childhood obesity and overweight are a general public health concern in a transition society. thus, the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and their correlates with socio-demographic and life style related factors.this cross-sectional study was conducted on 760 representative samples of preschool children aged 2 to 5 years in urban area of babol, north...

This study examined the cultural relevance of two important career constructs: career decision-making style and career decision-making self-efficacy. Two distinct cultural groups of college students, Americans (N 5 540) and Taiwanese (N 5 1026), participated in this cross-cultural study. Results suggested that career decision-making styles have differential impacts on career decision-making sel...

Institutional addresses 1 EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2 TNO (Netherlands Organisation of Applied Scientific Research) Life Style, Leiden, The Netherlands. 3 EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medi...

Growing evidence has demonstrated cultural differences in cognitive processes. Whereas individuals living in interdependent social worlds, as illustrated by East Asian cultures, have been shown to have a more holistic cognitive style, those living in independent social environments, as exemplified by Western cultures, have been shown to have a more analytic cognitive style. Recent evidence has ...

Chinese business has been developing successfully despite the difficulties associated with pandemic. Last but not least, this success is formation of an effective synthesis cross-cultural platforms corporate culture and modern Western management systems in companies. The article examines influence traditional values on enterprises. This characterized as a ‘projection provisions Confucianism, Bu...