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questionnaire was apply related to the values contained in the ancient code of "Ama sua", "Ama
quella", and "Ama Llulla" (Honest, Worker, and True). The findings were apply at the design of
the guidance program pointing out how the knowledge could help nowadays on ours educational
efforts.
4028.78 Dissatisfaction with amae network (Japanese interdependence) predicts interpersonal
over-preoccupation (toraware) in neurotics, Kazuo Kato, Kyushu University, Japan
Amae is one of the key concepts for understanding Japanese psychology. Doi (1958) proposed that
neurosis is due to the psychology that "although neurotics wish to engage in amae, s/he cannot do
so." This hypothesis, however, has never been subjected to empirical investigation. This study
attempted to examine it, by operationalizing such psychology as dissatisfaction with amae network.
College students were asked to respond to a questionnaire, including Amae Experiencing Process
Inventory (Kato & Kobayashi, 2000), Amae-network Scale, MPI, etc. Findings suggested that
neurotics, compared with normals, showed more interpersonally over-preoccupied responses,
which can be taken to support Doi's hypothesis.
4028.79 I hope that needle works in the U.S. too: Acupuncture, hope, and perceived outcomes,
Dominicus So, Howard University, USA
Acupuncture needles have literally punctured through international boundaries to become a
complementary/alternative medicine outside China and Asia - in U.S. mainstream medical settings
for non-Chinese and Asians. Research participants were more than 60 new acupuncture patients of
Euro-American descent. Pre- and post-treatment measurements included the Goal Attainment
Scale, Dualism Scale, and Herth Hope Index. Patients perceived significant improvements after
receiving acupuncture treatment. No relationship was found between the nature of patients’ goals
for acupuncture treatment and the degree of the patients’ mind/body dualistic belief. The patients'
level of expectation for acupuncture treatment was not related to patients' hope in life.
4028.80 Voices from the margins: Indigenous psychological knowledge at a university campus in
a black South African township, Terri M. Bakker, University of Pretoria, Mamelodi Campus,
South Africa
This paper reports on work towards an indigenous psychology at a university campus situated in a
black South African township. The local cultural context and African indigenous knowledge tend
to be silenced in the academic world dominated by western conceptions of psychology. The
researcher aimed at voicing the local expertise developed by members of a psychology department
in the township. The study departed from a post-modern, social-constructionist paradigm. The
research method was inspired by action research as participative inquiry and practice. Outcomes
of the study were documented in the form of a collective statement based on the concept of
testimonio.
4028 POSTER
Polotical Psychology
4028.81 Optimism and revolt of the oppressed: A comparison of two south African apartheid
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