TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-cultural differences in personality, motivation and cognition in Asian vs. Western societies
AU - Boyle, Gregory J.
AU - Wongsri, Nongkran
AU - Bahr, Mark
AU - Macayan, Jonathan V.
AU - Bentler, Peter M.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), Goal Orientation Questionnaire (GOQ), Revised Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F), and Academic Volitional Strategy Inventory (AVSI) plus a brief demographics questionnaire were administered to 395 Thai, and 313 Australian undergraduate students to investigate cross-cultural differences in personality, motivation, learning styles and academic achievement (measured via GPAs). Equivalence of English- and Thai-language measures was ensured using a well-established standard translation-backtranslation procedure. Australian students exhibited higher AVSI scores, whereas Thai students scored more highly on Psychological Wellbeing, as well as on Study Approach, Self-Efficacy Enhancement, Stress Reducing Actions, and Negative-Based Incentives. Nevertheless, our findings provide some evidence that Asian and Western learning style stereotypes may be breaking down in the modern digitally connected world.
AB - The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), Goal Orientation Questionnaire (GOQ), Revised Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F), and Academic Volitional Strategy Inventory (AVSI) plus a brief demographics questionnaire were administered to 395 Thai, and 313 Australian undergraduate students to investigate cross-cultural differences in personality, motivation, learning styles and academic achievement (measured via GPAs). Equivalence of English- and Thai-language measures was ensured using a well-established standard translation-backtranslation procedure. Australian students exhibited higher AVSI scores, whereas Thai students scored more highly on Psychological Wellbeing, as well as on Study Approach, Self-Efficacy Enhancement, Stress Reducing Actions, and Negative-Based Incentives. Nevertheless, our findings provide some evidence that Asian and Western learning style stereotypes may be breaking down in the modern digitally connected world.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078971129&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2020.109834
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2020.109834
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078971129
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 159
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 109834
ER -
