EJOP Archives: 2009 Volume 5
What Mindedness Is
By Michael L. Anderson Department of Psychology Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA 17604 and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Recent advances in theoretical cognitive science can be fruitfully characterized as part of … Continue reading
Health Research on the Current Agenda of School Psychology: Interview with Prof. Bonnie Nastasi
By Vlad Glăveanu
EJOP Editor
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Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Distress: Testing the Mediatory Role of Affectivity
Jahanvash KARIM CERGAM IAE d’Aix-en-Provence, France Abstract The study tested the extent to which positive and negative affect at work mediate emotional intelligence effects on psychological distress. Participants were 200 middle-level managers who completed the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence … Continue reading
Memory as a Mediator between Depression and Academic Achievement among Iranian Adolescents
Fayegh Yousefi Department of psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Science, Pasdarran St., Sanandaj-Iran Maُrof Redzuan Mariani Bte Mansor Mansor Abu Talib Rumaya Bte Juhari Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia Abstract The purpose of this paper … Continue reading
Factorial Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) in Greek Midwives
Michael Galanakis PhD, MSc, Organizational Psychologist, Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences Martha Moraitou PhD, Midwife, Associate Professor, Department of Midwifery, Alexandreio Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki Filia J. Garivaldis, MOrg, Organizational Psychologist, Doctoral Psychology Student, Monash University, Australia … Continue reading
Depressive Symptoms and Their Correlates with Locus of Control and Satisfaction with Life among Jordanian College Students
Jehad Alaedein Zawawi, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, Hashemite University – Jordan Shaher H. Hamaideh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Community & Mental Health Nursing, Department of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, Hashemite University- Jordan Abstract Objective: to … Continue reading
The Prevalence of and Motivation for Drug and Alcohol Use among Black African Minorities in England
Abeeb Olufemi Salaam Department of Psychology, University of Surrey Abstract The current study examined the prevalence of and motivation for drug and alcohol use among black African minorities in England. Participants, comprising 82 males (i.e., 71.9%) and 32 females (i.e., … Continue reading
Effect of Consumers Mood on Advertising Effectiveness
Ademola B. Owolabi, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria Abstract It is a fact that mood-state knowledge is of particular relevance for the understanding of consumer behavior. The belief that it may be affected by the content of … Continue reading
A Critique of the IQ / Achievement Discrepancy Model for Identifying Specific Learning Disabilities
Albert F. Restori California State University, Northridge Gary S. Katz California State University, Northridge Howard B. Lee California State University, Northridge Abstract When the United States Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act in 2004 (IDEIA 2004), local … Continue reading
Metacognitive Therapy. The CBT Distinctive Features Series
By Peter Fisher and Adrian Wells
Routledge Taylor and Francis Group
Reviewed by Beatrice Popescu
EJOP Founding Editor
In Metacognitive therapy, the authors described the theoretical and practical features of MCT highlighting the distinctive features of this approach versus other forms of CBT. Although both approaches deal with cognition, they provide different accounts of how cognition maintains disorder and they focus on different aspects of thinking. Metacognitive therapy is based on the principle that worry and rumination are universal processes leading to emotional disorder. These processes are linked to erroneous beliefs about thinking and unhelpful self-regulation strategies.
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27th International Congress of Applied Psychology
11-16 July 2010 Melbourne, Australia ICAP 2010 will be the first International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) Congress to be held in the Southern Hemisphere and the Australian Psychological Society (APS) is delighted to be hosting this prestigious, global event. … Continue reading
32nd ISPA Conference Dublin 2010
20th – 24th July, The University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland School Psychology – Making Life Better for all Children The purpose of the conference is to provide opportunities for school psychologists, educators and other interested parties to meet, interact … Continue reading
The 7th Conference of the International Test Commission
July 19-21, 2010 Hong Kong Theme: Challenges and Opportunities in Testing and Assessment in a Globalized Economy Sub-Themes Developments in psychometrics and test theory for international testing Indigenous, second language, and cross national test development Geotrends in … Continue reading
11th Annual Graduate Conference: “Observing, promoting and resisting social change: Perspectives from the Social Sciences”
21-22 May 2010 London School of Economics and Political Science The Social Psychology Graduate Conference has a tradition dating back to a decade ago. It was born out of the collaboration between graduate students of the LSE, University of Cambridge … Continue reading
The Psychology of Specialization and Specialization in Psychology
By Fathali M. Moghaddam Georgetown University Some years ago I committed blatant heresy by publishing a book that questions one of the sacred beliefs of the modern world; namely, that specialization is necessarily beneficial. This belief has become sacred because … Continue reading
Research and practice in organizational sciences. Interview with Frederick P. Morgeson
By Dan Ispas and Alexandra Ilie
EJOP Senior Editors
University of South Florida
Studied under various names such as industrial-organizational psychology, organizational behavior, human resources management etc., organizational sciences share a focus on both research and practice. However, most of the actors in the field chose one over the other. For this issue’s interview, we talked to Dr. Fred Morgeson a prolific researcher who successfully combined science and practice in his work.
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Support Seeking, Caregiving and Conflict Management: Evidence from an Observational Study with Couples
Marie-France Lafontaine University of Ottawa Claude Bélanger University of Quebec in Montreal McGill University and Douglas Hospital Research Center Cynthia Gagnon University of Quebec in Montreal Abstract Previous studies of couples have shown theoretically predicted links between 1) support seeking/attachment … Continue reading
Qualitative Approach to Clinical Psychology. Explorative Studies
Lara Tagliapietra Psychoterapist Tatiana Alina Trifan University of Padua Laura Raineri University of Padua Adriana Lis (coord.) University of Padua Abstract This article is aimed to present a new approach to clinical research and also to clinical work based on … Continue reading
Hitchcock’s Conscious Use of Freud’s Unconscious
Constantine Sandis Oxford Brookes University and NYU in London Abstract This paper explores Alfred Hitchcock’s use of Freudian psychoanalysis in a number of his films, with particular emphasis on Spellbound (1945), Psycho (1960), and Marnie (1964). I argue that the … Continue reading
Creativity and Cognition
Satya Sundar Sethy Indira Gandhi National Open University Abstract This paper seeks to argue that creativity is not limited to only innovations and new discoveries. It encompasses other dominant and significant aspects of human intervention in the form of cognitions … Continue reading
Race Psychology between “Guilty Science” and “Innocent Politics”
Vlad Glăveanu London School of Economics Abstract This article will discuss the intricate ways in which, throughout the history of Race Psychology, the “science of race” depended on and reinforced the “politics of race”. A brief presentation of the main … Continue reading
An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment
Jennifer Murray Mary E. Thomson Glasgow Caledonian University Abstract The current article presents an application of attribution theory to clinical judgment, with a focus on the theory’s application to clinical judgments of violence risk assessment. While attribution theory has been … Continue reading
Preliminary Comments on Ethics in Psychology. The Case of the Systems Paradigm
“Fears, Panics and Phobias, A Brief Therapy” by Giorgio Nardone
Review by Maximiliano E. Korstanje
University John F. Kennedy
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8th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology
Identity, Multiculturalism and Changing Societies: Challenges for Social Psychology in and about Asia The ever changing complexities of the modern world compel us to confront anew those issues of identity and multiculturalism that have long been at the centre of … Continue reading
Conference – Psychoanalytic perspectives on teaching and learning: Getting under the skin
Psychoanalytic perspectives on teaching and learning: Getting under the skin To be hosted by The Centre for International Studies of Diversity and Participation, Canterbury Christ Church University, from Friday 4th to Saturday 5th December 2009. We would welcome papers/workshops etc. … Continue reading
The 2010 International Conference on Behavioral, Cognitive and Psychological Sciences (BCPS 2010)
February 26-28, 2010, Singapore The 2010 International Conference on Behavioral, Cognitive and Psychological Sciences (BCPS 2010) will be held in Singapore during February 26-28, 2010. The conference is an international forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results … Continue reading
Research that makes a difference
By Cary L. Cooper, CBE Lancaster University Given the dramatic economic times we are all living in today, it is important, more than ever before, that the research we undertake in the field of psychology is of relevance to society. … Continue reading
Creativity as social: the progress of a promising idea. Interview with Dr. Ronald Purser
For centuries we have been used to attributing creativity to the individual, traditionally the lone genius and, later on, to each and every individual taken separately. However, in previous decades more and more voices argued for a social conceptualization of creativity, one that would recognize the collaborative efforts that make creativity possible. Among these voices is that of Dr. Ronald Purser who advocated for the study of social creativity especially in organizational contexts and who has generously offered to answer some of our questions on this topic. Continue reading
Work hours, work intensity, satisfactions and psychological well-being among Turkish manufacturing managers
Ronald J. Burke York University Mustafa Koyuncu Nevsehir University Lisa Fiksenbaum York University Fusun Tekin Acar Erciyes University Abstract This research examined the relationship of a newly developed measure of work intensity and of work hours on potential antecedents and … Continue reading
The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Couple’s Therapy (CBCT) on Marital Adjustment of PTSD–diagnosed Combat Veterans
Khodabakhsh Ahmady Gholamreza Karami Sima Noohi Arastoo Mokhtari Hamide Gholampour Ali-Akbar Rahimi Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baquiatallah University of Medical Sciences Abstract Background: Impaired marital adjustment has been introduced as one major complication of PTSD. There are controversial results about … Continue reading
Conflict Resolution Strategies and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour: The Moderating Role of Trait Emotional Intelligence
Samuel O. Salami University of Ibadan Abstract This study investigated the relationship between conflict resolution strategies and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and the moderating role of trait emotional intelligence (EI). Participants were 320 public servants (male = 180, female = … Continue reading
Expression of Aggressive Tendencies in the Drawings of Children and Youth Who Survived the Northern Pakistan Earthquake
Zainab Fotowwat Zadeh Bahria University Sonia Mairaj Malik Bahria University Abstract The study focused on the presence of aggressive tendencies in the drawings of children who survived the northern Pakistan earthquake. The data was collected one year after the earthquake … Continue reading
Age and motives for volunteering: Further evidence
María Celeste Dávila Complutense University of Madrid Juan Francisco Díaz-Morales Complutense University of Madrid Abstract This work has explored the socioemotional selectivity theory (Cartensen, 1995) with the purpose of evaluating how people selectively optimize their activities involving social investments as … Continue reading
Chôra: Creation and Pathology. An Inquiry into the Origins of Illness and Human Response
Nicoletta Isar Institute of Art History University of Copehangen Abstract Plato’s dialogue the Timaeus describes not only the making of the cosmos (order), but also the condition of what is not order, neither for the human body nor for the … Continue reading
Psych-Aetiology Graph (PAG)
Saoud Al Mualla Institute of Art History Dubai Medical College Abstract This paper will introduce the ‘Psych-Aetiology Graph’, PAG for short. The concept of PAG is devised by the author as a way of conceptualising/formalising/summarising the client’s condition. The term … Continue reading
Role of the Fuzzy System in Psychological Research
Govind Singh Kushwaha Pant University of Technology & Agriculture Sanjay Kumar Pant University of Technology & Agriculture Abstract A new analytical method for psychological research is being proposed. The advantages of evaluation with fuzzy statistical analysis include: (i) The evaluation … Continue reading
Being Human: Relationships and You. A Social Psychological Analysis
Knud S. Larsen
Reidar Ommundsen
Kees van der Veer
Review by Vlad Glăveanu
EJOP Editor
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The South-East European Regional Conference of Psychology 2009
Southeastern Europe Looking Ahead: Paradigms, Schools, Needs and Achievements of Psychology in the Region Bulgaria, Sofia, 30 october – 1 November 2009 Host-organization: The Bulgarian Psychological Society (BPS) with the support of The International Association of Applied Psychology The International … Continue reading
The 10th European Conference on Psychological Assessment
Ghent, Belgium 16 – 19 September, 2009 under the auspices of the European Association of Psychological Assessment (EAPA) supported by TESTPRACTICUM, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium Scholars and academically interested practitioners from all branches of the … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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.
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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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
