1st Edition

Indigenous Psychologies A Special Issue of the International Journal of Psychology

Edited By Carl Martin Allwood, John Berry Copyright 2006
80 Pages
by Psychology Press

Indigenous psychologies are attempts to portray the concepts, and to present the evidence, about human behaviour and experience from a point of view within the cultural traditions of the group. It takes a position that distances itself from a uniform (usually Western) psychology, and explores human psychological variation in its own cultural contexts. Indigenous psychologies provide important... Read more

C. Martin Allwood, J.W. Berry, Preface to Special Issue on the Indigenous Psychologies C.Martin Allwood, J.W. Berry, Origins and Development of Indigenous Psychologies: An International Analysis. K. Danziger, Comment. K.K. Hwang, Moral Face and Social Face: Contingent Self-esteem in Confucian Society. H.S.R. Kao, Shufa: Chinese Calligraphic Handwriting (CCH) for Health and Behavioural Therapy. U. Kim, Y.S. Park, Indigenous Psychological Analysis of Academic Achievement in Korea: The Influence of Self-efficacy, Parents and Culture. K.S. Yang, Indigenized Conceptual and Empirical Analyses of Selected Chinese Psychological Characteristics.

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Carl Martin Allwood, John Berry