Japanese and German Adolescents' Control Orientation: A Cross-Cultural Study

Students' Perceptions of Socialisation and Gender Role in Japan and Germany

The present study investigates differences in students' perceptions of socialisation and gender roles in Japan and the Federal Republic of Germany. N = 64 male and 111 female Japanese and N = 61 male and 59 female German students completed paper-and-pencil tests, Group comparisons showed significant differences with respect to perceptions of socialisation and gender-role orientation, Japanese a...

Adaptation of International Students in Japan: The Cultural Fit of Control Orientation

This study aimed to explore the role of cultural fit for the adaptation of international students in Japan. The concept of cultural fit (Ward & Chang, 1997) suggests that resembling the host culture in certain characteristics is advantageous for sojourners’ cross-cultural adaptation. It was assumed that secondary-primary control orientation is one such characteristic of importance for adaptatio...

Emotion regulation in early childhood : a cross-cultural comparison between German and Japanese toddlers

Cultural and Developmental Aspects of Values of Children

1 Summary In the first part. cross-cultural studies on vatues of children as retlected in parental heliefs, hehavior and parent-child relationships are discussed. Considerable differences between Japan and Germany are demonstrated which mainly concern the emotiomll quality of the mother-child relationship. Japanese as compared to German mothers showed more flexihle responsiveness across situati...

Traditional versus modern values, self-perceived interpersonal factors, and posttraumatic stress in Chinese and German crime victims.

OBJECTIVES The influence of cultural factors on mental health is not disputed in general - but elaborated research approaches are still lacking. We investigate cultural influences not only by nationality but also by value orientation (modern vs. traditional). A cross-cultural comparison with Chinese and German crime victims included an assessment of value orientation according to Schwartz's the...