Family, Self, and Human Development Across Cultures: Theory and Applications [Hardcover]

?idem Ka1t?1ba_1's influential volume was a work of masterful scholarship and field-defining thought that challenged the existing assumptions in mainstream western psychology about the nature of individuals. During the past two decades since its publication, cultural and cross-cultural research and theory on the self, family, and human development have expanded greatly, developing fruitfully from the basic issues and paradigms Ka1t?1ba_1 explored. This Classic Edition provides a critical assessment, consideration, and reflection of recent scholarship in this field. It brings this essential work up to date and appraises it in the light of current prevailing perspectives.

Introduction to the Classic Edition  1. Introduction  Part 1. Human Development, Self, and Family in Cultural Context  2. Development in Context  3. Socialization for Competence  4. Culture, Self, and Individualism-Collectivism  5. Value of Children and the Family  6. Parenting and the Development of the Autonomous-Related Self  Part 2. Implications for Social Issues and Applications  7. Induced Change: The Role of Psychology  8. Intervention: Early Enrichment  9. The Turkish Early Enrichment Project (TEEP)  10. Immigration and Acculturation  11. Search for Integration and Policy Implications

This Classic Edition is a critical assessment, consideration, and reflection of the recent scholarship in the field. It provides an overall evaluation of the book in the light of some current prevailing perspectives and appraises these perspectives.

Praise for the previous edition: '&a tour de force of integration and synthesis, [this volume] is readable, informative, and accessible both to researchers in the field of cultural and cross-cultural psychology and to collegel0