Cross-cultural applicability of contextual family therapy: Iranian and American college students' perceptions of familial and peer relationships.
To examine the applicability of Contextual Family Therapy to non-western populations, a measure of the theory's central constructs of Trust/Justice, Loyalty, and Entitlement (the Relational Ethics Scale), was administered to a sample of 50 Iranian and 51 American college students studying in the same U.S. schools. The Iranian students reported significantly more vertical constructs (Familial) Trust/Justice and Entitlement, while the American students reported more horizontal (Closest Friend) Trust/Justice and Loyalty constructs in relationships. Finally, the women (25 of each nationality) in the sample, regardless of nationality, reported significantly greater Loyalty in their horizontal relationships than did men.
Shokouhi-Behnam
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Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.
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Caruso
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States