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Ethnic identity in emerging adults in Sub-Saharan Africa and the USA and its associations with psychological well-being
(Wiley, 2016)
Ethnic identity as a social dimension of identity is argued to be developmentally important for psychological well-being. However, the relationships between these constructs are mainly examined in Western contexts, amongst ...
Communication and relationship satisfaction in Chinese, Western and Intercultural Chinese-Western couples
(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 ...
Response styles and personality traits: a multilevel analysis
(Sage, 2014)
In two studies, we examined the shared and unique meaning of acquiescent, extreme, midpoint, and socially desirable responding in association with the Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ32), a forced-choice format ...
Identity in descriptions of others across ethnic groups in South Africa
(Sage, 2014)
We examined the structure of identity implied in descriptions of others in four South African ethnic groups (Black, Coloured, Indian, and White). We tested the validity of an identity model with attributes, relational ...
Two dimensions of psychological country-level differences: Conservatism/Liberalism and Harshness/Softness
(Elsevier, 2014)
We examined dimensions of noncognitive functioning based on the administration of 22 measures of personality, social attitudes, values, and social norms in 35 countries (Ns ranging from 9 to 430; Total N = 1895). Four ...
The road to reading for South African learners: the role of orthographic depth
(Elsevier, 2014)
The study examined profiles of reading skills and cognitive skills for South African children from schools that differed in opacity of medium of instruction. The sample included 122 third graders instructed in Afrikaans ...
Examining psychometric properties, measurement invariance, and construct validity of a short version of the Test to Measure Intercultural competence (TMIC–S) in Germany and Brazil
(Elsevier, 2015)
The goal of this study was to develop and validate a short version (TMIC-S) of the Test to Measure Intercultural Competence (TMIC; Schnabel, Kelava, Seifert, & Kuhlbrodt, 2015). TMIC-S measures six malleable abilities that ...
Intended self-presentation tactics in job interviews: a 10-country study
(Sage, 2014)
Intended self-presentation in job interviews was examined among university students in 10 countries (N = 3,509). The aim was to assess cross-cultural differences in the endorsement of self-presentation tactics, and whether ...
Family-related antecedents of early adolescent immigrants' psychological and sociocultural school adjustment in Germany
(Sage, 2014)
Immigrant students in many European countries have lower educational attainments than their mainstream classmates. The present study investigated family-related conditions for early adolescents’ acculturation orientations ...
Beyond agreeableness: social–relational personality concepts from an indigenous and cross-cultural perspective
(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 ...