavior
Brewer, M.B., USA
Organizational psychology in cross-cultural perspective
Drenth, P.J.D., THE NETHERLANDS
3:30 - 5:30 Room: AH-04
INTERPRETIVE METHODS IN CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH
Convenor: Ratner, C., USA
Towards a synthesis of traditions: Psychology of culture and two forms
of science
Tonks, R.G., CANADA
Objectivity and interpretive methodology in cross-cultural psychological
research
Ratner, C., USA
Exploring constructions of reality in an "alien" culture: Methodological
issues
Shaw, A., Paranjpe, A., CANADA
Diversity in Calgary: A challenge for social services
Pruegger, V.J., CANADA
The meaning and process of culture: Implications for psychological inquiry
Misra, G., Varma, S., INDIA
The role of qualitative and quantitative methods for cross-cultural research
Friedlmeier, W., GERMANY
Discussant: Misra, G., INDIA
3:30 - 5:30 Room: PH-228
UNDERSTANDING KOREAN CULTURE FROM A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Convenor: Kim, U., SOUTH KOREA
Chair: Choi, S.C., SOUTH KOREA
An indigenous analysis of ingroup identity in Korea and Japan
Choi, S.C., SOUTH KOREA
Preparing for the unification of Korea: Development of an intercultural
training program
Chung, J.K., Chung, B.H., SOUTH KOREA
Cross-cultural business communication in the global workplace
Jin, K.A., SOUTH KOREA
The cultural specificity of epistemological beliefs
Youn, I., SOUTH KOREA
The relationship patterns among cultural beliefs, self-cohesion, self-esteem,
and psychological well-being: Cross-cultural analysis of Korean and U.S.
university students
Kim, H., SOUTH KOREA
3:30 - 5:30 Room: BI-212
TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENT APPROACHES TO LEARNING IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
Convenor: Sethi, R., USA
Cross-cultural validation of models of approaches to learning
Wong, T.N., Hong Kong, PRC
A comparison of the approaches to learning of Euro-American and Mexican-American
students
Sethi, R., USA
Predicting school achievement Biggs' LPQ in Zimbabwean multiracial schools
Mpofu, E., ZIMBABWE
Correlates of approaches to learning: A cross-cultural meta-analysis
Watkins, D., Hong Kong, PRC
Discussant: Purdie, N., AUSTRALIA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1998
PAPERS
1:30 - 3:00 Room: PH-146
CULTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING STYLES
Co-Chairs: Brislin, R., USA, and Jackson, T., UNITED KINGDOM
Are women entrepreneurs different from men?: The case of Nepal
Bhawuk, D.P.S., USA
Managing people and change: China, India & South Africa
Jackson, T., UNITED KINGDOM, Li, J., PRC, Rohmetra, N., INDIA
A report of the GLOBE survey in France
Kurc, A., Leeds, C.A., FRANCE
The Russian investment company from the point of view of the ethnographer
Marchenko, O., RUSSIA
Activation of latent individual methods of learning in three cultures
Maruyama, M., JAPAN
1:30 - 3:00 Room: PH-228
CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON NEGATIVE LIFE EVENTS AND NEGATIVE WELL-BEING EXPERIENCES
Chair: Cox, P.J., USA
The Ukrainian-American Family Network: A developmental model for humanitarian
assistance
Cox, P.J., USA
Psychological recovery of adults with cervical cancer: The role of cultural
beliefs
Kohli, N., INDIA
Does culture influence our experience of, and coping with, loneliness?
Rokach, A., Isaac, L., CANADA,
An approach to the examination of the psychosocial dimensions of poverty
in Mexico
Rosario Silva-Arciniega, M., MEXICO
1:30 - 3:00 Room: AH-04
PERSPECTIVES ON CULTURAL FACTORS THAT INTERACT WITH SELECTED COGNITIVE AND
EMOTIONAL VARIABLES
Chair: Griffin, D.W., UNITED KINGDOM
Differences between Japanese and Canadian students in optimistic time
predictions
Griffin, D.W., UNITED KINGDOM, Otsubo, Y., JAPAN, Buehler, R., Lehman, D.,
CANADA, Heine, S., USA
Reframing Japanese pessimism: I'm more typical than the average person
Ohashi, M.M., Yamaguchi, S., JAPAN
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1998
SPECIAL EVENTS
9:00-11:00 Room: Chart Room
WORKSHOP
CLASSROOM EXERCISES TO TEACH ABOUT CULTURE AND ETHNICITY
Convenor: Singelis, T.M., USA
Cultural differences in communication style
Brislin, R., USA
Cultural metaphors simulation
Gannon, M., Gelfand, M.J., USA
The power of stereotypes: A labeling exercise
Goldstein, S.B., USA
Situation-specific nonverbal communication
Singelis, T.M., USA