title: Re-forming the boundaries: a trans-cultural comparison of positive experiences among adolescent males and females.
abstract: A cross-cultural study of positive experiences among males and females from Israeli-Arab, Israeli-Jewish and American samples revealed that differences between the sexes will be in the same direction across the three cultures. These cultural similarities--and sexual distinctions--manifest themselves with respect to the nature and intensity of the positive experiences, as well as to the nature of life aspirations. The one exception is the life aspiration of Israeli boys, markedly more self-transcending than evidenced by boys of the other cultures. This is, however, directly attributable to the unique political and military exigencies of Israeli-Jewish society.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D012718:Set, Psychology; D012931:Social Environment