Fundamental Questions in Cross-Cultural Psychology

Fons J R van de Vijver editor Seger M Breugelmans editor Athanasios Chasiotis editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:17th Mar '11

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A timely evaluation of cross-cultural psychology, examining the fundamental questions of the discipline from a number of different perspectives.

Cross-cultural psychology is now around 40 years old. This book presents an overview of how far the subject has advanced by addressing the fundamental questions at the heart of the discipline from a range of different perspectives across the field.Cross-cultural psychology has come of age as a scientific discipline, but how has it developed? The field has moved from exploratory studies, in which researchers were mainly interested in finding differences in psychological functioning without any clear expectation, to detailed hypothesis tests of theories of cross-cultural differences. This book takes stock of the large number of empirical studies conducted over the last decades to evaluate the current state of the field. Specialists from various domains provide an overview of their area, linking it to the fundamental questions of cross-cultural psychology such as how individuals and their cultures are linked, how the link evolves during development, and what the methodological challenges of the field are. This book will appeal to academic researchers and post-graduates interested in cross-cultural research.

'Fundamental Questions in Cross-Cultural Psychology is an excellent, superbly written edited book. The editors and the internationally acclaimed authors give an insightful, informative and sophisticated state-of-the-art, along with future directions of the field. This is a 'must have' book.' David Lackland Sam, University of Bergen, Norway

ISBN: 9780521757515

Dimensions: 226mm x 153mm x 31mm

Weight: 940g

602 pages