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Quick ViewThe first chapter of this book is a discussion of the three basic psychological needs according to the Self-Determination Theory: autonomy, competence and relatedness, which have been laid out as fundamental nutriments of human experience. The second chapter reviews the research published in the last 10 years on coping skills in adolescence and their association…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapters examine the role of implicit and explicit cognitions in romantic relationships; a discussion on the relationship between academic confidence with learning approaches, self-regulation, stress coping and resilience; basic science and current practices in sleep medicine, a popular medical specialty; a review of recent advances…
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Quick ViewMany people feel music affects human, which means we feel activated or inspired when we hear music tailored to our feelings. This effect has been the basis of music therapy. However, no scientifically systematic approach for investigating the effects of music on human health has been proposed, although a set of analytic methods or apparatuses…
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Quick ViewThis collection of articles embraces theoretical and practical issues related to the emerging phenomenon of ‘nature-based creative arts therapies’, or ‘eco-arts therapies/environmental arts therapies’. Due to the negative effects of some aspects of technological development upon various social and environmental processes, the relationship between human beings and nature has received more recognition. The growing field…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. The chapters included in this book examine the relationship between identity, ideology, victimization and ideological segregation and diverse emotional variables; personality traits of spitefulness in humans and non-humans; the theoretical panorama on the experience of guilt; the interpretation of guilt in adolescents from the perspective…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. The author of Chapter One contends that lucid control across states of consciousness can be used to change the negative aspects of mental processes such as nightmares, phobic anxiety, addictions, obsessive compulsive symptoms and hallucinations. Chapter Two reviews how to identify loneliness in intimate relations.…
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Quick ViewPersonality traits are enduring dispositional tendencies commonly defined as “dimensions of individual differences in tendencies to show consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions.” The broad consensus within the personality literature is that normal or general personality traits can be organised around five higher-order dimensions. These five personality dimensions are Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience…
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Quick ViewEverybody talks about emotional intelligence, it seems; educators, organizational science experts, self-help and self-growth gurus all speak of the ability to identify emotions, use them in problem-solving, decode complex emotional reactions and regulate emotion to guide internal and external behavior. Is emotional intelligence really the big answer to all those big questions that went unanswered…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One aims at the presentation of specific determinants for indirect type aggressive behaviour in adolescence. Chapter Two studies child-to-parent violence (CPV). Chapter Three briefly summarizes the long-standing literature on stereotypes about gender and emotion and how gender role socialization reinforces these stereotypes before highlighting…
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Quick ViewWe all face challenges in today’s complex, competitive, and busy world. Problems sometimes seem overwhelming. Avoidance of negativity often requires a healthy balance between living in the now and planning for an uncertain, but hopeful future. The authors refer to “turning points” or “life transitions,” events which can be either wonderful and invigorating or anxiety-inducing…
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Quick ViewScholars have suggested that narcissism may be underpinned by feelings of humiliation. It is possible that grandiosity is a coping strategy aimed at avoiding the painful emotional and mental states associated with feeling inadequate. To test this hypothesis, Chapter One assesses the interactions among cognitive avoidance (measured using the Cognitive Avoidance Scale), feelings of humiliation…
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Quick ViewThe Lonely Ape that Told Himself Stories is a book that tries to explore the fact that humans are the only animals on this planet that tell stories. Its main argument is that people need to tell stories as a basic need and that without stories, we could not survive as a species. The author…
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Quick ViewIn Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 132, the authors seek to explore relatives’ beliefs about family therapy in the long term concerning schizophrenia, as relatives’ opinions about schizophrenia may influence expressed emotions, family burden and patients’ adherence to Behavioural Family Intervention Therapies, or FITs. Continuing, this compilation provides a summary of the existing literature on…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One discusses current advances on cognitive rehabilitation in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Chapter Two examines the nature of clinical reasoning in terms of critical thinking. Chapter Three presents some theoretical directions in social psychology that have served as a basis for research into…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews job satisfaction and occupational accidents. Chapter Two discusses the concept of creativity in the works of Piaget and Vygotsky. Chapter Three analyzes the positivity of anger in relationships. Chapter Four focuses on the connections between early maladaptive schemas and basic personality dimensions,…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. In Chapter One, the author argues that teaching psychobiography as a method in universities would be very useful, and that similar idiographic methods are important in psychotherapy research. Chapter Two analyzes a comprehensive model for a possible new clinical condition called “studyholism.” Chapter Three studies…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews literature regarding sleep, nutrition, and weight status, addresses the dearth of research related to the interplay of these topics, and discusses interventions. Chapter Two studies frequent and recent aggression in individuals with high and low trait anger. Chapter Three presents a new,…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews the discourse that emerges from brand marketing. Chapter Two examines the impact of subtle brand prompts on selection during blind taste tests. Chapter Three discusses the issue of psychological development in Vygotsky’s work. Chapter Four reviews a perspective of interpretation in projective…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews the existing literature on executive dysfunction in psychopathy. Chapter Two studies the what, where, and when of consciousness and psychology research. Chapter Three discusses the latest developments in research on standards battles. Chapter Four focuses on using Batik as an innovative teaching…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews Vygotsky’s view on tools, signs and the spoken word, which are elaborated through a comparison of his early anthropological writings with his later works. Chapter Two describes facial emotion recognition in a group of juvenile offenders and compares it with a group…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One analyzes the self-objectification scale. Chapter Two reviews the personal self-determination of high school students. Chapter Three discusses altruism and prosocial behaviors in LGBT older adults, who had encountered adversity and lack of acceptance in society based on their sexual orientation. Chapter Four proposes…
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Quick ViewThis book explores the psycho-social and cognitive development of Greek Cypriot University students. Taking Perry’s theory of ethical and intellectual development as a point of reference, it first explores the way Perry was influenced by both Piaget and Kohlberg in relation to the formulation of stage theory, and then discusses the way Perry’s work influenced…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One analyzes the relationship between being a victim and/or aggressor of face-to-face bullying behavior and the degree of parents’ acceptance/coercion, and parental education styles. Chapter Two outlines difficulties associated with trauma assessment in pre-school children, and identifies recommended measures for clinical use with this…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reviews the theoretical underlying mechanisms of building self-control from three perspectives: self-control as a limited resource, social cognitive changes in self-control, and neurological models of improving self-control. Chapter Two reviews physical self-perception of college students. Chapter Three examines the impact of mood and…
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Quick ViewIn Chapter One, Masayo Uji PhD presents a study conducted with the goal of identifying characteristics of narcissism and its related issues which impair adults’ mental lives, in particular, focusing on interpersonal relationships.” Next, Chapter Two by Carlo Lazzari discusses a study on borderline personality disorder and mental health professionals’ expertise on significant themes regarding…
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Quick ViewThis book provides a review on the theory and dynamics of personality organization and development, or psychoanalytic theory. In its first chapter, the findings from “Psychoanalytic Training in Different Settings: The Path (the Experience) and the Outcome” are presented by Gábor Szõnyi M.D., Tímea Kardos, Hanne Stromme, and Svetlozar Vassilev, M.D., PhD, and supported by…
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Quick ViewIn chapter one, Sarah Turner, Nathan Nickel, PhD, Marni Brownell, PhD, Jennifer Theule, PhD, and Tracie O. Afifi, PhD, present a study with the goal to determine the correlation between infant feeding and subsequent hyperactive or inattentive behaviours and ADHD diagnosis. In chapter two, Nikolay Bokhan continues with a study on research and development of…
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Quick ViewThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One reverses this trend by focusing on the extent to which discrimination leads to enhanced levels of identity. Chapter Two aims to identify barriers and facilitators affecting the social participation of adults with ASD with a view to improving interventions designed for them. Chapter…
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Quick ViewBroadly defined psychobiology is a wide field of scientific endeavor, which bridges the artificial divide imposed by the Cartesian philosophy of things of the mind and things of the body. Starting in the early decades of the 20th century, mind-body research developed new avenues of understanding in Western science. It became increasingly clear that processes…
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