How Deaf Children Learn (Perspectives on Deafness)
by Marc Marschark and Peter C Hauser
In this invaluable guide, renowned authorities Marc Marschark and Peter Hauser highlight important new advances in scientific and educational research that can help parents and teachers of students with significant hearing loss. The authors stress that deaf children have strengths and needs that are sometimes dramatically different from those who can hear. Consequently, if deaf students are to have full academic access and optimal educational outcomes, it is essential that parents and teachers l...
History and Directory
This special fiftieth anniversary issue of the Journal of Personality Assessment provides special coverage of the Society for Personality Assessment and its history. The volume includes the 1989 Membership Directory and member information. This is an essential volume for all those involved in or interested in personality assessment, whether or not they are members of the society or subscribers to the Journal of Personality Assessment.
Few regions of the planet have undergone such rapid social transition as the Arabian Gulf States. Psychological Well-Being in the Gulf States explores the implications of these rapid changes in terms of mental health and psychological well-being.
Dark Personality in the Workplace (Zeitschrift für Psychologie, #4)
This collection of contributions by international experts in the field provides an update on dark personality in the workplace, covering several different aspects including narcissism, power motives, and leadership outcomes of dark personality. Data has been collected in different countries, using different methodological approaches, and all contributions underwent peer review. The volume comprises current reviews of dark personality and narcissism in the workplace, explores innovative methodolo...
Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems
by Yedy Israel, Frederick B. Glaser, Harold Kalant, Robert E. Popham, Wolfgang Schmidt, and Reginald George Smart
Over the last decade the world has experienced a growing interest in problems associated with the nonmedical use of drugs. This interest has corresponded to a real growth in the extent, diversity, and social impact of the use of alcohol and drugs in many societies. As a result, the amount of research and writing on the subject of drug problems has greatly increased, and it has become very difficult for one individual to keep up with all the relevant literature. There is thus an acute need in the...
Darwinian Psychiatry
by Professor of Psychiatry and Member of the Brain Research Institute Michael McGuire and Alfredo Troisi
ACT-Informed Exposure for Anxiety
by Brian L Thompson, Joanne C Chan, and Brian C Pilecki
This clinical guide shows therapists how to create effective, innovative, and values-driven exposures for treating clients with anxiety and avoidant behaviours. The exposures outlined in this book are easy-to-implement, easily tolerated by clients, and work to strengthen psychological flexibility.Exposure therapy is a proven-effective treatment for anxiety-related disorders; however, it is also one of the most challenging to implement-for both clinicians and clients. This comprehensive guide p...
The Art and Science of Evaluation in the Arts Therapies
by Robyn Flaum Cruz
Ap(r) Psychology Crash Course, 2nd Ed., Book + Online (Advanced Placement (AP) Crash Course)
by Larry Krieger
Counselling Christian Women on How to Deal With Domestic Violence
by Lynne M. Baker
Psychological Sense of Community (The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology)
In this book, the authors have explored a series of different types of communities - moving from the basic idea of those based at a specific location all the way to virtual communities of the internet. A key feature of this book is the research focus that emphasizes the theory-driven analyses and the diversity of contexts in which sense of community is applied. The book will be of great interest to those concerned with understanding various forms of community and how communities can be mobilized...
Essentials of WAIS-III Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment)
by Alan S Kaufman and Elizabeth Lichtenberger
A new version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III, the most widely-used and well-known adult intelligence test, was published in late 1997, creating a need for a reference book on administering, interpreting, and reporting on the updated test. This book, the first guide to the updated WAIS-III, provides mental health professionals state-of-the-art interpretive and administrative guidance in a clear and accessible format.
Rice aims to provide a comprehensive, research-based introduction to stress management and personal health programming, addressing the theoretical aspects of stress and stress management. This book should be of interest to stress management or stress and health courses in departments of psychology and health education.
Taking Stock in Delinquency is the comprehensive synthesis of the empirical findings of seven important ongoing longitudinal studies of delinquency. The seven projects included in this volume represent much of the diversity found in individual-based panel studies of antisocial behavior. Individually and collectively, the results of these investigations have been published in a wide range of disciplinary outlets, thus making it difficult to identify common themes and general principles. This volu...
Aerospace Clinical Psychology (Studies in Aviation Psychology and Human Factors)
by Raymond E. King
Flight training and flying are hazardous activities that demand the most of human operators, whether they be pilots or other factors (maintainers, air traffic controllers, managers, regulators) involved in the complex aviation system. 'Aerospace Clinical Psychology' serves as a handbook for dealing with aviators and other operators, those seen as patients as well as those functioning 'normally', who none-the-less wish to improve their performance. This book has much to offer the audiences who...
Development policy makers and practitioners are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their ability to target ‘development’ interventions and the psychological domain is now a specific frontier of their interventional focus. This landmark study considers the problematic relationship between development and psychology, tracing the deployment of psychological knowledge in the production/reproduction of power relations within the context of neoliberal development policy and intervention. It examin...
Die Heilsame Wirkung Des Waldes in Der Integrativen Therapie (Essentials)
by Astrid Polz-Watzenig
Featuring contributed chapters from experts within the discipline, Fundamentals of Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling provides readers with a vast range of knowledge and skills to help them work effectively with individuals with disabilities. The text familiarizes readers with chief concepts and prepares them to move into expanded explorations of these topics as they continue their education and training within the field. The textbook opens with an overview of the historical context of clinical...