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Anthropological research and, more recently, cross-cultural studies in general have played a delicate combination of roles as they converse with psychological theory. On the one hand, they provide a method of answering questions about human behavior and development, which are central to contemporary thought; on the other, they often return only partial answers and, in addition, a new set of questions. The interplay of psychological theory contributing to the agenda for anthropological research, and cross-cultural findings challenging accepted theories of the person, has shifted from time to time, responding in part to the needs and opportunities of the larger disciplines. Throughout the interdisciplinary dialogue are woven the complementary themes of human universals and cultural particulars, or, in modem developmental terms, how and to what degree general universals become the particular specifics. This is no less true for research on psychopathology than for studies of normal development.
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Harkness, S., Super, C.M. (2000). Culture and Psychopathology. In: Sameroff, A.J., Lewis, M., Miller, S.M. (eds) Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4163-9_11
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