New insight and old dilemma: a cross-cultural comparison of Japan and the United States.
Conflict in close relationships, or "generative tension," characterizes both the United States and Japan, with differences only in the style and timing of its manifestation. The potentially fruitful strategy of Rothbaum et al.'s article is constrained by their cross-cultural comparative methodology.
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Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu 96822, USA.
D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007564:Japan; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009769:Object Attachment; D014481:United States