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Prüfungsängstlichkeit im Kulturvergleich

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In der Prüfungsängstlichkeitsforschung gewinnen kulturvergleichende Ansätze zunehmend an Bedeutung. Dabei lässt sich Kultur aus zwei Perspektiven betrachten, aus einer „etischen“ und einer „emischen“ Perspektive (Berry, 1999). Die etische Betrachtungsweise entspricht einer kulturübergreifenden Außensicht. Kultur wird hierbei meist anhand von kulturellen Merkmalen, wie beispielsweise sozialen Normen oder Werten, operationalisiert und demnach als eine den Menschen beeinflussende Variable aufgefasst.

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