This article outlines a model for conducting psychotherapy with people of diverse cultural backgrounds. The theoretical foundation for the model is based on clinical and cultural psychology. Cultural psychology integrates psychology and anthropology in order to provide a complex understanding of both culture and the individual within his or her cultural context. The model proposed in this artic...

Title: Cross-Cultural Psychology. Subject(s): ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; CULTURE; PSYCHOLOGY Source: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Jan2000, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p129, 19p Author(s): Kagitcibasi, Cigdem; Poortinga, Ype H. Abstract: A selection of current and presumably future issues is addressed in four sections. The first section deals with the pervasive controversy between relativistic and universal...

one of the major sources of psychology in the field of teaching english as foreign language in iranian universities is a book named the psychology of the language learner: individual differences in second language acquisition written by zoltan dornyei. the book was first published in 2005 and was later revised in 2015 and published by routledge. this study thus aims to analyze this book critica...

We introduce a special issue of Ethos devoted to the work of Jerome Bruner and his careerlong attempts to seek innovative ways to foster a dialogue between psychology and anthropology. The articles in this special issue situate Bruner's meaning-centered approach to psychology and his groundbreaking work on narrative in the broader context of the developmental trajectory of both of fields of inq...

In most parts of the world, globalization has become an unstoppable and potent force that impacts everyday life and international relations. The articles in this issue draw on theoretical insights from diverse perspectives (clinical psychology, consumer research, organizational behavior, political psychology, and cultural psychology) to offer nuanced understanding of individuals’ psychological ...

I wish to thank Andrei Brushlinkii for his kind invitation to enter into a discussion with Russian colleagues who have taken the time to read and comment on my recent book. The invitation to discuss the role of culture in human development in this forum is, as the expression goes, “the opportunity of a lifetime” because I have sought to promote dialogue between American and Russian psychologist...