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Manoj Kumar Mishra; Priyankar Upadhyaya; Thomas Paul Davis – Journal of Peace Education, 2024
This paper narrates the concept of Sustainable Peace Leadership and examines how three prominent Peace Activists from South and Southeast Asia measure up to the concept. The article will consider the works and ideas of Mohandas K. Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Lhamo Thondup (The 14th Dalai Lama), and Nguyen Xuan Bao (Thich Nhat Hanh). Mahatma Gandhi…
Descriptors: Peace, Leaders, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Styles
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Kurian, Joe; Mekoth, Nandakumar – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The influence of emotionality and conscientiousness, the personality traits, on academic performance were examined on students of higher education using the perspectives of conservation of resources theory and social cognitive theory. Skinner's coping model was utilized to understand coping mechanisms in the context of engineering education.…
Descriptors: Coping, Academic Achievement, Engineering Education, Academic Ability
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Sadhu, Raja; Mehta, Manju; Kalra, Veena; Sagar, Rajesh; Mongia, Monica – Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2008
Aim: To compare the occurrence of neurological soft signs (NSS) in children with specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills (SDDSS) and normal children. Methods: 36 cases of SDDSS were compared with 30 control children regarding sociodemographic and clinical variables and neurological soft signs. Results: Children with SDDSS had…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Children
GHEI, S.N. – 1967
AN EFFORT WAS MADE TO MEASURE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE OBSERVED DIFFERENCES IN THE PERSONALITY STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS IN INDIA MIGHT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN A SOCIAL DESIRABILITY SET DERIVED FROM THE EDWARDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE SCHEDULE (EPPS). EIGHT HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED ON 243…
Descriptors: American Culture, Bengali, College Students, Comparative Analysis
GHEI, S.N. – 1965
A STUDY OF PERSONALITY TRAITS INCLUDED (1) A SURVEY OF THE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES OF PERSONALITY STUDIES FROM PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND (2) DETAILS OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBJECTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA. THE SURVEY OF CROSS-CULTURAL PERSONALITY RESEARCH INCLUDED ANALYSES OF RSULTS FROM (1) THE…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Khan, Zebun Nisa – Online Submission, 2009
Problem statement: Professional education is the principle means of the developing the human resource. Students who do not perform well in professional courses are not in any way better than those who do not have professional knowledge, because their chances of employment and efficient working are bleak. The present study attempted to examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Professional Education, Student Characteristics
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Saiyadain, Mirza S. – Psychological Reports, 1973
The effect of sex and level of education on authoritarianism, separately within Indian and American cultures as well as cross culturally, was tested by the California F-scale. Results suggested a very strong cultural effect. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: American Culture, Authoritarianism, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Collins, Alfred; Prakash, Desai – 1984
In this examination of East Indian theories about the self, an overview of two Indian concepts of self, "atman" and "ahamkara," is presented. Then, in an effort to uncover common theoretical grounds for understanding India's diverse views of the self, comparisons are made between Western psychoanalytic theories (e.g., the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Hinduism