The experience of family in Japan and the United States: Working with the constraints inherent in cross-cultural research

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Bell, Linda G ^a   Dendo, Hisako ^b   Nakata, Yojiro ^c   Bell, David C ^d   Munakata, Tsunetsugu ^e   Nakamura, Shin Ichi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Affiliated Systems Corporation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f Nakamura Psychotherapy Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19444366608     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.35.3.351     Document Type: Article

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