STUDY DESIGN The present study's design was translation and crosscultural validation of the Neck Disability Index (NDI). OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to translate and culturally adapt the NDI into Hebrew language and to evaluate the psychometric properties of this version. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA As yet, no Hebrew language neck pain and disability questionnaires exist. The NDI is w...

Abstract Does temporal thought extend asymmetrically into the past and future? Do asymmetries depend on cultural differences in focus? Some studies suggest that people Western (arguably future-focused) cultures perceive future as being closer, more valued, deeper than (a asymmetry), while opposite is shown East Asian past-focused) cultures. The proposed explanations of these findings predict a ...

Article history: Received April 16, 2014 Revised May 20, 2014 Accepted May 26, 2014 Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in adults in both the United States and Argentina. Scientific literature has consistently shown the effects of behaviors and risk factors on cardiovascular health; however, few have investigated cardiovascular behaviors and risk factors in early adulthood. We ...

JOURNAL OF PACIFIC RIM PSYCHOLOGY Volume 4, Issue 1 pp. 72–85 Address for correspondence: Emeritus Professor G.R. Davidson, University of the Sunshine Coast, School of Social Sciences, Maroochydore DC, Sippy Downs, Qld 4558, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] Assessment is a cornerstone activity of psychological practice. Notwithstanding, and in spite of the recent publication of a number o...

It is a commonly held notion in the U.S. that transforming an "underdeveloped" society into a more technologically advanced society with a higher economic standard of living results in an improved diet and better nutritional status. This notion, which persists to this day, colored the perceptions of early colonial administrators in America who believed that American Indians starved before the c...

This paper explores the linkage between organizational structure and cross-cultural management. It suggests that a fluid and continuously evolving structure enables effective crosscultural management. In support of this proposition, the paper reports on the experience of one of the world’s largest financial services corporations – a Swiss Bank. The bank adopted a different type of organizationa...

We conducted this study to examine measurement equivalence and mean differences in identity status across 3 ethnic/cultural contexts: White American, Hispanic American, and Swedish. We used the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status II (EOM–EIS–II; Bennion & Adams, 1986), a commonly used instrument in the identity status literature. We conducted analyses to ascertain the extent to wh...