Cultural Methods in Psychology

Kate C. McLean is a Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University. Her research program centers on the development of identity in adolescence and adulthood, placing special emphasis on the cultural and relational processes of identity construction, as well as the correlates and consequences of individual differences in narrative identity construction. She is the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development, and the author of The Co-Authored Self.

• Introduction Kate C. McLean Part I. Describing Chapter 1. Using Life Story Methods to Illuminate Cultural-Historical Dimensions of LGBTQ+ Identity Development Across the Generations Nic M. Weststrate Chapter 2. Listening for Culture: Using Interviews to Understand Identity in Context Leoandra Onnie Rogers, Ursula Moffitt, Courtney Meiling Jones Chapter 3. Strengths-based Approaches to Conducting Research with Low Income and Other Marginalized Populations Sherry Hamby Chapter 4. Cultural Snapshots: Identifying Cultural Patterns that Influence Implicit Racial Bias Kristin Pauker, Sarah A. Lamer, Shahana Ansari and Max Weisbuch Chapter 5. Social Media as Tools for Cultural Change in the Transition to Adulthood Adriana M. Manago, Nicholas D. Santer, Logan L. Barsigian and Abigail S. Walsh Chapter 6. Relational Methodology James Allen, Inna D. Rivkin and Joseph E. Trimble Chapter 7. Methodologies for Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Subjective Experiences: Addressing Response Biases Zachary Willett, Kendall Lawley, Barbara Lehman, & Christie Scollon Part II. Transforming Chapter 8. "Justice for Native People, Justice for Native Me": Using Digital Storytelling Methodologies to Change the Master Narrative of Native American Peoples Jillian Fish and Payton K. CountsChapter 9. Participatory Action Research with Immigrant-Origin Youth Dalal Katsiaficas Chapter 10. Positive Exemplar Exposure: A Method for Early Implicit Racial Bias Change Antonya Marie Gonzalez Chapter 11. Guidance for Applied Cross-National Research in Under-Resourced Countries: Lessons from a Gender-Based Violence Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo Karen J. Torjesen, Meg A. Warren and Grace Wamue-Ngare Chapter 12. Interpersonal Violence in Context: A Call to Consider Cultural Stigma in Theory and Research on the Psychology of Trauma Brianna C. Delker Part III. Broader Issues Chapter 13. Intersectionality as an analytic sensibility in cultural research Kevin Delucio, Ph.D. and Adrian J. Villicana, Ph.D. Chapter 14. Mining for Culture or Researching for Justice? Unsettling Psychology through Indigenist Conversation Shawn Wilson, Andrea V. Breen and Lindsay DuPré Chapter 15. Cultural Psychology, Diversity, and Representation in Open Science Moin Syed and Ummul-Kiram Kathawalla

The field of psychology has spent the past decade wrestling with two crises: a crisis of evidence about the robustness of our findings, and a crisis of relevance about the utility of our work for addressing issues in society. The chapters in this volume provide insights to address both sets of concerns. Authors discuss methodologies from cultural psychology that can be leveraged to improve to the rigor psychological research, and the practical relevance of that research for improving lives in our diverse society.