The approach to the study of personality came about in reaction to the dominance of western approaches to the study of personality in non-western settings.

The indigenous approach to the study of personality came about in reaction to the dominance of western approaches to the study of personality in non-western settings.
The indigenous approach study the formation of human behavior after they're living under a dominance from other social groups (such as the formation of South American people's behavior after they're colonized by the Spanish)

  citizens of individual states were also citizens of the united states.