This edited volume presents selected papers focusing on Ronald Fisher's cumulative contributions to understanding destructive intergroup conflicts from a social-psychological perspective, and to the development and assessment of small group, interactive methods for resolving them.
This book provides the first comparative analysis of the three major streams of contemporary narrative psychology as they have been developed in North America, Europe, and Australia and New Zealand.
This book joins together disclosure, privacy, and secrecy to pursue a greater understanding of how people are both public and private in their interactions.
This book brings together the work of scholars and writer-practitioners of psychoanalysis to consider the legacy of two of Sigmund Freud's most important metapsychological papers: 'On Narcissism: An Introduction' (1914) and 'Mourning and Melancholia' (1917 [1915]).
This authoritative handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge about positive emotions: their nature, functions, and consequences for individuals and society.
Die Neuerzählung des Klassikers der Weltliteratur aus der Feder eines namhaften Psychiaters – mit dem Ziel, Ur-Themen der menschlichen Psyche und deren Bewältigungsstrategien als aktuelles Epos in rezitierender Form neu verständlich und zugänglich zu machen.
The Self at Work brings researchers in industrial and organizational psychology and organizational behavior together with researchers in social and personality psychology to explore how the self impacts the workplace.
Science, Pseudo-science, Non-sense, and Critical Thinking shines an unforgiving light on popular and lucrative 'miraculous' practices that promise to offer answers during times of trouble.
Kathrin Latocha evaluiert mit ihrer Interventionsstudie ein von ihr entwickeltes „Gruppentraining zur Förderung individueller Gesundheitskompetenz und Arbeitsfähigkeit – GESUND“ für chronisch psychisch erkrankte Beschäftigte in einer Werkstatt für behinderte Menschen.
This book brings together the world's leading perfectionism researchers and theorists to present their latest findings and ideas on how and why perfectionism may confer risks or benefits for health and well-being, as well as the contexts which may shape these relationships.
Political Communication and Cognition draws on a range of theories from communication psychology to explain how citizens receive communication about politics, how communication might make a citizen think and importantly what stimulates political participation, whether simply paying attention, chatting online or going to vote.
This provocative volume is comprised of psychological, socioeconomic, and cultural perspectives on couple dynamics, particularly gender dynamics, and the future of marriage.
The major goal of this book is to explore and integrate all that is scientifically known about the utility of magical plans and strategies for coping with life's inevitable absurdities.
Grundlagen und Theorien der Persönlichkeitspsychologie Das Lehrbuch liefert einen anschaulichen und leicht verständlichen Einstieg in wichtige Themen der Persönlichkeitspsychologie.
The second volume in the Advances in Personality Psychology series, this book presents an authoritative collection of works by leading experts in the field.
This book examines the emergence of psychologised discourses of the self in education and considers their effects on children and young people, on relationships both in and out of school and on educational practices.
Many of our current social problems have been attributed to the breakdown or loss of community as a place and to the fragmentation of connections due to an extreme value of individualism in the Western world, particularly in the United States.
Personality and Roles: Sources of Regularities in Social Behavior For behavioral scientists, whether they identify primarily with the science of psychology or with that of sociology, there may be no challenge greater than that of discovering regularities and consistencies in social behavior.
This volume is based on extensive research findings and the author's observation that successful managers are people who understand the dynamics of group interaction and can use that understanding effectively to motivate members of their group to achieve important goals.
Unlock the Blueprint to Lasting HappinessAre you ready to design a life that aligns with your values, brings you joy, and withstands life's inevitable challenges?