Casting the Individual in Societal and Cultural Contexts : Social and Societal Psychology for Asia and the Pacific

by Liu, James H.; Ward, Colleen; Barnardo, Allan B. I.; Karasawa, Minoru; Fischer, Ronald

• ISBN13: 9788925400792
• ISBN10: 8925400790
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-31
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

Summary

The chapters compiled here are classified into four sections: "History, Harmony, and Conflict"; "Self in Social Context"; "Culture Contact and Intergroup Relations"; and "From Cognitive to Social and Collective Processes."

Table of Contents

General Introduction	p. 9
History, Harmony and Conflict
History, Harmony and Conflict	p. 15
Perspectives Shaping the Development of Social Psychology in India	p. 19
Harmony and Controversy: The Yin and Yang of Conflict in East Asian and Western Cultures	p. 39
Conflict Resolution Patterns and Relational Context: An Exploratory Study Combining Etic and Emic Theories in Taiwan	p. 61
Cognitive Causes of Conflict Avoidance among Japanese: An Approach from Pluralistic Ignorance	p. 83
Self in Social Context
Self in Social Context	p. 101
The Bicultural Self of Chinese in Hong Kong	p. 105
Individuating and Relating Autonomy in Culturally Chinese Adolescents	p. 123
The Dynamism of Self-narratives and its Relation to Explicit and Implicit Self-esteem	p. 147
Factor Analysis of the State-Trait Resilience Inventory (STRI) among Thai Students	p. 169
Culture Contact and Intergroup Relations
Culture Contact and Intergroup Relations	p. 181
Intercultural Social Factors in Asian-born International Students' Depressive Symptoms	p. 185
Cross-cultural Adaptation of Asian and Western International Students in New Zealand	p. 205
The Well-being of Vietnamese Refugees and Immigrants in Hawai'i	p. 225
Mortality Salience and Worldview Defense: The Role of Self-esteem and Culturally Valued Behaviour	p. 241
From Cognitive to Social and Collective Processes
From Cognitive to Social and Collective Processes	p. 257
How Asian Folk Beliefs of Knowing Affect the Psychological Investigation of Cultural Differences	p. 261
Gender Variation in Reminiscence Phenomena: A Cross-cultural Iinvestigation	p. 273
The Influence of Art-activities on Developing Collective Remembering among People in a Hospital	p. 295
Social Skills for Enhancing Interpersonal Relationships with the Elderly	p. 317
Effects of Modality and Familiarity on Dialogue to Describe a Figure: Analysis of Speech Fillers	p. 343
Worldwide Survey of Cultural Display Rules	p. 359
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