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February 2009

Checkmate organizational stress

By Ana Moise, PhD Lecturer in Psychology, ANI I changed stress, stress changed me, you can not separate stress form life and you can not separate stress from me, because stress became life and by that stress has influenced all... (more...)

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February 2009

Living with Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Editors:
Susan Daniels
Michael Piechowski

Review by Vlad Glăveanu
EJOP Editor

Living as a gifted person, from childhood and youth to late adulthood. Living with gifted persons: children, adolescents, adults. In both cases, living with intensity. The book edited by Susan Daniels and Michael Piechowski takes on the huge challenge of making as all aware of how it is to actually live with intensity, to live with and near giftedness. (more...)

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February 2009

The 31st International School Psychology Association (ISPA) Conference

The 31st International School Psychology Association (ISPA) Conference will be held in Malta from 7-11th July 2009. The conference theme is School Psychology for Diversity. Diversity is inherent in the work of school psychologists. In the latest issue of School... (more...)

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February 2009

The XIV European Conference on Developmental Psychology

The organizers of the XIV European Conference on Developmental Psychology have a great honour and pleasure of inviting you to take part in this conference to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, August 18-22, 2009. The conference will focus on the... (more...)

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The 11th European Congress of Psychology (ECP2009)

Dear colleagues, It is both a privilege and a pleasure to invite you to participate in The 11th European Congress of Psychology (ECP2009) Oslo, Norway 7 – 10 July 2009 A Rapidly Changing World – Challenges for Psychology You will... (more...)

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February 2009

Humor Styles and Negative Affect as Predictors of Different Components of Physical Health

Nicholas A. Kuiper & Andrea L. Harris The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada Abstract The extent to which humor and negative affect each predict different components of physical health was examined by having 105 participants complete measures of... (more...)

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February 2009

Emotional Intelligence and Work Performance among Executives

Dr.C.P. Khokhar Professor, Department of Psychology, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar Tulika Kush Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar Abstract Preset study explains the performance of executives on different levels of emotional intelligence and provides a link between... (more...)

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February 2009

Psychosocial Impact of Mobile Telework: Results from an Online Survey

Hiltraut Paridon BGAG - Institut Arbeit und Gesundheit, Dresden, Germany Marlen Hupke Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie an der Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Abstract The present study mainly investigates the psychological strain of mobile workers who use information and communication technology. Data... (more...)

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February 2009

Prolonged Video Viewing and Emotional Intelligence: An Experimental Investigation on Preadolescents

Simerpreet Ahuja Research Scholar School of Management & Social Sciences, Thapar University Santha Kumari Associate Professor School of Management & Social Sciences, Thapar University Abstract The present study investigated the nature and extent of relationships between prolonged hours of video... (more...)

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Beliefs about Mental Illness among University Students in Egypt

Hani Hamed Dessoki, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Acting Head, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Beni Suef Tamer M.S. Hifnawy MD Lecturer of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine Beni Suef University Abstract Objective: To detect differences in... (more...)

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February 2009

The value of the Transpersonal in psychotherapy and in everyday life

Edmond Cigale PhD candidate, Rushmore University Abstract A general outline of transpersonal psychology is presented and the definition of the transpersonal itself is suggested. The differences between the transpersonal, paranormal or extrapersonal are considered and both the benefits and dangers... (more...)

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