doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.109834

Paper Title

Cross-cultural differences in personality, motivation and cognition in Asian vs. Western societies

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Cross-Cultural Differences
Personality
Motivation
Cognition
Asian vs. Western Societies
Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ)
Goal Orientation Questionnaire (GOQ)
Revised Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F)
Academic Volitional Strategy Inventory (AVSI)
Learning Styles
Academic Achievement
Psychological Wellbeing
Self-Efficacy Enhancement
Stress Reducing Actions
Negative-Based Incentives
Cultural Stereotypes
Digital Connectivity

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Research Article

Journal

Personality and Individual Differences

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DOI

10.1016/j.paid.2020.109834

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Volume : 159 | Page No : 109834

Published On

June, 2020

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Abstract

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.