TY - JOUR
AU - Phinney, Jean S.
AB - Commentary Human Development 2000;43:27–31 Identity Formation across Cultures: The Interaction of Personal, Societal, and Historical Change Jean S. Phinney California State University, Los Angeles, Calif., USA Key Words Culture W Cultural values W Group identity W Identity W Narratives Western psychology has traditionally had considerable difficulty in dealing with culture and with history. In the search for universal principles of human behavior, cul- tural and historical considerations have most often been ignored or treated as epiphe- nomena. Even though developmental psychology has been more attentive to the role of history and culture than some other branches of psychology, the emphasis in the field remains on processes of growth and change that are assumed to be common across all people. The fact that most American developmental research has been carried out with middle class European American samples is frequently not taken into consideration. This situation is changing gradually, as the increasing cultural diversity in the US draws attention to the need to understand the role of culture and ethnicity in develop- ment. Yet even those who acknowledge the importance of the broader context wrestle with questions about how to study the complex interactions among changing cultural, historical, and developmental factors. 
TI - Identity Formation across Cultures: The Interaction of Personal, Societal, and Historical Change
JF - Human Development
DO - 10.1159/000022653
DA - 2000-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/karger/identity-formation-across-cultures-the-interaction-of-personal-LJm16zebVe
SP - 27
EP - 31
VL - 43
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -