TY - JOUR
T1 - Attitudes toward high achievers, self-esteem, and value priorities for Australian, American, and Canadian students
AU - Feather, N. T.
PY - 1998/11
Y1 - 1998/11
N2 - Results from this comparative study showed that (a) American students gave more emphasis to achievement, competence, and conformity values and were more in favor of rewarding high achievers; (b) Australian students gave less emphasis to conformity values, rated prosocial values as higher in importance, and reported higher equalitarianism; (c) Canadian students gave less emphasis to affiliative contentment values. Gender differences were also obtained on the value, attitude, and self-esteem measures.
AB - Results from this comparative study showed that (a) American students gave more emphasis to achievement, competence, and conformity values and were more in favor of rewarding high achievers; (b) Australian students gave less emphasis to conformity values, rated prosocial values as higher in importance, and reported higher equalitarianism; (c) Canadian students gave less emphasis to affiliative contentment values. Gender differences were also obtained on the value, attitude, and self-esteem measures.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032357562
SN - 0022-0221
VL - 29
SP - 749
EP - 759
JO - Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology
JF - Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology
IS - 6
ER -