Noon J M, Lewis J R
School of African and Asian Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Br J Med Psychol. 1992 Jun;65(2):107-17. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1992.tb01691.x.
Two forms of psychological therapy, one Japanese the other Euro/American, are described and compared. It is suggested that each identifies comparable goals for individual change. However, each differs in the means by which change is induced. The consensus concerning goals is taken as evidence of universal values in the definition of the fully functioning self. However, the divergence in means by which these goals are attained reflects specific cultural differences. The implications of these differences are related to individualistic versus relational values within the cultures discussed. It is proposed that the comparisons have implications for the practice of any specific form of psychotherapy on members of a culture other than that within which the therapy has developed.
描述并比较了两种心理治疗形式，一种是日本式的，另一种是欧美式的。研究表明，二者都为个体改变确定了类似的目标。然而，在引发改变的方式上二者存在差异。关于目标的共识被视为在定义功能完备的自我时存在普遍价值观的证据。然而，实现这些目标的方式上的差异反映了特定的文化差异。这些差异的影响与所讨论文化中的个人主义价值观和关系价值观相关。有人提出，这些比较对在治疗方法所发展的文化之外的其他文化成员进行任何特定形式的心理治疗都具有启示意义。
