Innovations in cross-cultural psychology.

Abstract

Part I addresses conceptual issues, in which the key question is 'whither indigenous psychology?' Papers in this section form a collage of interests in and concerns for indigenous psychology, a trend clearly seen in the conference. Some are position papers about indigenous psychology; others realize indigenous psychology in research; and still another examines its impact on psychological research. Whether one agrees with or criticizes indigenization of psychology as an approach, it appears that cross-cultural psychology, and possibly psychology at large, has to come to terms with the trend. Parts II through IV collect papers in three general areas of 'social and organizational psychology,' 'cognitive processes,' and 'values, self, and personality.' Clearly active research is being conducted around the world in these traditionally strong areas of cross-cultural psychology. Three discernible trends are (1) an emphasis on communication processes, (2) a continuing research program on values, and (3) an emergence of interests in self processes. The concepts of individualism and collectivism, however, continue to provide underlying themes for many of the papers. Parts V and VI are devoted to more specific areas of cross-cultural research: 'culture and health' and 'culture and schooling.' (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)