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Learn the most up-to-date developments in applied psychology with one authoritative collection
The Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology delivers 19 state-of-the-art addresses on a selected topic in applied psychology. Together, they constitute an up-to-date and authoritative reference that describes the most cutting-edge material in the most prominent domains of applied psychology. The accomplished academics and editors Dr. Peter Graf and Dr. David Dozois put the focus on areas where the most profound recent progress has been made. They also emphasize the link between science and practice, showcasing basic science research that has practical implications for real world problems.
Readers will benefit from up-to-date research on topics as varied as occupational commitment and organizational productivity, forgiveness, shared cultural spaces, environmental decision making, and the early identification of reading problems.
In addition to the papers included in the collection, the Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology features:
Perfect for applied psychology researchers, workers, teachers, and students around the world, Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone looking for an efficient way to get up to speed on the latest developments on a wide variety of relevant topics in applied psychology.
DR. PETER GRAF is Professor of Psychology at the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia in Canada. He was formerly Co-President of the International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP).
DR. DAVID DOZOIS is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Clinical Psychology Graduate Program at the Department of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. He was formerly Co-President of the International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP).
Part 1: Optimal Health & Functioning at Work and Home
Chapter 1 -- Chasing the Dream: The healthy and productive workplace
The Psychologically Healthy Workplace
Towards Evidence-Based Practice in Employee Well-Being
Leadership as a case study
Summary and Conclusion
References
Chapter 2 -- Commitment at Work: Past, Present and Future
A Brief History
Why Workplace Commitments Matter
Commitment in an Era of Change
Current Controversies
Definition
Dimensionality
Distinctiveness
Advances in Methodology
Temporal Process Approach
Person-centered Approach
Implications and Applications
Future Challenges
Conclusion
Chapter 3 -- How Psychologists can Contribute to Individual Well-being, Organizational Productivity, and Saving the Planet through Better Buildings
Sustainable Built Environments
Individual Lighting Controls
Indoor Air Quality
Green Buildings
Sustainable Buildings as Organizational Strategies
Understand Decisions
Organizational Decisions: More than Return on Investment
The Problem of Rebound
Influence Building Sustainability Decisions
Change Decision-Maker Behaviour
Change Building Policies: Codes, Standards, and Recommendations
Conclusions
Chapter 4 -- Key Challenges to Understanding Environmental Decision Making
Assessing the strength of evidence
Focusing on what matters
Expanding our theories of altruism
Unifying the grand traditions
Understanding contexts
Considering social influences and network effects
Examining emerging technologies
Engaging normative theories
Incorporating sustainability
Part 2: Mental & Physical Health
Chapter 5 -- On the Role of Passion in Optimal Functioning: A Multi-dimensional Perspective
On Optimal Functioning in Society
On the Concept of Passion
A Dualistic Model of Passion
On the Harmonious and Obsessive Passions
Initial Research on Passion
Passion and Optimal Functioning in Society
Passion and Psychological Well-Being
Passion and Physical Health
Passion and Interpersonal Relationships
Passion and Performance
Passion and Contributions to Society
Passion and Optimal Functioning in Society: Integrative Studies
Chapter 6 -- Effects, Mechanisms, and Implementation: Ways to Improve Interventions and Policies Promoting Healthy Diet and Physical Activity
‘Does It Work?’ Frameworks and Taxonomies for Evaluation and Monitoring of Effects of Interventions and Policies Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Diet
Approaches Focused on Health and Environment Outcomes
Approaches Focused on Health and Processes Outcomes of Interventions and Policies
Approaches Focused on Implementation Evaluation
Evidence-based Taxonomies of Good Practices in Evaluation and Monitoring
Conclusions on Frameworks and Taxonomies for Evaluation and Monitoring of Interventions and Policies
‘How it works?’ Models, Frameworks, and Taxonomies Focusing on the Content of Interventions/policies and Change Mechanisms
Models Focusing on Intra-individual Change Mechanisms
Models and Frameworks Focusing on Change Mechanisms Involving Physical and Social Environment
Behavior Change Techniques as Change Mechanisms
Evidence-based Taxonomies Accounting for Formal Active Components of Interventions and Policies
Conclusions on Models, Frameworks, and Taxonomies Elucidating Active Components and Mechanisms in Interventions and Policies
‘Under What Conditions it Works?’: Models, Frameworks, and Taxonomies Focusing on Implementation of Interventions and Policies Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Diet
Theoretical Models and Frameworks for Implementation of Physical Activity and Healthy Diet Interventions and Policies
Evidence-driven Taxonomies for Implementation Characteristics in Interventions and Policies Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Diet
Conclusions on Models, Frameworks, and Taxonomies Elucidating Implementation
General Discussion
Chapter 7 -- Epigenetic processes mediating environments, experiences and mental health: Therapeutic and diagnostic implications
Evidence for epigenetic programming by maternal care
Reversal of behavioral programming by maternal care with epigenetic modulating agents
Early experience elicits a signaling pathway that results in epigenetic reprogramming
Early life adversity triggers DNA methylation changes in candidate genes in rodent brains
Evidence for effects of early life adversity on DNA methylation in humans
Changes in DNA methylation in response to early life adversity involve many genes
Changes in DNA methylation that associate with different social experiences early in life are not limited to the brain and occur in the immune system as well
Associations of early life experience and DNA methylation changes in peripheral white blood cells
DNA methylation alterations in brain-specific candidate genes in peripheral tissues that are associated with early adversity and neuropsychiatric conditions
The developmental dynamics of DNA methylation in response to early life social experiences
Causal relationship between early life adversity and DNA methylation alterations
Challenges and prospective
Chapter 8 -- Cardiac-Disease-Induced-PTSD: Settling the diagnostic debate
PTSD: Clarifying the diagnostic debate
Can we speak of cardiac-induced PTSD?
The unique manifestations of CDI-PTSD
CDI-PTSD among cardiac caregivers
Conclusions and future suggestions
Chapter 9 -- Mental Health Consequences of Terrorist Attacks in Adults
Research on the Impact of Terrorist Attacks on Mental Health
How Many Victims of Terrorist Attacks Develop a Psychological Disorder?
What Type of Mental Disorder Is the Most Frequent Among Terrorism Victims?
What Type of Victims Develop More Mental Disorders?
What Is the Course of Mental Disorders in Victims?
Final Conclusions
Chapter 10 -- Are forgiveness and unforgiveness two extremes of the same continuum? Implications for clinical practice.
Philosophical and religious antecedents
Conceptualization of Forgiveness
Positive and Negative Dimensions on Forgiveness Scales
Does culture play a role in the conceptualization and operationalization of forgiveness and unforgiveness?
Measuring forgiveness and resentment
Social cognition correlates of forgiveness and resentment
Conclusions and Prospective on the Understanding of the Post-transgression Dynamics
Part 3: Issues in Education
Chapter 11 -- Five decades of research on school bullying: What have we learned?
What is bullying?
Prevalence and Stability
Impact of Bullying and Victimization
Family Antecedents
The Nature of Bullying
Addressing Bullying in Schools
Chapter 12 -- Early identification and prevention of reading problems
What is known about early neural predictors of dyslexia
Discussion of the early and predictive brain responses related to dyslexia
Preventive training of basic reading skill
Continuing from the application under research conditions to its distribution to all in need: Process for experimenting potential business models for commercialization
GraphoLearning International Development and Exports project public summary
Pilot Studies for Preparation of Commercialization
Experimentation of Potential Business Models
Public procurement - the “Finnish Model”
NGO Collaboration and Country Specific Context
Academic Networks and Research Collaboration
Discussion associated with the distribution model
Chapter 13 -- Psychological Literacy in Undergraduate Psychology Education and Beyond
What is psychological literacy?
How can Educators Explicitly Support the Development of Psychological Literacy in their UG Psychology Students?
How can Psychology be given away in Higher Education Beyond Psychology Programs?
The Psychological Science of Curricular Design and Delivery for Optimal Learning
Curricular Development of Self-management Capacity in Mainstream Units Across Diverse Disciplines and Educational Levels
Reflections and Conclusion
Part 4: What’s Trending in Research?
Chapter 14 -- Assessing Personality from a Cultural Perspective
Etic and Emic Approaches in Personality Assessment
Issues in transporting tests across cultures
Guidelines on test translation and adaptation
Combined Emic-Etic Approach
Development of the CPAI and Its Later Versions
Contributions of the Emic IR Factor
Beyond Universal versus Indigenous Factors
South African Personality Inventory (SAPI)
Arab-Levant Personality Structure
Future Directions
Chapter 15 -- Un-Othering of the Other: The Role of Shared Cultural Spaces
The construction of the other
Types of the other
Processes of othering
Un-othering: processes and mechanisms
Approaching un-othering through intergroup conflict resolution methods
Creating shared cultural spaces for un-othering
Contacts between cultures
Gandhi’s way of non-violence
Forgiveness as a way to reconciliation
Co-sharing of religious spaces and cultural practices
Chapter 16 -- Attachment Loneliness: From Academic Pariah to the U.K.’s Appointment of a Minister of Loneliness
Jo Cox, Murder and the Appointment of a Minister of Loneliness
Early Attention to Loneliness
Loneliness and Social Isolation in Antiquity
The Academic and Professional Literature on Loneliness Before the Early-1970s
Four Foundational Developments of the 1970s and Beyond
The UCLA Loneliness Conference
Measurement
Theory
Longitudinal Research
The Rise of Loneliness Research
Loneliness: Minor Malady or Serious Problem?
Loneliness Can Be Combatted
Putting the Pieces Together with One More Element
Chapter 17 -- Response Processes Validity Evidence: Understanding the Meaning of Scores from Psychological Measures
Modern Unified Validity Theory
Psychological Process of Responding and its Role in Validation
What are Response Processes?
Are Response Processes Important?
Response Processes Techniques and Methods
Cognitive Interviews: Think-Aloud Protocols and Verbal Probing
Response Time
Eye-tracking and Pupillary Response
Observation and Recording of Strategies or Problem-solving Behaviours
Observations on the Current State of Response Processes Research and Next Steps
Part 5: The State of Psychology as a Science and Profession
Chapter 18 -- Internationalization and Training of Psychologists in a Globalized World
What is Being Understood by Internationalization
Psychologists Education in Latin America
A Common Base of Psychology
Chapter 19 -- Intellectual Humility: Ten Key Questions
Contemporary Interest in IH
Recent Research on IH
Intellectual Humility: Ten Questions
Question 1: How Does Intellectual Humility Differ from General Humility?
Question 2: How Does Intellectual Humility Differ from Diffidence?
Question 3: Is Intellectual Humility a Unitary or a Compound Trait?
Question 4: How Distinct is Intellectual Humility from Other Dispositions?
Question 5: Can People Be Simultaneously Intellectually Humble and Interpersonally Antagonistic?
Question 6: Can IH be Validly Detected Using Self-report?
Question 7: How Malleable is Intellectual Humility?
Question 8: Are There Cross-cultural Differences in the Levels or Manifestation of Intellectual Humility?
Question 9: Does Intellectual Humility Confer Immunity to Cognitive Bias?
Question 10: What are the Developmental Antecedents of Intellectual Humility?
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 20 -- Psychological Ethics in a Changing World: How Ethics Documents in Psychology Have Evolved to Meet the Issues and Concerns of the Day
Some Definitions
The Development of Ethics Documents in Psychology
National Development of Ethics Documents
Regional Development of Ethics Documents
Development of International Ethics Documents
Recognizing Fundamental Ethical Principles through a Universal Declaration
Structure and Content of the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles
Development of the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles
Representation and Inclusiveness
Research
International Consultation
Key Features of the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles
Impact of the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles
Relevance of the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles to Today’s World
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