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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 have provided a method of answering questions about human behavior and development that are central to contemporary thought; on the other, they have often returned only partial answers and, in addition, a new set of questions. The balance of psychological theory contributing to the agenda for anthropological research, in contrast to 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, and this is no less true for research on psychopathology than for studies of normal development.
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Harkness, S., Super, C.M. (1990). Culture and Psychopathology. In: Lewis, M., Miller, S.M. (eds) Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7142-1_4
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