National personality characteristics: II. Adaption-innovation in Canadian, American, and British samples.
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.
Skinner
Nicholas F
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King's College The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. nskinner@uwo.ca
Hutchinson
Lynda
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Lukenda
Andrea
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Drake
Gillian
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Boucher
Jocelyn
J
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