Cross-cultural aspects of fears in African children and adolescents

Ingman, Kathleen; Ollendick, Thomas H.; Akande, Adebowale

doi:10.1016/s0005-7967(98)00108-9

Cited by 58 publications

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“…The central role of perceived cultural distance is in line with earlier studies (e.g. Abe & Wiserman, 1983;Galchenko & Van de Vijver, 2007;Ingman, Ollendick, & Akande, 1999;Nesdale & Mak, 2000) in which it was found that perceived cultural distance is an important antecedent variable in sojourner adjustment. The smaller salience of acculturation orientations is probably due to the large cross-cultural variations in the groups we studied.…”

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confidence: 88%

Perceived cultural distance and acculturation among exchange students in Russia

Suanet

Vijver

2008

Community & Applied Soc Psy

128

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The relations of perceived cultural distance, personality, acculturation orientations and outcomes were studied among exchange students (N = 187) in Russia who came from various countries in Asia, sub‐Saharan Africa, Latin America and the former Soviet Union. The hypothesis was supported that a larger perceived cultural distance between mainstream and immigrant culture is associated with less psychological (homesickness and stress) and sociocultural (behaviour with Russian students and behaviour with co‐nationals) adjustment. The statistical relations between perceived cultural distance, personality and sociocultural adjustment were much stronger for host domain behaviour than for home domain behaviour. Adjustment was higher for participants with more cultural empathy, openmindedness and flexibility. Adjustment showed statistically stronger associations with cultural distance than with acculturation orientations. It is concluded that cultural distance may be more salient than acculturation orientations in studies of heterogeneous groups of immigrants. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Perceived cultural distance and acculturation among exchange students in Russia

Suanet

Vijver

2008

Community & Applied Soc Psy

128

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“…The investigations by Ingman et al on the importance of the effect of culture on dental anxiety in children showed that within same region Christian children reported more fears than Muslims and culture influenced dental anxiety [36,37]. But present study did not find a statistically significant association between religion and child dental anxiety.…”

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confidence: 85%

Prevalence of Dental Anxiety and Associated Factors among Indian Children

Sathyaprasad

Lalugol

George

2018

Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr.

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“…Colored children showed a less consistent pattern: the frequency of their fears was sometimes comparable to that found in either white or black youths, or sometimes in between. Previous research has shown that there are marked differences as to the content of fear and anxiety symptoms of children and adolescents across countries (e.g., Ingman et al, 1999;Ollendick et al, 1996) and even within countries in case there are clear-cut cultural and socioeconomic dissimilarities (Burkhardt et al, 2003;Elbedour et al, 1997). It is most likely that these differences originate from differential exposure to fear-provoking stimuli and situations due to variations in natural environment and living conditions.…”

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confidence: 99%