Escape from Kantian Eurocentric bias in cross-cultural psychology

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 863-878
Author(s):  
Kwang-Kuo Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Cross Cultural Psychology ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Confucian Ethics ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Mental Set ◽  
The Impact

Taking Kant’s misjudgment on Confucian silver rule as the point for first cut, this article is designated to illustrate the fallacy of imposed Orientalism prevailing in mainstream cross-cultural psychology which tends to understand non-Western cultures by a mental set of dualism with a tendency of Westcentrism, particularly the popular research on individualism-collectivism. This type of Euro-centric or Westcentric misjudgments are very common in Western social sciences, for instance, Confucian ethics are frequently described as particularistic in consideration of the distinction between universalism and particularism made by Parsons . In order to help the international academic community to escape from the trap of Eurocentric bias, this article will argue for and illustrate its characteristic of contextualized universalism step by step on the basis of Hwang’s previous research. Finally, the meaning of constructing scientific microworld of Confucian ethics will be discussed to explain how Chinese people are facing the impact of Western cultured during the globalization age of multiculturalism.

The Handbook of Culture and Psychology

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural Psychology ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Topic Area ◽  
Collective Wisdom ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Research ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Culture is well recognized as an important basis for understanding psychological processes and behavior. Culturally informed research in psychology continues to supplement and challenge traditional knowledge in mainstream psychology in many ways, making culture a major topic of relevance for students and professionals in all areas of psychology. This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology conveys the impact that the contributions of cultural and cross-cultural psychology have made to the field’s understanding of the relation between culture and psychology. Divided into six parts, this book provides a unique account of the current state of cultural and cross-cultural psychology across a wide range of topics at the highest scholarly level. The chapters in this volume, written by leading scholars in the field, represent topics most relevant to culture and psychology, most exemplary of the work in the entire field, and most representative of the evolution of cross-cultural method and knowledge. Each chapter presents state-of-the art reviews of the theoretical and empirical literature in each topic area, going well beyond encyclopedic reviews of the existing research to objectively evaluate the literature. All contributors also present their visions of the future in their areas and outline work to guide researchers in future decades. While some chapters are careful updates from the first edition of this book, others are completely new rewrites given the evolution of new research. Nine other chapters are entirely new to this edition. In all, the book represents the collective wisdom of the leading thinkers and researchers in cultural and cross-cultural psychology. It is the only resource of its kind in the field and will serve as a valuable reference and guide for beginning researchers and scholars alike.

scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Factors and Identity in Adolescence

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Vanya Matanova ◽  
Anna Hristova
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural Psychology ◽  
Family Therapy ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Female Adolescent ◽  
Early Child Development ◽  
Mixed Marriage ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe story of 13-year-old B, a female adolescent with self-harming behavior, and her father and other family members, shows the importance and impact of multicultural factors both in early child development and in establishing identity in adolescence. Born from a mixed marriage between an English mother and a Bulgarian father, B experiences a series of traumatic separations arising from clashes between the expectations and values of her parents’ respective cultures. Presented in a series of distinct episodes, B’s story illustrates the impact of the values conflicts arising in the context of our increasingly multicultural society, and the role of cross-cultural psychology in values-informed family therapy aimed at addressing such conflicts.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Exploration of Chinese Self-Love

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Ming Xue ◽  
Xi Ting Huang ◽  
Na Wu ◽  
Tong Yue
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural Psychology ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Personality Structure ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Empirical Basis ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

Although self-love is an important topic, it has not been viewed as appropriate for psychological research, especially in China. We conducted two studies to understand how Chinese people view self-love. In the first study, we surveyed 109 Chinese people about the dimensions of self-love using an open-ended questionnaire. In the second study, 18 participants were selected by means of intensity sampling and interviewed about the connotations and structure of Chinese self-love. The two studies revealed three important aspects of the Chinese understanding of self-love: (1) self-love has four dimensions: self, family, others, and society; (2) it comprises five components: self-cherishing, self-acceptance, self-restraint, self-responsibility, and self-persistence; and (3) the five components of self-love are linked together to form a stable personality structure. The reliability and validity of the two studies were strong. Finally, the results showed that Chinese self-love is dominated by Confucian culture, which provides guiding principles for how to be human. At the same time, it shows that there are differences in the understanding of self-love between Chinese and Western cultures, which provides an empirical basis for further research based on cross-cultural psychology and self-love psychology.

Review of Journeys Into Cross-Cultural Psychology.

1996 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 396-397
Author(s):  
Terri Gullickson ◽  
Pamela Ramser
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural Psychology ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural
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