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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784722403321

Autore

Gregg Gary S.

Titolo

The Middle East : a cultural psychology / / Gary S. Gregg ; with a foreword by David Matsumoto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

0-19-773702-1

1-280-42798-1

1-60256-492-2

0-19-534675-0

1-4237-5647-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (471 p.)

Collana

Series in Culture, Cognition, and Behavior

Disciplina

155.8/2/0956

Soggetti

Ethnopsychology - Middle East

Personality and culture - Middle East

Islam - Psychology

Religion and culture - Middle East

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Misunderstandings -- The social ecology of psychological development -- Honor and Islam : shaping emotions, traits, and selves -- Childbirth and infant care -- Early childhood -- Late childhood -- Adolescence -- Early adulthood and identity -- Mature adulthood -- Patterns and lives : development through the life-span.

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a comprehensive summary of psychological studies of Arab-Muslim societies, this book examines psychological development through the life-span, describing how traditional patterns appear to be changing in both ""modernizing"" and ""underdeveloping"" sectors of Middle Eastern societies.