Browsing by Author "13172735 - Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel"
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A cross-cultural study of explicit and implicit motivation for long-term volunteering
Aydinli, Arzu; Bender, Michael; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R. (Sage, 2016)We propose a model of volunteering and test its validity across four cultural groups. We hypothesize that individuals' explicit prosocial motivation relates positively to sustained volunteering, which is conceptualized as ... -
Acculturation and language orientations of Turkish immigrants in Australia, France, Germany and the Netherlands
Yağmur, Kutlay; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R. (SAGE, 2012)The authors examined acculturation and language orientations among Turkish immigrants in Australia (n = 283), France (n = 266), Germany (n = 265), and the Netherlands (n = 271). They expected that the countries with the ... -
Adaptation and latent structure of the Swahili version of Beck Depression Inventory-II in a low literacy population in the context of HIV
Abubakar, Amina; Kalu, Raphael Birya; Van de Vijver, Fons (Public Library Science, 2016)Objective:We set out to adapt the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)-II in Kenya and examine its factorial structure. Methods:In the first phase we carried out in-depth interviews involving 29 adult members of the community ... -
Adjustment outcomes of immigrant children and youth in Europe: a meta-analysis
Dimitrova, Radosveta; Chasiotis, Athanasios; Van de Vijver, Fons (Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 2016)Compared to natives, immigrants have been reported to display either more (migration morbidity) or fewer (immigrant paradox) adjustment problems. We examined these two perspectives using a meta-analysis from 51 studies (N ... -
Adverse acculturation conditions and well-being of mine employees in the North-West Province
Burckard, Anneke; Jackson, Leon Trodricht Basie; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Elliott & Fitzpatrick, 2011)The frequency of intercultural contact in the South African workplace has increased after 1994. We investigated relations between adverse acculturation conditions, separation and well-being in Black and White miners. We ... -
Attachment and psychological well-being among adolescents with and without disabilities in Kenya: the mediating role of identity formation
Abubakar, Amina; Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar; Van de Vijver, Fons. J. R.; Murugami, Margret; Mazrui, Lubna; Arasa, Josephine (Elsevier, 2013)The current study is aimed at evaluating the relationship between attachment and identity development, and their influence on psychological well-being in adolescents with and without disabilities in Kenya. The sample was ... -
Beyond agreeableness: social–relational personality concepts from an indigenous and cross-cultural perspective
Valchev, Velichko H.; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R.; Meiring, Deon; Nel, J. Alewyn; Hill, Carin; Laher, Sumaya; Adams, Byron G. (Elsevier, 2014)The links of social–relational concepts (SRC) of personality identified in South Africa with the Five Factor Model (FFM), Interpersonal Relatedness (IR), social desirability, and prosocialness were examined. In Study 1 (N ... -
Burnout and work engagement of academics in higher education institutions: Effects of dispositional optimism
Barkhuizen, Nicolene; Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R. (Wiley, 2014)The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among dispositional optimism, job demands and resources, burnout, work engagement, ill health and organizational commitment of South African academic staff in ... -
Burnout and work engagement of academics in higher education institutions: effects of dispositional optimism
Barkhuizen, Emmerentia Nicolene; Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Wiley, 2014)The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among dispositional optimism, job demands and resources, burnout, work engagement, ill health and organizational commitment of South African academic staff in ... -
Burnout and work engagement of academics in higher education institutions: effects of dispositional optimism
Barkhuizen, Nicolene; Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R. (Wiley, 2014)The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among dispositional optimism, job demands and resources, burnout, work engagement, ill health and organizational commitment of South African academic staff in ... -
Children at risk for developmental delay can be recognised by stunting, being underweight, ill health, little maternal schooling or high gravidity
Abubakar, Amina; Holding, Penny; Newton, Charles; Van Baar, Anneloes; Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)Aims: To investigate markers of risk status that can be easily monitored in resource-limited settings for the identification of children in need of early developmental intervention. Methods: Eighty-five children in Kilifi, ... -
Collective identity and well-being of Bulgarian Roma adolescents and their mothers
Dimitrova, Radosveta; Chasiotis, Athanasios; Bender, Michael; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R. (Springer Verlag, 2014)In Europe and specifically in Bulgaria, Roma represent the largest indigenous ethnic minority exposed to severe discrimination, social exclusion, poverty, and compromised well-being. To improve their conditions, identifying ... -
Collective identity and wellbeing of Roma minority adolescents in Bulgaria
Dimitrova, Radosveta; Chasiotis, Athanasios; Bender, Michael; Van de Vijver, Fons (Taylor & Francis, 2013)In Europe and particularly in Bulgaria, Roma represent the largest low-status minority group that is subjected to marked public intolerance and discrimination. This study examined links among Roma (N = 207) and Bulgarian ... -
Communication and relationship satisfaction in Chinese, Western and Intercultural Chinese-Western couples
Hiew, Danika N.; Halford, W. Kim; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R.; Liu, Shuang (American Psychological Association, 2016)The current study compared Chinese, Western, and intercultural Chinese-Western couples' communication and examined how culture moderates the association of communication with relationship satisfaction. We coded the ... -
Conceptualizing intelligence in assessment: the next step
Brouwers, Symen A.; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R. (Elsevier, 2015)Intelligence theory and assessment inHR and I/O contexts are unlikely to makemajor advancements when intelligence continues to be treated as a decontextualized set of skills. Models of cognitive style, situated cognition, ... -
Consequences of Turkish return migration from Western Europe
Kunuroglu, Filiz; Yagmur, Kutlay; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R.; Kroon, Sjaak (Elsevier, 2015)We studied the consequences of Turkish return migration in the reconstruction of ‘migrant’identities into ‘almanci’ identities (literally: German-like; a pejorative term denoting Turk-ish returnees with a German-like ... -
The construct validation of the Relationship Harmony and Soft–Heartedness Scales of the South African Personality Inventory
Hill, Carin; French, Luan; Morton, Nadia; Van de Vijver, Fons J.R.; Valchev, Velichko H.; Adams, Byron G.; De Bruin, Gideon P. (Sage Publications, 2013)This study forms part of the South African Personality Inventory project that aims to develop: (a) an indigenous theoretical model of personality; and (b) a unique personality measure that is in line with South African ... -
Contributions of internationalization to psychology: toward a global and inclusive discipline
Van de Vijver, Fons J.R. (American Psychological Association, 2013)In this article I define and describe the current state of internationalization in psychology. Internationalization refers here to the approach in which existing or new psychological theories, methods, procedures, or data ... -
Correcting for scale usage differences among Latin American Countries, Portugal and Spain in PISA
He, Jia; Van de Vijver, Fons (RELIEVE, 2016)This paper investigated the effects of corrections for scale usage preference in seven Latin American countries, Portugal and Spain in student self-reports in the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). ... -
Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire across 33 countries
Bowden, S.C.; Saklofske, D.H.; Van de Vijver, F.J.R.; Sudarshan, N.J.; Eysenck, S.B.G. (Elsevier, 2016)Cross-cultural invariance of personality measurement provides important information regarding the universality of personality traits. With the recent release of historical data from 33 countries on the Eysenck Personality ...