Cyberbullying is a problem that is being increasingly investigated by researchers, however, much of the cyberbullying research literature to date has focused on children and youth.
This book is a theoretical and practical guide in the field of social skills and social competence, based on decades of experience gained by the authors as researchers and professionals in psychology.
Mit der Erfindung und Verbreitung des Computers und Internets hat sich eine neuartige Umwelt aufgetan, die als virtuelle Welt zunehmend zu einem Einflussfaktor wird, der neben der realen Umwelt den Menschen prägt und seine Lebensweise bestimmt.
As identity and authenticity discourses increasingly saturate everyday life, so too have these concepts spread across the humanities and social sciences literatures.
This edited volume brings together the latest research in understanding the nature, origins, and evolution of human sociability, one of the most intriguing aspects of human psychology.
Now completely revised (over 90% new), this handbook established the concept of competence as an organizing framework for the field of achievement motivation.
Drawing on examples from art, media, fashion, history and memoir, cultural critic Rosemarie Garland-Thomson tackles a basic human interaction which has remained curiously unexplored, the human stare.
In Subjectivity, Language and the Postcolonial, Hannah Botsis draws on theoretical work that exists at the intersection of critical social psychology, sociolinguistics and the political economy of language, to examine the relationships between language, subjectivity, materiality and political context.
Taking a novel approach that adapts Freud's theory of the Primal Crime, this book examines a wealth of ethnographic data on the Gimi of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, focusing on women's lives, myths, and rituals.
Dieses Buch zeigt in drei Hauptthemenblöcken mit speziell zusammengestellten Forschungsartikeln auf, wie sich die Emotionen von Eltern oder engen Familienmitgliedern auf ihre Kinder auswirken.
This book offers a unique discursive perspective on the rapid rise of food charity and how food poverty has emerged as a symptom of deeper problems requiring psychological intervention.
Hoy es indiscutible que ningún éxito, académico, profesional o interpersonal, es posible sin haber desarrollado las habilidades requeridas en el campo del saber ser, las relaciones y la comunicación.
This book aims at shifting the emphasis from a general vision of gender-based violence to a more opaque, yet equally destructive one, that related to "e;proximity violence"e;.
Originally published in 1960, the two volumes of Experiments in Personality report a number of experiments in psychogenetics, psychopharmacology, psychodiagnostics, psychometrics and psychodynamics, all of which formed part of the programme of research which had been developing from the late 1940s at the Maudsley Hospital.
A university education has long been seen as the gateway to upward social mobility for individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and as a way of reproducing social advantage for the better off.
Edited by three of the world's leading authorities on the psychology of technology, this new handbook provides a thoughtful and evidence-driven examination of contemporary technology's impact on society and human behavior.
The authors of the essays in Depression and the Social Environment explore the etiological role of the social environment, suggesting that for "e;neglected populations"e; -- immigrants and refugees, native Indians, the unemployed, the physically disabled, the elderly, caregivers of the impaired elderly, children and adolescents, and women -- depression has significant environmental roots.
Life becomes difficult for the judges of others when they are presented with a number of facts about someone which all point in different directions, or which point in no direction at all.
This book addresses important current and historical topics in astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth, including the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
Originally published in 1999 Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition is a benchmark critique of Freudian theory in which a dialogue between the Frankfurt School, the Lacanian tradition and post-Lacanian developments in critical and feminist theory is developed.
Based on extensive research, recent events, and numerous first-person accounts, this revealing book illuminates both the challenges and triumphs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth, and offers effective strategies for combating LGBT marginalization in our nation's schools and communities.
Our interpretations of the world we live in, and the people and institutions that comprise it, are acquired through complex interactions among what we believe to be true, what the world is, and/or what others think it is.
Diese Studie befasst sich mit den vielfältigen Identitätskonzepten im Werk von Michael Ende, vor allem mit Patchwork- und Geschlechtsidentitäten, kulturellen und hybriden Identitäten.
Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering: Proceedings of the 21st Conference on MMESE is the academic showcase of best research papers selected from more than 500 submissions each year.
This book illustrates the role of researchers' affects and emotions in understanding and making sense of the phenomena they study during ethnographic fieldwork.
This book offers a unique glimpse into the world of culturally diverse psychotherapists by exploring the professional experiences of Latino clinicians.
This Handbook provides the requisite theoretical and methodological guidelines for undertaking social research addressing relevant contemporary social issues.
