LEONORE LOEB ADLER is the Director of the Institute for Cross-Cultural and Cross-Ethnic Studies and Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychology at Molloy College. Professor Adler has been active for more than 30 years in cross-cultural and cross-national research projects, he has published as author, editor, or coeditor 14 earlier books.UWE P. GIELEN is Professor of Psychology and International Cultural Studies at St. Francis College. A former president of both the Society for Cross Cultural Research and the International Council of Psychologists he has published as editor, coeditor, or coauthor 10 earlier books. He is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Group Tensions.