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As such, Professor Durganand Sinha, the Founding Editor of I Psychology and National Development i 35 years ago, stressed the importance of contextualising research, connecting it with its cultural traditions and developing indigenous and cultural psychology. Contributors review their program of research in early stages, review research conducted in various part of the world, and compare the results obtained in developed and developing societies. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a fundamental bias in society by viewing the elderly paternalistically, as a vulnerable segment of society who had to be protected while ignoring their need to be functionally independent and to engage and contribute to society. The goal of the Special Issue is to connect theory development with a program of research to understand how the theory has been developed, tested, and applied in different parts of the world and to examine how it promotes scientific progress and positive societal change. [Extracted from the article] |
