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ERIC Number: EJ576663
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0221
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Attitudes toward High Achievers, Self Esteem, and Value Priorities for Australian, American, and Canadian Students.
Feather, N. T.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, v29 n6 p749-59 Nov 1998
Results from a study comparing 114 American, 186 Australian, and 310 Canadian college students show that (1) Americans give more emphasis to achievement, competence, and conformity; (2) Australians give less emphasis to conformity and are more egalitarian; and (3) Canadians give less emphasis to affiliative contentment values. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Conformity, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, High Achievement, Higher Education, Self Esteem, Student Attitudes, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Canada; United States
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