Globalization, economic development and changes in social environments have put the relationships between work, leisure, social structure and quality of life under the spotlight.
This book explores communication in emergency call and response centers, taking an approach drawn from Conversation Analysis to examine how call-takers answer calls and the ways in which dispatch is issued in different contexts.
This thoroughly revised new edition looks at the nature of social networks, their changing configurations, and the forces of influence they unleash in shaping the life experiences of young people between the ages of 12 and 25 years.
Interactional dilemmas occur when participants are required to engage in two contradictory activities at the same time or orient to two conflicting goals.
'Brilliant and inspiring' Alastair Campbell 'Fantastic' Jeffrey Boakye'Tremendous, necessary and enlightening' Michael Rosen'Parents, politicians, teachers, students you should all read this brilliant book' Anthony SeldonLiteracy.
Presenting diverse perspectives from eminent scholars and contemporary researchers, The Handbook of Impression Formation contextualizes current and future areas of research in the social psychology of impression formation within a rich historic framework.
„Texte zum Sprechen bringen“ - dies erfordert philologische Genauigkeit ebensowohl wie interpretatorischen Weitblick, beides Tugenden, die Paul Sappler in hervorragendem Maße auszeichnen.
Based on the analysis of eighteen authentic and inspiring personal stories, this book illustrates how people with severe childhood disabilities achieved extraordinary career success.
Punishment in the Community: The Future of Criminal Justice challenges the widely held assumption that punishment through imprisonment is central to the criminal justice system.
Dieses Buch wird alle interessieren, die nach einem umfassenden Verständnis des psychologischen Zusammenhangs zwischen individueller psychischer Dynamik, gesellschaftlicher Struktur und den unbewussten kollektiven Paradigmen suchen.
Each of the chapters in this reader is written by leading scholars in the area of relationships, reflecting the diversity of the field and including both contemporary and key historical papers for comprehensive coverage of research.
This volume presents different perspectives on a dual model of impression formation -- a theory about how people form impressions about other people by combining information about a person with prior knowledge found in long-term memory.
The proliferation of dating websites, printed personals and self-help relationship books reflect the new ways Americans seek close, personal relationships.
At a time when there is increasing need to offer psychotherapeutic approaches that accommodate clients' religious and spiritual beliefs, and acknowledge the potential for healing and growth offered by religious frameworks, this book explores psychology from an Islamic paradigm and demonstrates how Islamic understandings of human nature, the self, and the soul can inform an Islamic psychotherapy.
Whether you are just about to take the big plunge or have already been married for 50 years, most couples discover that it takes a lot more than saying "e;I do"e; to reach wedded bliss.
This new edition is a nuanced exploration of female involvement in various crimes-from delinquency, domestic violence, sexual assault and homicide-that resonates with the pulse of contemporary society.
This ambitious volume integrates findings from various disciplines in a comprehensive description of the modern research on love and provides a systematic review of love experience and expression from cross-cultural perspective.
Evidence from both local and national surveys suggests that substance misuse and abuse among older adults in the United States is a "e;hidden epidemic"e; that poses a major threat to the welfare and quality of life of older drinkers and their families, and has significant public health implications.
Die in diesem Buch vorgestellte Studie zur Wirkungsweise des Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) und deren Evaluation zeigt Einsatzmöglichkeiten des CISM als fundiertes und wirksames Instrument des Stresscopings.
The Impact of Complex Trauma on Development describes what happens cognitively and emotionally, behaviorally and relationally, to people who are repeatedly traumatized in childhood.
The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Parenting provides a comprehensive resource for state-of-the-art research on how our evolutionary past informs current parenting roles and practices.
This book provides a clear understanding of the neuromechanisms of emotional intelligence and its applications to education and organizations through practical exercises.
Assessing and Managing Problematic Sexual Interests: A Practitioner's Guide provides a thorough review of atypical sexual interests and offers various ways through which they can be measured and controlled, including compassion-focused and psychoanalytic approaches.
This book is based on the presentations and discussions from a national symposium on "e;Creating the Next Generation: Social, Economic, and Psychological Processes Underlying Fertility in Developed Countries,"e; held at the Pennsylvania State University in 2003.
This book is one of the first to integrate psychological and medical anthropology with the methodologies of visual anthropology, specifically ethnographic film.
Gain insight into crucial British mental health approaches for LGB individualsThere is very little collaborative literature between LGB-affirmative psychologists and psychotherapists in the United States and the United Kingdom.
This book examines differentiated integration in Europe, providing incisive analyses of domestic politics determinants - political conflict, party responses, citizens' preferences and other supply and demand side elements.
Breathing fresh air into debates surrounding foreign policy and interstate relations, Bianca Naude presents a holistic theory of states as collectives of people that cannot be reduced to their individual constituents.
Originally published in 1981, this volume presents papers from the first Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology held at the University of Western Ontario from August 25-27, 1978.
