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and confidence. Coders were also required to write down detailed qualitative rationales for their
coding. Qualitative rationales provided by coders from both cultures were categorized and
compared. Both quantitative and qualitative differences were found. We will discuss the important
implications of these differences for cross-cultural research theory and methodology.
5138.87 The Sws-survey of occupational and mental health: A cross-cultural questionnaire
available for worldwide adaptation, Robert F Ostermann 1 , Rodolfo E Gutierrez 2 , 1 Fairleigh
Dickinson University and C.O.P.E. Services Council, USA; 2 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico, Mexico
Cross-cultural research is limited because there are few native language instruments for local and
comparative research especially in developing countries where some aspects of Western
psychology do not directly apply. The SWS-Study of Occupational and Mental Health, sponsored
by the World Federation for Mental Health with cooperation of the W.H.O. Collaborating Centers
for Occupational Health has been translated and adapted so far in 21 distinct country-groups
world-wide. Content validation identified stress, support and mental health items unique to each
country-group and 150 universal, cross-cultural items. This interactive session presents the global
SWS-Theory and research methodology developed for replication in other countries.
5138.88 On making a psycological diagnosis of children’s comprehension of folklore, Svetlana
Galyautdinova, Bashkir Institute of Education Development, Russian Federation
Researches of psychological mechanisms of children’s comprehension of folklore should be
determined by the following major trends in psychological diagnosis making. The first trend is
connected with diagnosis making of cognitive and emotional components of comprehension
process. The second trend presupposes diagnosis making of verbal expression of folklore image
contents. The third trend is aimed at revealing of a child’s readiness to folklore understanding
which depends on knowledge level concerning the culture of his / her own people.
5138.89 How thinking styles affect managers’ interpersonal behavior among Chinese people?
Yubo Hou 1 , Ying Zhu 1 , Kaiping Peng 2 , 1 Peking University, China; 2 Department of U. C.
Berkeley
Chinese people put emphases on change, contradiction, relation, compromise and Harmony, Those
five dimensions of Thinking Styles not only are results of traditional Confucianism and Taoism,
but also the edification of Marxism brought into China at the beginning of the 20th century. We
have developed a measurement to survey Thinking Styles. Based on investigations of more than
two hundred managers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland, we found there is difference on
relation belief between managers from three Chinese areas. The result also indicate that Thinking
Styles have significant relationship with managers’ interpersonal behavior and conflict resolving
styles.
5138.90 The examination of academic regulation in children’s school behavior: An intercultural
approach, Inna A. Padmawidjaja, University of California, Riverside, USA
Previous research indicated that children’s academic regulation predicts school outcomes related
behavior. To test this model cross culturally, I examined 329 fifth and sixth graders in Indonesia,
129 fifth and sixth graders in South Korea, and 200 fifth and sixth graders in the U.S. Results
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