Dimensions of cultural differences : pancultural, ETIC/EMIC, and ecological approaches.

Lazar Stankov, Jihyun Lee

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    Abstract

    Contemporary cross-cultural research appears to be at a crossroads. While cross-cultural studies using an anthropological approach are likely to continue, much of the work in the future will benefit from recent developments within the field of social psychology. Large-scale studies employing complex survey sampling methodology will become more common. Also, for most of the cross-cultural work, the use of psychometrically sound instruments will be a requirement and more than likely will rely on Internet delivery. This trend is aided by political globalization and the desire of many governments to compare the educational achievements of their students with that of students in other countries. As a consequence, we can now expect to see an increase in the number of studies that are based on large numbers of participants from many different countries taking multiple psychometric measures. What theorectical issues of interest to political science and cross-cultural psychology can be addressed in the presence of such a multivariate nested structure of data? And, what methodological challenges exist in the face of data structured in this way?
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationPsychological Assessment. Volume IV : Applied Psychological Assessment
    EditorsGregory J. Boyle, Donald H. Saklofske, Gerald Matthews
    Place of PublicationU.S.A.
    PublisherSage
    Pages1-40
    Number of pages40
    ISBN (Print)9780857022707
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • cross-cultural
    • psychology
    • political scientists
    • anthropologist

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