Degree Name
MS (Master of Science)
Program
Psychology
Date of Award
12-2013
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Walace Dixon
Committee Members
Andrea Clements, Richard Kortum
Abstract
The 2 goals of the present investigation were to 1) examine the reliability of the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire: Short Form (CBQ) in a sample of 4-7 year-old children from the Ukraine and 2) compare those children’s temperament profiles to a) one another when the form was administered in 2 different languages and b) their American counterparts from the CBQ standardization sample. Three waves of data were collected from the parents of 167 children residing in Kiev, Ukraine. Internal reliability analyses showed good internal consistency of the instrument. Comparative analyses conducted both within and between cultures showed similarities and differences across the 15 CBQ dimensions. The observed differences were in the predicted directions: Ukrainian children were rated higher than American children on dimensions reflecting negative affectivity. However, the language of the instrument was a mitigating factor. This finding supports the possibility that parental ethnotheories are embedded in specific languages.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Ostrovsky, Nelly, "Comparison of Temperamental Rating Bilingually in Ukraine using Child Behavioral Questionnaire (CBQ): Short Form" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1665. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1665
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.
Included in
Child Psychology Commons, Experimental Analysis of Behavior Commons, Multicultural Psychology Commons