Cross-Cultural Assessment: Value for Money?

Cross-cultural psychiatric assessment

Different cultures vary in their perceptions of mental illness (Karno & Edgerton, 1969), which can affect their utilisation of orthodox psychiatric facilities (Padilla et al, 1975;Sue, 1977). Mental health services may be seen by ethnic minorities as challenging the value of traditional support systems, reflecting dominant Western cultural values and harbouring implicitly racist psychological f...

Value for Money

Exploring Cross-Cultural Value Structures with Smartphones

Smartphone users in the U.S. and Korea were cross-surveyed to determine country-specific differences in product value perceptions. Usability factors and aesthetic values were combined using the theory of reasoned action (TRA). The strengths of the model’s relationships are discussed. The models were analyzed cross-nationally to explore differences in the compositions of technology adoption moti...

Discharge reductions--value for money?

Through the Nuclear Liabilities Management Authority White Paper, the UK Government and the Regulators have signalled a commitment to further improving the operation of the regulatory regime and to its operating within the principles of proportionality, transparency, consistency and accountability which underpin the Government's approach to regulation in general. Particular emphasis is placed u...

Cross-cultural differences in driver self-assessment.

This study investigated differences in driver self-assessment among U.S., Spanish, and West German drivers. Subjects responded to 14 questions that used five-point semantic scales dealing with driver performance and abilities. Pairs of questions, concerning the same driving-related aspects, differed by requesting a self-assessment on an absolute basis and in relation to the average driver. The ...