Exploring the Relationship Between Universal-Diverse Orientation and Personality

This study examined the relationship between universal-diverse orientation (UDO), a relatively new concept associated with multicultural awareness that is related to the recognition and acceptance of both similarities and differences among people (Miville et al., 1999), and personality. Participants were one hundred and one college students who completed a measure of UDO, the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale (M-GUDS; Miville et al., 1999), and a well-established measure of normal personality, the California Psychological Inventory (CPI; Gough, 1987). Researchers hypothesized that significant relationships would exist between UDO and healthy attributes of personality. Initial results supported this hypothesis; however, post hoc analyses indicated that the demographic variables age and education were also significantly correlated with UDO, and these appear to moderate the relationship between UDO personality. Practical applications and implications for future research are offered. Vontress (1988, 1996) suggested that via the confluence of five cultures (i.e., universal, ecological, national, regional, racioethnic), human development produces includes idiographic differences as well as communal traits that transcend individual differences. Vontress went on to propose that an awareness of and appreciation for the differences and commonalities between and among cultures is important for effective human interaction. Miville et al. (1999) put a finer point on this idea. They believe that attentiveness toward and acceptance of group differences is critical for those who work with diverse persons from a variety of social-cultural backgrounds. Influenced by this Vontress, Miville et al. introduced the universal-diverse orientation (UDO) as ―an attitude toward all other persons that is inclusive yet differentiating in that similarities and differences are both recognized and accepted; the shared experience of being human results in a sense of connectedness with people and is associated with a plurality or diversity of interactions with others‖ (p. 292). Miville et al. (1999) reported that UDO is theoretically associated with personality functioning and wellness. Initial evidence has surfaced to support this link. For example, preliminary data indicate that UDO is related to attentiveness and responsiveness to others, openness to new experiences, interest and commitment to social and cultural activities of diverse people, and the ability to appreciate the impact of one\u27s own and others\u27 diversity (Constantine, et al., 2001; Thompson, Brossart, Carlozzi, & Miville, 2002; Yeh & Arora, 2003). Further, Miville et al. (1999) reported links between UDO and personality variables such as attitudes towards gender, well-being, mental health, autonomy, independence, and empathy--features that seem to be central to effectiveness in social interaction, such as is needed among counselors. Additionally, the UDO was negatively related to ratings of homophobia and dogmatism. Later, Strauss and Connerley (2003) and Thompson et al. (2002) added to the investigation of this hypothesized link. Strauss and Connerley found that the personality variables agreeableness (selflessness, tolerance, helpfulness) and openness to experience were positively and significantly associated with UDO. Thompson et al. also reported that UDO was linked to openness to experience. Together, these studies provide initial support for the Miville et al personality and UDO hypotheses. However, these studies used narrowly defined personality variables. Therefore, additional research is needed to expand and develops the UDO literature base. Because the UDO provides a framework for understanding and appreciating the foundational similarities and differences central to effective multicultural counseling, additional research is needed to evaluate this important construct. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to build upon and extend the research investigating the theorized relationship between UDO and personality. Specifically, we will examine the relationship between UDO, as measured by the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale (M-GUDS; Miville et al., 1999) and selected variables from a well-established measure of personality traits, the California Personality Inventory (Gough, 1996) in a sample of students enrolled in courses offered in two university departments: counseling and mental health services, and psychology

Evaluation of the implementation of equal opportunity and universal accessibility principles in the Spanish university curricula

Co funded by the European Social Fund, within the frame of the Operative Program against DiscriminationThe current document belongs to the 2010 research edition by the University and Disability Observatory (UDO). A project the ONCE Foundation and the Accessibility Chair from the UPC-BarcelonaTech collaborate in. In fact, the UDO is presented as a project due to the reason that the current study should be understood as part of a much wider and longitudinal project. Thus, in this edition, the UDO performs a study focused on the understanding and assessing of the implementation of equal opportunities and universal accessibility principles in the curricula of undergraduate degrees in Spanish public university.Postprint (published version

Jordan Drum, percussion

Elliot CarterCasey CangelosiNebojsa ZivkovicBruce HamiltonMichael Udo

CHRONOBIOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION IN MARFAN SYNDROME PATIENTS: DATA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY OF ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION (IRAD)

none17siopenSiddiqi, Hasan; Lindsay, Mark; Di Eusanio, Marco; Hutchison, Stuart; Braverman, Alan; Peterson, Mark; Gleason, Thomas; Sechtem, Udo; Myrmel, Truls; Bossone, Eduardo; Montgomery, Daniel; Manfredini, Roberto; Gilon, Dan; Nienaber, Christoph; Eagle, Kim; Isselbacher, Eric; Pyeritz, ReedSiddiqi, Hasan; Lindsay, Mark; Di Eusanio, Marco; Hutchison, Stuart; Braverman, Alan; Peterson, Mark; Gleason, Thomas; Sechtem, Udo; Myrmel, Truls; Bossone, Eduardo; Montgomery, Daniel; Manfredini, Roberto; Gilon, Dan; Nienaber, Christoph; Eagle, Kim; Isselbacher, Eric; Pyeritz, Ree

Lehrerberuf: warum Studierende oft die falsche Wahl treffen : Lehrerbildung – ein "Gesamtkunstwerk" mit zu vielen Akteuren?

Ulrike Jaspers im Gespräch mit den Bildungsexperten Prof. Dr. Andreas Gold und Prof. Dr. Udo Raui

Generalized Cheeger-Gromoll Metrics and the Hopf map

We show, using two different approaches, that there exists a family of Riemannian metrics on the tangent bundle of a two-sphere, which induces metrics of constant curvature on its unit tangent bundle. In other words, given such a metric on the tangent bundle of a two-sphere, the Hopf map is identified with a Riemannian submersion from the universal covering space of the unit tangent bundle onto the two-sphere. A hyperbolic counterpart dealing with the tangent bundle of a hyperbolic plane is also presented.Comment: 17 pages, Dedicated to Professor Udo Simon on his seventieth birthda

Cusps of lattices in rank 1 Lie groups over local fields

Let G be the group of rational points of a semisimple algebraic group of rank 1 over a nonarchimedean local field. We improve upon Lubotzky's analysis of graphs of groups describing the action of lattices in G on its Bruhat-Tits tree assuming a condition on unipotents in G. The condition holds for all but a few types of rank 1 groups. A fairly straightforward simplification of Lubotzky's definition of a cusp of a lattice is the key step to our results. We take the opportunity to reprove Lubotzky's part in the analysis from this foundation.Comment: to appear in Geometriae Dedicat

Um Lebendes zu erforschen, muss man sich am Leben beteiligen : eine von kritischer Sympathie getragene Biografie Viktor von Weizsäckers

Rezension zu: Udo Benzenhöfer : Der Arztphilosoph Viktor von Weizsäcker : Leben und Werk im Überblick, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Goettingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-52549127-0 ; 26,90 Eur

Klimawandel: Welche Optionen hat die Politik?

Statements von Otmar Bernhard und Udo Martinsohn zum Expertengespräch auf der 59. Jahresversammlung des ifo Instituts am 24. Juni 2008

An Ontological Basis for Design Methods

This paper presents a view of design methods as process artefacts that can be represented using the function-behaviour-structure (FBS) ontology. This view allows identifying five fundamental approaches to methods: black-box, procedural, artefact-centric, formal and managerial approaches. They all describe method structure but emphasise different aspects of it. Capturing these differences addresses common terminological confusions relating to methods. The paper provides an overview of the use of the fundamental method approaches for different purposes in designing. In addition, the FBS ontology is used for developing a notion of prescriptiveness of design methods as an aggregate construct defined along four dimensions: certainty, granularity, flexibility and authority. The work presented in this paper provides an ontological basis for describing, understanding and managing design methods throughout their life cycle. Keywords: Design Methods; Function-Behaviour-Structure (FBS) Ontology; Prescriptive Design Knowledge</p