Psychological methodology

While confidential informants (CI's) can play a crucial role in police investigations, they also have the potential to cause great harm if they are dishonest.

This timely brief resource introduces a new evidence-based model for treatment of mentally ill individuals in jails, with emphasis on community-based options.

This book addresses key issues in perinatal mental health and discusses the different types of psychiatric care that may be appropriate for pregnant women, parents and infants, with emphasis on the need for joint care.

This volume presents contributions on handling data in which the postulate of independence in the data matrix is violated.

These research articles from the 79th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) cover timely quantitative psychology topics, including new methods in item response theory, computerized adaptive testing, cognitive diagnostic modeling, and psychological scaling.

This is the first book to show the capabilities of Microsoft Excel to teach social science statistics effectively.

This reference introduces an innovative new-employee safety risk model, keyed to a typical new worker becoming acclimated to a new job and workplace.

This clinical guide reviews the basics of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and presents a quartet of tested protocols for treating anxiety disorders in children and adults.

This compact reference surveys the full range of available structural equation modeling (SEM) methodologies.

This edited book presents the recent developments in partial least squares-path modeling (PLS-PM) and provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the most advanced research related to PLS-PM.

This concise reference serves as a companion to traditional research texts by focusing on such essentials as model construction, robust methodologies and defending a compelling hypothesis.

A handy, easy-to-read reference for the diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic and acute stress disorders, this important 6th edition has been revised and updated extensively, offering a wealth of new information in a concise format of 6 sections.

This forward-looking monograph distills the current knowledge base on lethal school shootings for school professionals invested in improving school safety.

A new take on therapeutic mindfulness with specific applications to troubled and delinquent youth is the focus of this innovative text.

This textbook is an approachable introduction to statistical analysis using matrix algebra.

Research findings and dissemination are making healthcare more effective.

This book applies the analytical framework used by economists to investigate how one can make the most out of one's life, thus achieving happiness and fulfilment.

Maternal filicide has been discussed in the medical, mental health, and child abuse fields, yet little research exists with a criminal justice/law enforcement perspective.

This book combines an overview of validity theory, trends in validation practices and a review of standards and guidelines in several international jurisdictions with research synthesis of the validity evidence in different research areas.

The 78th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) builds on the Psychometric Society's mission to share quantitative methods relevant to psychology.

This book presents (1) an exhaustive and empirically validated taxonomy of quality aspects of multimodal interaction as well as respective measurement methods, (2) a validated questionnaire specifically tailored to the evaluation of multimodal systems and covering most of the taxonomy's quality aspects, (3) insights on how the quality perceptions of multimodal systems relate to the quality perceptions of its individual components, (4) a set of empirically tested factors which influence modality choice, and (5) models regarding the relationship of the perceived quality of a modality and the actual usage of a modality.

This book presents comparisons of recent accounts in the formalization of natural language (dynamic logics and formal semantics) with informal conceptions of interaction (dialogue, natural logic and attribution of rationality) that have been developed in both psychology and epistemology.

The commercial exploitation of children is a global crisis (Rahman, 2011; Svensson, 2006).

The goal of this guide and manual is to provide a practical and brief overview of the theory on computerized adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage testing (MST) and to illustrate the methodologies and applications using R open source language and several data examples.

Psychische Störungen sind bei jungen Kindern genauso häufig wie bei älteren Kindern, werden aber oft nicht adäquat erkannt und behandelt.

Immer wieder wird von Eltern, Betroffenen und Lehrern sowie in der klinischen und schulpsychologischen Praxis nach Ratgebern zum Umgang mit dem Gilles-de-la-Tourette-Syndrom gefragt.

Psychische Störungen sind bei jungen Kindern genauso häufig wie bei älteren Kindern, werden aber oft nicht adäquat erkannt und behandelt.

Mit Beiträgen von Hedwig Amorosa, Michael von Aster, Manfred Döpfner, Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera, Frank Häßler, Christian Klicpera, Klaus Sarimski, Peter F.

Die Forschungsgruppe um Robert S.

Essstörungen wie Anorexie, Bulimie und Binge-Eating-Disorder sind im Jugendalter insbesondere bei Mädchen weit verbreitet.

Essstörungen wie Anorexie, Bulimie und Binge-Eating-Disorder sind im Jugendalter insbesondere bei Mädchen weit verbreitet.

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Diese Einführung erschließt die historische Entwicklung der Psychologie über ihre wichtigsten Repräsentanten, Strömungen und Schulen.

Drei Prozent aller Menschen erkranken an einer Psychose, ein großer Teil am Übergang zwischen Jugend- und jungem Erwachsenenalter in der vulnerablen Entwicklungsphase der Adoleszenz.

Kinder mit Entwicklungsstörungen werden häufig in der ärztlichen Praxis vorgestellt.

Der Begriff "Säuglings- und Kleinkindpsychiatrie" wirft oft Fragen auf.

Enkopresis (oder Einkoten) gehört zu den häufigen, allerdings auch tabuisierten und vernachlässigten Störungen des Kindesalters, für die es jedoch effektive Behandlungsmethoden gibt.

Das Thema der Jugenddelinquenz wird in diesem Band interdisziplinär durch Vertreter der Psychologie, der Jugendpsychiatrie, der Kriminologie, der Sexualwissenschaft und der Justiz abgehandelt.

This textbook has been received enthusiastically.

Drei Prozent aller Menschen erkranken an einer Psychose, ein großer Teil am Übergang zwischen Jugend- und jungem Erwachsenenalter in der vulnerablen Entwicklungsphase der Adoleszenz.

Spirituelle Erfahrungen sind bei Kindern und Jugendlichen häufig, Spiritualität ist dabei nicht an Religiosität gebunden.

Probleme begegnen uns täglich.

Die Phase der Adoleszenz ist mit tief greifenden körperlichen, psychologischen und sozialen Veränderungen verbunden.

This volume addresses an urgent need across multiple disciplines to broaden our understanding and use of response processes evidence of test validity.

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This volume presents a manual for a new method of studying implicit attitudes, the Test of Implicit Associations in Relationship Attitudes (TIARA).

This compact resource synthesizes current research on bullying in the schools while presenting strengths-based approaches to curbing this growing epidemic.

This book proposes a conceptual framework for understanding measurement across a broad range of scientific fields and areas of application, such as physics, engineering, education, and psychology.

This book examines existing treatments, legislation and research methodology of depression and exposes their limitations, championing psycho-social support as an alternative.