UWE P. GIELEN is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Psychology at St. Francis College in New York City. He is a former President of the Society of Cross-Cultural Research and of the International Council of Psychologists, as well as past Chair of the Psychology Section of the New York Academy of Sciences. He has been Editor of both World Psychology and the International Journal of Group Tensions. He is Co-editor or Co-author of 11 books including International Perspectives on Human Development, Cross-Cultural Topics in Psychology (2nd e...