Contents

pp v-vi

Notes on the Contributors

pp vii-x

Preface: Japan as Front Line in the Cultural Psychology Wars

pp xi-xxii

Introduction: Japanese Cultural Psychology and Empathic Understanding: Implications for Academic and Cultural Psychology

pp 1-26

PART ONE - MORAL SCRIPTS AND REASONING

pp 27-28

1 - Moral Scripts: A U.S.–Japan Comparison

pp 29-50

2 - Moral Reasoning among Adults: Japan–U.S. Comparison

pp 51-82

PART TWO - MOTHER AND CHILD AT HOME

pp 83-84

3 - The Maternal Role in Japan: Cultural Values and Socioeconomic Conditions

pp 85-110

4 - Japanese Mother-Child Relationships: Skill Acquisition before the Preschool Years

pp 111-140

PART THREE - GROUP LIFE: THE YOUNG CHILD IN PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL

pp 141-142

5 - Learning to Become Part of the Group: The Japanese Child's Transition to Preschool Life

pp 143-169

6 - Peer Culture and Interaction: How Japanese Children Express Their Internalization of the Cultural Norms of Group Life (Shudan Seikatsu)

pp 170-202

PART FOUR - ADOLESCENT EXPERIENCE

pp 203-204

7 - Beyond Individualism and Sociocentrism: An Ontological Analysis of the Opposing Elements in Personal Experiences of Japanese Adolescents

pp 205-227

8 - Returnees to Japan: The Impact of Having Lived in the United States

pp 228-254

PART FIVE - REFLECTIONS

pp 255-256

9 - Children and Families: Reflections on the “Crisis” in Japanese Childrearing Today

pp 257-266

Index

pp 267-277