Abstract
Hungarian and United States adolescents' self-image was studied using the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ). In Hungary, 1,163 younger and older male and female adolescents were studied using a Hungarian translation of the OSIQ. Analyses of endorsement patterns of OSIQ items showed that Hungarian and American adolescents endorsed many items in the same way. Similarities in endorsement patterns were much more common between the two countries than were differences. Analyses of OSIQ scales showed that for most scales younger Hungarian adolescents reported better adjustment than younger American adolescents. Differences were not as great or reversed in the older age groups. Implications for cross-cultural studies of adolescent self-image were drawn based on these results.
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Received M. D. from the Semmelweis Medical university in Budapest. Research interest is complex somato-mental health care of adolescents.
Received M. D. from the University of Chicago. Major interests are concepts of mental health and the developmental psychology of adolescence.
Director, Forensic Psychology, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center. Received J. D. from the University of Chicago School of Law; received Ph. D. in human development from the University of Chicago. Research interests are adolescence and delinquency.
Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University. Received Ph. D. in psychology from the University of Chicago. Major interests are psychotherapy research and adolescence.
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Kertész, M., Offer, D., Ostrov, E. et al. Hungarian adolescents' self-concept. J Youth Adolescence 15, 275–286 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02139127
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