The validation of a Mandarin version of the Empathy Components Questionnaire (ECQ-Chinese) in Chinese samples by Yabo Ge, Chris Ashwin, Fengying Li, Wei Cao, Yu Zhang, Xuan Zhao, Binghai Sun, Weijian Li

“…Further, Study 3 found that a 22-item ECQ-Chinese consisting of five subscales had a good construct validity, convergence validity and discriminate validity, demonstrating it to be a suitable tool for the measurement of empathic ability and motivation in Chinese samples and to carry out cross-cultural studies of empathy and its components.…”
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Instant messaging and relationship satisfaction across different ages and cultures by Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Maksim Rudnev, Joep Hofhuis, James H. Liu

“…More large-scale cross-cultural studies and multilevel theories are needed to arrive at a more contextualized understanding of IM as a global communication phenomenon. …”
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The validation of a Mandarin version of the Empathy Components Questionnaire (ECQ-Chinese) in Chinese samples. by Yabo Ge, Chris Ashwin, Fengying Li, Wei Cao, Yu Zhang, Xuan Zhao, Binghai Sun, Weijian Li

“…Further, Study 3 found that a 22-item ECQ-Chinese consisting of five subscales had a good construct validity, convergence validity and discriminate validity, demonstrating it to be a suitable tool for the measurement of empathic ability and motivation in Chinese samples and to carry out cross-cultural studies of empathy and its components.…”
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Culture, prefrontal volume, and memory. by Nicolette Barber, Ioannis Valoumas, Krystal R Leger, Yu-Ling Chang, Chih-Mao Huang, Joshua Oon Soo Goh, Angela Gutchess

“…Prior cross-cultural studies have demonstrated differences among Eastern and Western cultures in memory and cognition along with variation in neuroanatomy and functional engagement. …”
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Cross-Cultural Values: A Meta-Analysis of Major Quantitative Studies in the Last Decade (2010–2020) by Jamie Lynn Goodwin, Andrew Lloyd Williams, Patricia Snell Herzog

“…The analysis reveals that the field of cross-cultural studies remains dominated by Western approaches, especially studies developed and deployed from the United States and Western Europe. …”
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Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Systematic Review by Melis Mısırlı, Gamze Karadayı Kaynak

“…In this context, there is a need for empirical studies carried out with clinical samples, exploring the effectiveness of psychotherapy and cross-cultural studies on obsessive-compulsive symptoms related to romantic relationships. …”
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Rhythm histograms and musical meter: A corpus study of Malian percussion music by London, Justin, Polak, Rainer, Jacoby, Kinor

“…The implications of this non-congruence between simple statistical likelihood and metrical structure for the ways in which meter and metrical accent may be learned and understood are discussed, along with importance of cross-cultural studies for psychological research.…”
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New media and cross-cultural adaptation: a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer by Jiang, Meilian, Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Jamaluddin Aziz

“…As seen from the five categorised clusters, cross-cultural studies on social media use, Internet addiction, psychological health issues, and international students have become a growing concern in recent years. …”
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High Load Stress-Strain Property of Natural Turf for Professional Use, Various Types of Natural, Hybrid and Artificial Turfs in Football by Hiroyuki Nunome, Koichiro Inoue, Kevin Ball, Shinya Sano, Yasuo Ikegami

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LEXICAL HEDGING IN ENGLISH ABSTRACTS OF RUSSIAN ECONOMICS RESEARCH ARTICLES: A CORPUS-BASED STUDY by Margarita V. Mikolaychik

“… An important area of academic English competence, the use of hedges in various regional varieties of English, has been the subject of numerous cross-cultural studies worldwide. However, hedging in the Russian variety of English as an academic lingua franca remains largely under-researched. …”
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Global variations in online privacy concerns across 57 countries by Emma Engström, Kimmo Eriksson, Marie Björnstjerna, Pontus Strimling

“…Cross-cultural studies have found national differences in how concerned people are about online privacy. …”
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Feeling Unsafe at School and Associated Mental Health Difficulties among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review by Yuko Mori, Elina Tiiri, Prakash Khanal, Jayden Khakurel, Kaisa Mishina, Andre Sourander

“…The results showed the lack of cross-cultural studies on perceived school safety. Empirical studies are needed that examine the mechanisms of school safety, using valid measures. …”
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Interactional metadiscourse analysis of evaluative essays / Masliza Mat Zali... [et al.] by Mat Zali, Masliza, Mohamad, Razita, Setia, Roszainora, Raja Baniamin, Raja Mariam, Mohd Razlan, Razifa

“…The study provides evidences as to the importance of metadiscourse in students’ writings and to create the awareness as to its usage in academic writing and also as a proposition for other cross-cultural studies.…”
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Parasocial Interactions in Digital Tourism: Attributes of Live Streamers and Viewer Engagement Dynamics in South Korea by Minseong Kim

“…This research has limitations in its geographical focus on South Korea, suggesting the need for cross-cultural studies to validate the findings. Overall, this study offers valuable contributions to the academic literature and practical guidance for the tourism industry, emphasizing the importance of digital personalities in post-pandemic tourism recovery strategies.…”
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Affective super-traits and/or individual patterns: a variable-centered and a person-centered approach of primary emotional aspects of personality by Anita Deak, Orsolya Inhof, Laszlo Nagy, Krisztina Csokasi

“…Our findings provide a holistic approach to emotional aspects of personality, and might have further implications for clinical psychology, neuroscience, and cross-cultural studies on emotions.…”
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Brazil-Portugal Transcultural Adaptation of the UWES-9: Internal Consistency, Dimensionality, and Measurement Invariance by Jorge Sinval, Jorge Sinval, Sonia Pasian, Cristina Queirós, João Marôco

“…This version allows for direct comparisons of means and, consequently, for performance of comparative and cross-cultural studies between these two countries.…”
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Self-Concept in China: Validation of the Chinese Version of the Five-Factor Self-Concept (AF5) Questionnaire by Fangzhou Chen, Oscar F. Garcia, Maria C. Fuentes, Rafael Garcia-Ros, Fernando Garcia

“…Few validated self-concept instruments can be applied in Eastern–Western cross-cultural studies. The Five-Factor Self-Concept Questionnaire (AF5) is one of the few psychometrically sound instruments used to assess multidimensional self-concept in Spanish-speaking samples. …”
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Attachment-Based Mentalization Profiles of Iranian Children: A Mixed-Method Approach by Masoumeh Zandpour, Majse Lind, Carla Sharp, Jafar Hasani, Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe, Jessica L. Borelli

“…RF is a newly discovered research field in Iran and is largely under-studied in Eastern cultures in general, underscoring the high need for cross-cultural studies in this field of research. A qualitative method was used to examine the ability to understand, process, and respond to high-arousal attachment situations in typical and clinical populations of Iranian children recruited from a Tehran primary school. …”
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Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the "Protocolo de Avaliação Miofuncional Orofacial MBGR" from Brazilian Portuguese into English. by Nayara Ribeiro da Silva, Giédre Berretin-Felix, Carlos Ferreira Santos, Michelle Suzanne Bourgeois

“…In health-related research, an increasing number of clinical assessment tools are translated and cross-culturally adapted for cross-national and cross-cultural studies and comparisons. However, when translating and cross-culturally adapting clinical assessment tools for use across new countries, cultures, or languages, we must follow a thorough method to reach semantic, idiomatic, experiential, and conceptual equivalences between translated and original versions. …”
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A test of the ecological valence theory of color preference, the case of Arabic by Abdulrahman S. Al-Rasheed, Anna Franklin, John Maule

“…The findings converge with other cross-cultural studies in suggesting that the success of EVT in accounting for color preference varies across cultures and indicates that additional factors other than color associations are likely also at play.…”
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