Browsing by Autor "Byron G. Adams"

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Replication Data for: Assessing the importance of internal and external self-esteem and their relationship to honor concerns in six countries.
(2020) Yvette van Osch; Michael Bender; Jia He; Byron G. Adams; Filiz Künüroğlu; Richard Tillman; Isabel Benítez; Lusanda Sekaja; Neo Mamathuba
We assessed empirical support for (1) the widely held notion that across so-called ‘honor, dignity, and face cultures’ internal and external components of self-esteem are differentially important for overall self-esteem, and (2) the idea that concerns for honor are related to internal and external components of self-esteem in honor cultures but not in dignity and face cultures. Most importantly, we also set out to (3) investigate whether measures are equivalent, that is, whether a comparison of means and relationships across cultural groups is possible with the employed scales. Data were collected in six countries (N = 1099). We obtained only metric invariance for the self-esteem and honor scales, allowing for comparisons of relationships across samples, but not scale means. Partly confirming theoretical ideas on the importance of internal and external components of self-esteem, we found that only external rather than both external and internal self-esteem was relatively more important for overall self-esteem in ‘honor cultures’, in a ‘dignity’ culture internal self-esteem was relatively more important than external self-esteem. Contrary to expectations, in a ‘face’ culture internal self-esteem was relatively more important than external self-esteem. We were not able to conceptually replicate earlier reported relationships between components of self-esteem and the concern for honor, as we observed no cultural differences in the relationship between self-esteem and honor. We point towards the need for future studies to consider invariance testing in the field of honor to appropriately understand differences and similarities between samples.
The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): A screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents
(Akadémiai Kiadó, 2025) Edyta Charzyńska; Aleksandra Buźniak; Stanisław K. Czerwiński; Natalia Woropay-Hordziejewicz; Zuzanna Schneider; Toivo Aavik; Mladen Adamovic; Byron G. Adams; Sami M. Al-Mahjoob; Saad A. S. Almoshawah
The IWAS is a valid, reliable, and short screening scale that can be used in different cultures and languages, providing comparative and generalizable results. The scale can be used globally in clinical and organizational settings, with the IWAS-5 being recommended for most practical and clinical situations. This is the first study to provide data supporting the hypothesis that work addiction is a universal phenomenon worldwide.
The mental health continuum‐short form: The structure and application for cross‐cultural studies–A 38 nation study
(Wiley, 2018) Magdalena Żemojtel‐Piotrowska; Jarosław Piotrowski; Evgeny Osin; Jan Cieciuch; Byron G. Adams; Rahkman Ardi; Sergiu Bălţătescu; Sergey А. Bogomaz; Arbinda Lal Bhomi; Amanda Clinton
The metric level of invariance offers the possibility of comparing correlates and predictors of positive mental functioning across countries; however, the comparison of the levels of mental health across countries is not possible due to lack of scalar invariance. Our study has preliminary character and could serve as an initial assessment of the structure of the MHC-SF across different cultural settings. Further studies on general populations are required for extending our findings.