Assessing Alexithymia across Asian and Western Cultures: Psychometric Properties of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire and Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 in Singaporean and Australian Samples
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DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2022.2095641
Abstract: Abstract Alexithymia refers to difficulties identifying feelings (DIF), describing feelings (DDF), and externally orientated thinking (EOT). Originally conceptualized by American psychiatrists, some researchers have since questioned the validity and application of this construct in Asian… read more here.
Keywords: psychometric properties; alexithymia; asian western; western cultures ... See more keywords
Assessing mental health professionals’ attitudes toward routine outcome monitoring across Eastern and Western cultures: an examination of invariance and latent mean differences
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DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2024.2396395
Abstract: Abstract Objective To investigate the attitudes of mental health professionals towards Routine Outcome Monitoring (ROM) in Eastern and Western cultures. Method Two samples of American (N = 455) and Chinese (N = 505) mental health professionals completed the prevalent… read more here.
Keywords: mental health; health professionals; western cultures; eastern western ... See more keywords
Cross-cultural similarity in relationship-specific social touching
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0467
Abstract: Many species use touching for reinforcing social structures, and particularly, non-human primates use social grooming for managing their social networks. However, it is still unclear how social touch contributes to the maintenance and reinforcement of… read more here.
Keywords: relationship specific; cross cultural; cultural similarity; western cultures ... See more keywords
Sociability across Eastern-Western cultures: Is it the same underlying construct?
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DOI: 10.1111/sjop.13053
Abstract: In this study, we examined cross-cultural differences in sociability, a core personality facet of the higher order extraversion trait, which has been reported at lower levels in Eastern versus Western cultures several decades ago. Up… read more here.
Keywords: invariance; sociability; level; personality ... See more keywords