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.

About the Book This book is based on papers presented at the inaugural Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology in 1995. It contains state-of-the-art research conducted by Asian social psychologists. Anyone who is interested in social psychological research in Asia and who works towards a universal social psychology will find this volume highly informative and useful. This book is important to those who are working in Asia or with Asians since it provides indepth insights into the fundamental applications and theories of social psychology which will help them in their interface with Asia. In putting together this volume, social psychology is broadly defined and includes a wide range of social settings.

About the Book This book is based on papers presented at the inaugural Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology in 1995. It contains state-of-the-art research conducted by Asian social psychologists. Anyone who is interested in social psychological research in Asia and who works towards a universal social psychology will find this volume highly informative and useful. This book is important to those who are working in Asia or with Asians since it provides indepth insights into the fundamental applications and theories of social psychology which will help them in their interface with Asia. In putting together this volume, social psychology is broadly defined and includes a wide range of social settings.

About the Book This book is based on papers presented at the inaugural Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology in 1995. It contains state-of-the-art research conducted by Asian social psychologists. Anyone who is interested in social psychological research in Asia and who works towards a universal social psychology will find this volume highly informative and useful. This book is important to those who are working in Asia or with Asians since it provides indepth insights into the fundamental applications and theories of social psychology which will help them in their interface with Asia. In putting together this volume, social psychology is broadly defined and includes a wide range of social settings.

Collects the best papers presented at the fourth conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, representing the most innovative and unique blend of social psychological research originating in Asia.

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."

Indigenous psychology is an emerging new field in psychology, focusing on psychological universals in social, cultural, and ecological contexts - Starting point for psychologists who wish to understand various cultures from their own ecological, historial, philosophical, and religious perspectives