What Was Egeland's Contribution to Cross-Cultural Studies of Abnormality? Discuss

question 89

Essay

What was Egeland's contribution to cross-cultural studies of abnormality? Discuss the challenges researchers face in conducting cross-cultural studies. How have researchers attempted to resolve these conflicts?

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Definitions:

Overweight

A condition of having more body fat than is optimally healthy.

Structural Violence

Physical and/or psychological harm caused by impersonal, exploitative, and unjust social, political, and economic systems.

Globalization

Worldwide interconnectedness, evidenced in global movements of natural resources, trade goods, toxins, human labor, finance capital, information, and infectious diseases.

Structural Violence

A form of violence wherein social structures or institutions harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs.