(P/B) MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUALS AND CULTURES

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In this new book top specialists address theoretical, methodological, and empirical multilevel models as they relate to the analysis of individual and cultural data. Divided into four parts, the book opens with the basic conceptual and theoretical issues in multilevel research, including the fallacies of such research. Part II describes the methodological aspects of multilevel research, including data-analytic and structural equation modeling techniques. Applications and models from various research areas including control, values, organizational behavior, social beliefs, well-being, personality, response styles, school performance, family, and acculturation, are explored in Part III. This section also deals with validity issues in aggregation models. The book concludes with an overview of the kinds of questions addressed in multilevel models and highlights the theoretical and methodological issues yet to be explored.
Intended for researchers and advanced students in psychology, sociology, social work, marriage and family therapy, public health, anthropology, education, economics, political science, and cultural and ethnic studies who study the relationship between behavior and culture. (From the publisher)

«This book will have broad appeal to many scholars... Cross-cultural psychology is a hot topic and this book would be a great asset for educators in psychology, sociology, education, and cultural psychology... This is a terrific book with many strengths.» (Todd Little, PhD, University of Kansas)

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Preface
Contributors
Part I: Conceptual Issues
1. Conceptual Issues in Multilevel Models
Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Dianne A. van Hemert, and Ype H. Poortinga
2. On the Entanglement of Culture and Individual Behavior
John Adamopoulos
Part II: Methodological Issues
3. Traditional and Multilevel Approaches in Cross-Cultural Research: An Integration of Methodological Frameworks
Johnny R.J. Fontaine
4. Latent Variable Structural Equation Modeling in Cross-Cultural Research: Multigroup and Multilevel Approaches
James P. Selig, Noel A. Card, and Todd D. Little
Part III: Multilevel Models and Applications
5. Levels of Control across Cultures: Conceptual and Empirical Analysis
Susumu Yamaguchi, Taichi Okumura, Hannah Faye Chua, Hiroaki Morio, and J. Frank Yates
6. Individualism and Collectivism: Societal-Level Processes with Implications for Individual-Level and Society-Level Outcomes
Daphna Oyserman and Ayse K. Uskul
7. Multilevel Approaches in Organizational Settings: Opportunities, Challenges and Implications for Cross-Cultural Research
Ronald Fischer
8. Psycho-Logic and Eco-Logic: Insights from Social Axiom Dimensions
Kwok Leung and Michael H. Bond
9. Can We Learn about National Differences in Happiness from Individual Responses? A Multilevel Approach
Richard E. Lucas and Ed Diener
10. The Five-Factor Model and Its Correlates in Individuals and Cultures
Robert R. McCrae and Antonio Terracciano
11. Acquiescence, Extreme Response Bias and Culture: A Multilevel Analysis
Peter B. Smith and Ronald Fischer
12. Multilevel Issues in International Large-Scale Assessment Studies on Student Performance
Petra Stanat and Oliver Ludtke
13. Multilevel Structure Analysis for Family-Related Constructs
Kostas Mylonas, Vassilis Pavlopoulos, and James Georgas
14. Acculturation
Bernhard Nauck
Part IV: Integration
15. Multilevel Models of Individuals and Cultures: Current State and Outlook
Dianne A. van Hemert, Fons J. R. van de Vijver, and Ype H. Poortinga
Author Index
Subject Index