Integrating Etic and Emic Approaches in Psychological Research

Abstract

Amid an ever-expanding embrace of globalization,

there is also a growing emphasis on understanding human

psychology in a specific local context. Moberg cautioned

that any attempts to ignore particularities while favoring

globalization or universalim in psychology might not

only be unrealistic but probably dangerous [1]. To conduct

realistic psychology research, it is necessary to integrate

both etic and emic approaches. The etic approach refers

to global and universal aspects, while the emic approach

refers to subjective and contextualized aspects of human

psychological functioning [2].