My work in cultural psychology – i.e., sociocultural theory – has two branches. One is the study of psychological phenomena as cultural phenomena. The other is the study of the discipline of cultural psychology as a cultural phenomenon. By this I mean the concepts and methods and interventions that the discipline employs, and the cultural factors that shape them. The discipline of cultural psyc...

The cross-cultural applicability research study (CAR) for ICIDH-2 revision and instrument development was conducted as an early part of a multi-year joint project between the World Health Organization (WHO), the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), and participating centres around the world. The overall aim of the project was to develop disability assessment instruments, based on a revision ...

man's past condition is related to his present life and history means surveying the quality of the past activities whose traces remain in the present time. the main field of historical research is man's past life, the stages which have been put behind in the process of evolution and changes as well as progresses made in these stages. history is a means to provide human beings with a complete in...

Aiming to become a part of transcultural discourses and debates, the author argues in this paper for use approaches overcoming traditional ones doing philosophy comparatively Southern Europe. Within framework, new forms cross-cultural philosophizing Mediterranean will arise triangle among Western Balkans, Italy Greece as exchange knowledge ideas including more than twenty surrounding countries ...

Abstract Much of the literature exploring Chinese international student engagement with critical thinking in Western universities draws on reductive essentialisations ‘Confucianism’ efforts to explain cross-cultural differences. In this paper I review problematising these tendencies. then shift focus from inferences about how philosophy shapes culture and individual students, toward drawing as ...

in this article an attempt has been made to observe and highlight the cultural differences that exist between developing countries and the more technologically advanced countries of the world. the paper attempts to delineate the impact of these differences on the believes, attitudes, emotional patterns, and their relevance for the planning and deliver of mental health services. it draws attenti...

Lucian Blaga is the first Romanian philosopher who built a philosophic system. From the theory of knowledge to the theory of culture and surrounded with very complex studies of nature, art or historic ways of debating life process, this huge work presented at high level, maybe the most elaborate process of writing philosophy of culture by an Romanian author. Centered on the philosophy of histor...

Inquire about problems of design in our time of globalization, mainly the loosing of cities identities, of architects identities, differences and cultural heritages. Philosophy, methodology and tools of Argenia, generative software able to produce complex architectural and urban scenarios connected with the cultural identity of each context.

spirituality is one of the dimensions of human health. religious spiritual characteristics including forgiveness, hope, transcendence, immanent and sense of integration to surroundings can cause better adjustment and more health and welfare in the life. there is a near relationship between culture and psychology. the aim of the present research was to study cross-cultural aspects of religious s...

The priority areas in the leprosy elimination programme are early case detection, case holding and consequently, the prevention of disabilities. In some countries, a significant number of cases do not seek treatment or seek treatment late, partly due to socio-cultural beliefs and stigma about leprosy. We review the literature on socio-cultural beliefs and stigma about leprosy and the interventi...