Historical Sustenance Style and Social Orientations in China: Chinese Mongolians Are More Independent Than Han Chinese.

In this study, we examined the Chinese Han and Mongolian, two ethnic groups that belong to the same national and geographic regions but vary in their degrees of social interdependence and independence. We assumed that the Mongolian, who have traditionally been known as a herding community, exhibit a greater independent social orientation compared to the Han Chinese, who have traditionally been known as an agrarian community. Through three different studies we used the explicit measurement of self-construal, implicit cultural task of self - inflation and the practice of name-giving (i.

Body Image and Sociocultural Predictors of Body Image Dissatisfaction in Croatian and Chinese Women.

In the current paper, two different studies were designed to investigate body image dissatisfaction and perception of the attractive female body in Chinese and Croatian women and men using the correlational and experimental study research approach. Study 1 comprised 266 Chinese (160 women; 106 men) and 261 Croatian participants (161 women; 100 men). Women from both countries were asked to complete the measures of the Contour Rating Scale, SATAQ - 4, Body Area Scale and demographic data, while men were asked to complete the measures of the Contour Rating Scale and demographic data via online surveys.

[Internet and video games among students of Reunion Island in 2010: uses, misuses, perceptions and associated factors].

Background: Describe the uses of Internet and video games and quantify associated problematic uses.

Methods: Information on student practices concerning the use of the Internet and video games was collected with a self-administered questionnaire. Problematic uses were identified with specific tools (Young criteria and Tejeiro criteria) and with self-evaluative questions.

[Chikungunya epidemic in 2005-2006: questions from occupational health professionals].

The exceptionally large-scale chikungunya outbreak that struck Reunion Island in 2005-2006 raised numerous yet-unresolved issues for occupational medicine professionals such as massive use of insecticides and recognition of occupational diseases.