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Mirail, allees Antonio Machado, France; 3 Paris 13 University, rue Bobigny Cedex, France;
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National Science Foundation, Arlington VA, USA
Weaning could be a source of conflict and cooperation between mothers and their children.
According to answers to the questionnaire, breast-feeding is stopped earlier than expected by
mothers mainly for the reason of insufficiency of breast milk, which suggests a disagreement
between children's demand and mothers' availability. Insufficiency is the only significant reason
for weaning in Japanese mothers, whereas several other reasons are reported in the other countries.
It is also found that weaning took longer in Japanese mothers. The findings suggest the Japanese
mothers’ attitude of offspring-centeredness in weaning.
4017 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Professionalism and culture-groundednesss of psychotherapy: A synthetic-hermeneutic
approach and programmatic implications
Convener and Chair: G.X. Yang, China
Co-convener: S.S. Ma, Canada
4017.1 Professionalism and culture-groundedness in psychotherapy: A synthetic-hermeneutic
approach and program implications, G.X. Yang, Yantai Normal University, Yantai, China
To find a life of its own, professionalism of psychotherapy has to be grounded in the indigenous
culture. Creative borrowing of Western psychologies and psychotherapeutic techniques, and
rediscovering and re-interpreting the distinctive psychological perspectives and life praxis in
Chinese culture, will provide necessary resources for professional development. With an
action-research paradigm and a focus on the narrative approach and its programmatic implications,
we will discuss our case studies, and share our 5-year journey of inquiry and our understanding of
some important and difficult questions, so to portray a programmatic model of heuristic values.
4017.2 A humanistic approach to the people by A. Lincoln and Hu Qintao, C. Lee,
Sino-American Institute for Transpersonal Studies, Santa Ana, CA, USA
In l863, The American President A. Licoln at the Gettysburg’s battle field emphasized that his
country should be governed of the people, by the people and for the people. In 2003, the newly
elected President of China, Hu Qintao, at the Peoples Hall advised his countrymen that power is
for the people, love is to the people and benefits are given the people. My paper will discuss: l) the
various meanings of people; 2) people’s role in the Humanistic psychology; and 3) how did
Lincoln and Hu Qintao use the humanistic principles and practices in their public services.
4017.3 Chinese culture and stress coping: Collectivism and collective coping, D. Zhang 1 , B.
Long 2 , 1 Kwantlen University College, Richmond, BC, Canada; 2 University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Cross-cultural research suggests that cultural values influence people's behaviors, stress coping,
and well-being. Using focus-group and path analysis, I studied a total 228 Chinese overseas
professionals. Individualistic/collectivistic characteristics and coping strategies were measured.
The influence of Chinese cultural values (including Confucianism) on and the pattern of
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