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INFUSING CULTURE INTO PARENTING ISSUES:

A SUPPLEMENT FOR PSYCHOLOGY INSTRUCTORS

VICKI RITTS, PH.D.

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A FEW WORLD WIDE WEB RESOURCES FOR CROSS-CULTURAL ISSUES

Canadian Psychological Association

http://www.cpa.ca

 This is the homepage for the Canadian Psychological Association. It contains some good cross-cultural links.

Coombsweb

http://coombs.anu.edu.au

This is a site maintained by the Australian National University and contains a wide selection on materials in the humanities and social sciences, particularly focusing on Asian-Pacific studies.

Cross-cultural Breastfeeding References

http://www.prairienet.org/community/health/laleche/detbooks.html

This site contains a bibliography of publications by anthropologists relating to cultural variations in child rearing, especially breastfeeding practices.

Current Research in Social Psychology

http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.html

This is an electronic journal with some articles relating to cross-cultural issues.

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet

http://hanksville.phast.umass.edu/misc/NAresources.html

This site provides links to information and homepages for a wide variety of Native American tribes.

International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)

http://www.fit.edu/CampusLife/clubs-org/iaccp

This is the homepage for the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

Teaching Cross-Cultural Methods to Undergraduates

http://www.lawrence.edu/~bradleyc/hraf.html

This site discusses the importance of teaching cross-cultural methods to undergraduates.