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?This book critiques our reliance on Eurocentric knowledge in the education and training of psychology and psychiatry. Chapters explore the diversity of ‘constructions of the self’ in non-Western cultures, examining traditional psychologies from Africa, Asia,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-25
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The purpose of this text is to provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the nature of violence, aggression, extremism, and ethnic hate crimes in the US, and to explicate how community development, stewardship, and service may be implemented to address...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-22
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This new handbook builds on The Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations published in 2007, and is the only resource defining the field of study related to small nonprofit organizations and to studying communities from the standpoint of associations that...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-05-22
Collection :
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
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Have you ever said goodbye to someone, only to discover that you're both walking in the same direction? Or had your next thought fly out of your brain in the middle of a presentation? Or accidentally liked an old photo on someone's Instagram or Facebook, thus revealing...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2018-05-17
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The Handbook of Culture and Creativity is a collaborative effort to provide readers with an in-depth and systematic inquiry into the cultural processes of creativity and innovation, as well as the creative processes of cultural transformation.
As the editors...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-05-16
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In the last 20-30 years, research on affective determinants of health behavior has proliferated. Affective Determinants of Health Behavior brings together this burgeoning area of research into a single volume and features contributions from leading experts in their...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-04-16
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This volume analyses the relevance of daily travel in the quality of life of individuals. It provides a broad understanding of the links between life satisfaction, well-being and travel, the importance of commuting, and different evaluations and measures to assess the...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-04-11
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This unique volume is about how ordinary people construct political meanings, form political emotions and identities, and become involved in or disengaged from political contests. Drawing on psychological anthropology, it illustrates the complexities of political...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-22
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Edited by Ayse K. Üskül and Shigehiro Oishi, Socio-Economic Environment and Human Psychology focuses on the social and economic conditions that impact on every aspect of an individual's life cycle. This edited collection showcases a variety of approaches to the study of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-02-28
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This multidisciplinary volume assembles current findings on violent crime, behavioral, biological, and sociological perspectives on its causes, and effective methods of intervention and prevention. Noted experts across diverse fields apply a behavioral criminology lens...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-02-10
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Lisa Heschel erforscht im Rahmen einer Trendanalyse das Phänomen Achtsamkeit mithilfe qualitativer Interviews mit Experten und Praktizierenden. Sie zeigt, wie ein ursprünglich buddhistisches Gedankengut den momentanen Zeitgeist westlicher Länder trifft, welche Rolle...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-02-01
Collection :
BestMasters
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For decades, the field of gender, sex, and sexualities has been a focal point of increasing interest. This inquiry has been ignited by successive waves of dramatic social change, chief among them: the re-emergence of feminist movements in the U.S. and Europe in the late...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-01-15
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The Philosophy of Quantitative Methods focuses on the conceptual foundations of research methods within the behavioral sciences. In particular, it undertakes a close philosophical examination of a variety of quantitative research methods that are prominent in (or...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-01-04
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Punishment of offenders is one of the most universal features of human behavior. Across time and cultures it has been common for people to punish offenders, and one can easily find examples of punishment among ancient hunter-gatherers, in holy scriptures, in popular...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-12-19
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This book examines the identities of young adults in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. With research drawn from a large multidisciplinary project exploring a potential for reconciliation in post-conflict societies, the authors discuss the interplay...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-13
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Against the backdrop of the polarized debate on the ethical significance of storytelling, Hanna Meretoja's The Ethics of Storytelling: Narrative Hermeneutics, History, and the Possible develops a nuanced framework for exploring the ethical complexity of the roles...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-11-30
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Work is essential to healthy and adaptive human psychological functioning. The work ethic couples work and reward in order to endow work with meaning, and a healthy workplace supports relationships and behaviors that promote a strong work ethic and cohesive group...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-11-17
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Unequal Foundations offers readers a novel theory and a unique use of cross-cultural data to assert that the level of economic inequality in a society is reflected in the emotional experience of its members. People living in societies with more equality (countries such...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-11-17
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What is the human essence? Although typically viewed as one of the big questions in philosophy, exploring the human essence requires a deep and comprehensive understanding of the human condition and thus social psychological perspectives are pivotal. Advances in...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-11-08
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When a cultural movement that began to take shape in the mid-twentieth century erupted into mainstream American culture in the late 1990s, it brought to the fore the idea that it is as important to improve one's own sense of pleasure as it is to manage depression and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-11-01
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