Toward a truly international psychology: beyond English only.
It is contended that the development of a truly international psychology is obstructed at this point by the massive disregard of contributions that are published in languages other than English. The role of English as a mutually agreed-on principal medium of international communication in psychology is endorsed. At the same time, 11 suggestions are presented to overcome the linguistic isolation from the communities of psychologists in which languages other than English are used to disseminate findings and conceptions.
Draguns
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Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 417 Bruce V. Moore Building, University Park, PA 16802-3104, USA. jgd1@psu.edu
D003142:Communication; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007802:Language; D011584:Psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy