title: National personality characteristics: II. Adaption-innovation in Canadian, American, and British samples.
abstract: On the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory 1,106 Canadians scored as more adaptive than American and British standardization samples. Means for Canadian females and males were congruent with those in national samples from six other countries.
authors.affiliation: King's College The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. nskinner@uwo.ca
authors.forename: Nicholas F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Lynda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lukenda
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.forename: Jocelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boucher
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012309:Risk-Taking; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology