Individualism and the “Western Mind” reconsidered: American and dutch parents' ethnotheories of the child
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
- Vol. 2000 (87) , 23-39
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.23220008704
Abstract
Research on Dutch and American parentS' descriptions and interpretations of their children's personality and behavior reveals a systematic pattern of difference that defies the idea of a uniform “Western mind” characterized by individualism.Keywords
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