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Transcultural differences in the perception of life events
Author(s) -
Baratta S.,
Perego P.,
ZimmermannTansella C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02826.x
Subject(s) - similarity (geometry) , perception , psychology , multidimensional scaling , rating scale , clinical psychology , demography , developmental psychology , mathematics , statistics , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science , image (mathematics)
— The perception of life events of Italian and English subjects was compared. Psychiatric patients and relatives rated 58 life events according to the degree to which the event was regarded as upsetting. The similarity between the two groups was noted, although Italian subjects tended to rate events as less upsetting than the English. The findings excluded that the rating differences between the two groups reflected differences in reaction to life and confirmed the existence of scaling similarity over national groups.