title: Using "the Japanese problem" as a corrective to the ethnocentricity of Western theory.
abstract: This reflection on the essay by Rothbaum, Pott, Azuma, Miyake, and Weisz focuses on how knowledge about Japanese psychological development and culture can serve as a corrective to the ethnocentrism of Western theory. Particular attention is given to the Japanese cultural concepts of amae and kejime.
authors: University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822, USA. tobin@hawaii.edu
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Tobin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan; D012107:Research Design; D012945:Social Values; D012951:Socialization; D014481:United States