Progress in Asian Social Psychology

Conceptual and Empirical Contributions

Kuo-Shu Yang, Kwang-Kuo Hwang, Paul Pedersen, Ikuo Daibo

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2003
• Print ISBN:
  9780313324635
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780313052507
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This volume presents ways of thinking dramatically different from mainstream psychology, which is seen by many as primarily a product of Western civilization. Asian social psychologists in this edited collection apply Asian perspectives to issues of major concern in their societies, including parental beliefs about shame and moral socialization in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States; achievement motivation in Taiwan and the United States; and the effects of school violence on the psychological adjustment of Korean adolescents. Other chapters examine the role of social psychologists in Confucian societies, and group dynamics in Japan. The authors believe psychological research using an indigenous approach will enable Asian as well as non-Asian psychologists to understand the cognitions and behaviors of Asian people more accurately.

Scholars and students interested in Asian psychology, social, cultural and cross-cultural psychology will find this volume of interest.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Part I: Conceptual Perspectives
• Part II: Socialization in Family and School
• Part III: Achievement and Achievement Motivation
• Part IV: Group and Intergroup Dynamics
• Part V: Deviant Behavior and Rehabilitation
• Name Index
• Subject Index
• About the Editors and Contributors