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Contemporary Directions in Psychopathology
by Robert Krueger Theodore MillonThis forward-thinking volume grapples with critical questions surrounding the mechanisms underlying mental disorders and the systems used for classifying them. Edited and written by leading international authorities, many of whom are actively involved with the development of DSM-V and ICD-11, the book integrates biological and psychosocial perspectives. It provides balanced analyses of such issues as the role of social context and culture in psychopathology and the pros and cons of categorical versus dimensional approaches to diagnosis. Cutting-edge diagnostic instruments and research methods are reviewed. Throughout, contributors highlight the implications of current theoretical and empirical advances for understanding real-world clinical problems and developing more effective treatments.
Akupunktur bei psychischen Erkrankungen: Anwendung von chinesischer Medizin in der Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
by Doris KrügerDas Buch beschäftigt sich erstmalig mit den Möglichkeiten der Anwendung der Akupunktur in der Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. Im allgemeinen Teil werden die Grundlagen aus der chinesischen Medizin die Nadeltechniken, die Diagnostik und das Behandlungskonzept vorgestellt. Der spezielle Teil widmet sich einer Auswahl von psychischer Erkrankungen und stellt systematische das Krankheitsbild aus Sicht der TCM, die Möglichkeiten der Akupunkturpunkte, Erfolge, Grenzen und Kontraindikation sowie Fallbeispiele mit Diagnose, Verlauf und Beispielpunktkombination vor. Die Akupunktur bietet eine nebenwirkungsarme und kostengünstige Alternative zu Psychopharmaka an und kann bei einigen Patienten schnell zu deutlich sichtbaren Linderung führen sowie Krankheitsverläufe günstig beeinflussen.
Survival Guide Psychiatrie
by Doris KrügerDas Buch führt praxisorientiert und konsequent den Assistenzart durch die Hindernisse im ersten Jahr der Psychiatrie. Es beantwortet zahlreiche organisatorische Fragen und ist der Rote Faden, der Anfängern zu Beginn ihrer Berufszeit die Unsicherheit nehmen soll.
High Stakes Testing: New Challenges and Opportunities for School Psychology
by Louis J. Kruger David ShribergMeet the challenges of high stakes testing in the practice of school psychology School psychologists can be a positive influence on how students, teachers, parents, schools, and communities cope with the challenges and opportunities associated with high stakes testing. Unfortunately, there has been a significant lack of literature to guide school psychologists and related school-based practitioners on this topic. High Stakes Testing: New Challenges and Opportunities for School Psychology is a timely groundbreaking book that provides useful and thought-provoking information to help psychologists meet the challenges of high stakes testing and create new roles for themselves in helping children succeed. This book discusses practical ways to help provide academic support to facilitate student success on high stakes tests, reduce the impact of stress associated with high stakes testing, assess the data from the tests to improve programs, and take a leadership role in the appropriate use of the tests. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001(NCLB) and its accountability provisions has helped create and sustain a climate where student performance on state-created achievement tests often has high stakes implications for students, families, and schools. High Stakes Testing: New Challenges and Opportunities for School Psychology provides important background information about high stakes testing, including the legal, historical, and political context of high stakes testing, pertinent psychometrics, and a review of research on academic and non-academic outcomes as it relates to high stakes testing. Using this information as a foundation, the book then identifies new roles and opportunities for school psychologists with respect to high stakes testing. This book is comprehensively referenced. Topics in High Stakes Testing: New Challenges and Opportunities for School Psychology include: advocating for the appropriate use of state-wide assessments the influence of item response theory (IRT) on the development of high stakes tests whether the accountability system of NCLB is truly improving student&’s learning the impact of high stakes tests on classroom instruction and student motivation strategies for helping students succeed on high stakes tests available resources to cope with the stress of high stakes testing and more High Stakes Testing: New Challenges and Opportunities for School Psychology is a thought-provoking, horizon-expanding resource for school psychologists, public school educators, administrators, school counselors, curriculum coordinators, and special education teachers involved in organizing, administering, and preparing students to take high stakes tests.
Sport in Kultur und Gesellschaft: Handbuch Sport und Sportwissenschaft
by Michael Krüger Eike Emrich Freya Gassmann Dieter Hackfort Christian PierdziochDieses Handbuch bietet einen kompletten Überblick über die zentralen Themen der Sozialwissenschaften im Sport. Es richtet sich an das breite Publikum der Fachleute, Lehrenden und Wissenschaftler*innen in Sport und Sportwissenschaft. Hier können Sie sich kompakt und kompetent über den Stand der Wissenschaft zur Kultur des Sports informieren. Das Handbuch ersetzt bisherige Lexika und Handbücher zum Sport. Die Texte sind verständlich formuliert und anschaulich aufbereitet. Die knapp 50 Kapitel in diesem Band geben Ihnen den aktuellsten wissenschaftlichen Stand über die ökonomischen, sozialen, kulturellen, politischen, rechtlichen, pädagogischen und psychologischen Zusammenhänge des Sports. Zudem erhalten Sie Hinweise auf die wichtigste nationale und internationale Forschungsliteratur. Die Herausgeber: Arne Güllich ist Professor für Sportwissenschaft und leitet das Fachgebiet Sportwissenschaft an der TU Kaiserslautern. Er forscht in den Bereichen Jugendsport, Talententwicklung, Training und Förderstrukturen. Güllich hat zuvor im Deutschen Olympischen Sportbund als Leiter der Stabsstelle Grundsatzfragen gearbeitet. Praxiserfahrungen hat er als Trainer vom Jugendbereich bis zu den Olympischen Spielen gesammelt. Michael Krüger ist Professor für Sportwissenschaft an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität zu Münster. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen im Bereich der Sportpädagogik und -geschichte, der wissenschaftstheoretischen Grundlagen der Sportwissenschaft, der olympischen Geschichte und Erziehung sowie von ethischen und pädagogischen Fragen des Sports. Er ist Verfasser und Herausgeber zahlreicher wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten zum Sport sowie mehrerer Lehr- und Handbücher zur Sportwissenschaft und Sportpädagogik.
Disorder-Specific Psychodrama Therapy in Theory and Practice (Psychodrama in Counselling, Coaching and Education #4)
by Reinhard T. KrügerThe open access book explains the practical approach in psychodrama with the help of multidisciplinary theories of self-development, mentalization, play, and psychosomatic resonance. These theories help to structure the therapeutic experiences of Moreno and other psychodramatists and to compare them with experiences and theories of other psychotherapy methods. Against this background, the author develops models of a disorder-specific psychodrama therapy for people with personality disorders, borderline organization, trauma disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, depression, grief reactions, suicidal crises, masochism, psychoses, addiction disorders, eating disorders, and behavioral addictions. The therapy models convey a deep understanding of these disorders and sometimes open up new ways of treatment. They can be used both in individual and in group therapy. The methods are explained with the help of more than 120 case examples. The theoretical explanation makes the psychodramatic action methods accessible and applicable to therapists from other schools of therapy as well as in counseling and coaching. This makes the practical work therapeutically more effective and creative.This is an open access book.
Fomenting Political Violence: Fantasy, Language, Media, Action (Studies in the Psychosocial)
by Steffen Krüger Karl Figlio Barry RichardsThis book offers a psychosocial perspective on political violence, employing a strong current of psychoanalytic thinking. In the course of its chapters an international roster of researchers and scholars offers a richly complex and insightful view of diverse forms of political violence and its build-ups. The authors discuss the processes by which the ground for political violence is prepared, and how violent acts are facilitated. They question how social, cultural and political constellations can develop in such a way that, for certain people in this constellation, violence becomes a logical – perversely reasonable – response. This collection demonstrates what a psychoanalytic perspective can bring to existing approaches to political violence, going beyond the social movement approach by unfolding the inherent ambiguity in accepted concepts within the study of political violence.
Uncertain: How to Turn Your Biggest Fear into Your Greatest Power
by Arie KruglanskiTO ACHIEVE THE EXTRAORDINARY, FIRST EMBRACE THE UNKNOWN . . .Discover the definitive guide to our fear of uncertainty, and how we can stop it from holding us back'Groundbreaking' MARTIN SELIGMAN'One of my very favorite psychologists in the world' ANGELA DUCKWORTH'This is the book we've been waiting for' CAROL DWECK, bestselling author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success____________Do you fear uncertainty?Why is the unknown so paralysing?And how can we use doubt to our advantage?Our safe modern world has wired us to fear the unknown, rather than use it to our benefit. But what if there was a way of turning that uncertainty into our greatest strength? Imagine being able to make important decisions without anxiety. Imagine being the calm at the centre of every storm.In Uncertain, the world-renowned psychologist Professor Arie Kruglanski shows us that there's only one certain way to face the unknown, and that is to fundamentally change the way we perceive it.This definitive book will transform the way you think about the unknown. Suddenly, you'll stop fearing uncertainty and learn to not only face it, but also harness the power that comes with it.Don't let uncertainty rule your life.Instead, embrace it and achieve the extraordinary.____________'This groundbreaking book is the place to go to discover how to embrace uncertainty and turn it to your growth and benefit' Martin Seligman, author of The Hope Circuit'One of my very favorite psychologists in the world tackles a subject that is both timeless and timely [and] shows us that though uncertainty is inevitable, how we react to it is not' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit'This is the book we've been waiting for. With his tremendous spirit, wit, knowledge, and wisdom, Kruglanski give us a book that helps us understand and navigate the uncertain world we live in. It's both based on science and filled with humanity-with deep compassion and benevolent guidance. It is a book for our time' Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success'If you're not sure if you need this book, then you do. Original, insightful, and thought-provoking, the world's expert on the psychology of uncertainty reveals what science can tell us about our lives on the razor's edge' Daniel Gilbert, the New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness'If there's anything I'm certain about, is that you'll love this book' Ayelet Fishbach, author of Get It Done
The Motivated Mind: The Selected Works of Arie Kruglanski (World Library of Psychologists)
by Arie Professor KruglanskiIn the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts themselves present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions. In this volume Arie Kruglanski reflects on the development throughout his distinguished career of his wide-ranging research covering radicalisation, human judgement and belief formation, group and intergroup processes, and motivated cognition. This collection offers an invaluable insight into the key works behind the formation of Kruglanski’s seminal theory of lay epistemics, as well as his important input into a diverse range of fields of social psychology. A specially written introduction gives an intimate overview of this career, and contextualises the selection in relation to changes in the field during this time. With continuing relevance today, and of vast historical importance, this collection is essential reading for anyone with an interest in goals, belief formation, group processes, and social psychology in general.
The Psychology of Closed Mindedness (Essays in Social Psychology)
by Arie W. KruglanskiThe fundamental phenomenon of human closed-mindedness is treated in this volume. Prior psychological treatments of closed-mindedness have typically approached it from a psychodynamic perspective and have viewed it in terms of individual pathology. By contrast, the present approach stresses the epistemic functionality of closed-mindedness and its essential role in judgement and decision-making. Far from being restricted to a select group of individuals suffering from an improper socialization, closed-mindedness is something we all experience on a daily basis. Such mundane situational conditions as time pressure, noise, fatigue, or alcoholic intoxication, for example, are all known to increase the difficulty of information processing, and may contribute to one's experienced need for nonspecific closure. Whether constituting a dimension of stable individual differences, or being engendered situationally - the need for closure, once aroused, is shown to produce the very same consequences. These fundamentally include the tendency to 'seize' on early, closure-affording 'evidence', and to 'freeze' upon it thus becoming impervious to subsequent, potentially important, information. Though such consequences form a part of the individual's personal experience, they have significant implications for interpersonal, group and inter-group phenomena as well. The present volume describes these in detail and grounds them in numerous research findings of theoretical and 'real world' relevance to a wide range of topics including stereotyping, empathy, communication, in-group favouritism and political conservatism. Throughout, a distinction is maintained between the need for a nonspecific closure (i.e., any closure as long as it is firm and definite) and needs for specific closures (i.e., for judgments whose particular contents are desired by an individual).Theory and research discussed in this book should be of interest to upper level undergraduates, graduate students and faculty in social, cognitive, and personality psychology as well as in sociology, political science and business administration.
Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Collection: Volumes 1 & 2 (SAGE Social Psychology Program)
by Arie W. Kruglanski Dr E Tory Higgins Paul A. Van LangeProviding a comprehensive exploration of the major developments of social psychological theories that have taken place over the past half century, this innovative two-volume handbook is a state of the art overview of the primary theories and models that have been developed in this vast and fascinating field. Authored by leading international experts, each chapter represents a personal and historical narrative of the theory's development including the inspirations, critical junctures, and problem-solving efforts that effected theoretical choices and determined the theory's impact and its evolution. Unique to this handbook, these narratives provide a rich background for understanding how theories are created, nurtured, and shaped over time, and examining their unique contribution to the field as a whole. To examine its societal impact, each theory is evaluated in terms of its applicability to better understanding and solving critical social issues and problems.
Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume One (SAGE Social Psychology Program)
by Arie W. Kruglanski Dr E Tory Higgins Paul A. Van LangeThis innovative two-volume handbook provides a comprehensive exploration of the major developments of social psychological theories that have taken place over the past half century, culminating in a state of the art overview of the primary theories and models that have been developed in this vast and fascinating field. Authored by leading international experts, each chapter represents a personal and historical narrative of the theory's development including the inspirations, critical junctures, and problem-solving efforts that have effected the choices made in each theory's evolution as well as the impact each has had on the canon of social psychology. Unique to this handbook, these narratives provide a rich background for understanding how theories are created more generally; how they're nurtured and shaped over time: and how through examination we can better understand their unique contribution to society as a whole. The Handbook also illustrates how the various theories contribute to understanding and solving critical social issues and problems. The Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology is an essential resource for researchers and students of social psychology and related disciplines.
The Psychology of Extremism: A Motivational Perspective (Frontiers of Social Psychology)
by Arie W. Kruglanski Catalina Kopetz Ewa SzumowskaThis ground-breaking book introduces a new model of extremism that emphasizes motivational imbalance among individual needs, offering a unique multidisciplinary exploration of extreme behaviors relating to terrorism, dieting, sports, love, addictions, and money. In popular discourse, the term ‘extremism’ has come to mean largely ‘violent extremism’, but this is just one of many different types: extreme sports, extreme diets, political and religious extremisms, extreme self-interest, extreme attitudes, extreme devotion to a cause, addiction to substances, or behavioral addiction (to videogames, shopping, pornography, sex, and work). But do these descriptions have a deeper meaning? Do they reveal a common psychological dynamic? Or are they merely a mode of things about phenomena that have little in common? Bringing together world-leading psychologists from a variety of disciplines, the book uses a brand-new model to examine different expressions of extremism, at different levels of analysis (brain, hormones, and behavior), in order not merely to describe such behaviors but also to explain their occurrence, and the conditions under which they may be likely to emerge. Also including suggestions for ways in which extremism could be counteracted, and to what extent it appears to be harmful to individuals and society, this is essential reading for students and academics in psychology and behavioral sciences.
Handbook of the History of Social Psychology
by Arie W. Kruglanski Wolfgang StroebeFor the first time in the history of social psychology, we have a handbook on the history of social psychology. In it, leading luminaries in the field present their take on how research in their own domains has unfolded, on the scientists whose impact shaped the research agendas in the different areas of social psychology, and on events, institutions and publications that were pivotal in determining the field’s history. Social psychology’s numerous subfields now boast a rich historical heritage of their own, which demands special attention. The Handbook recounts the intriguing and often surprising lessons that the tale of social psychology’s remarkable ascendance has to offer. The historical diversity is the hallmark of the present handbook reflecting each of this field’s domains unique evolution. Collectively, the contributions put a conceptual mirror to our field and weave the intricate tapestry of people, dynamics and events whose workings combined to produce what the vibrant discipline of social psychology is today. They allow the contemporary student, scholar and instructor to explore the historical development of this important field, provide insight into its enduring aims and allow them to transcend the vicissitudes of the zeitgeist and fads of the moment. The Handbook of the History of Social Psychology provides an essential resource for any social psychologist’s collection.
C. Henry Kempe: A 50 Year Legacy To The Field Of Child Abuse And Neglect (Child Maltreatment #1)
by Richard D. Krugman Jill E. KorbinThe book series, "Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy." will consist of a state of the art handbook (to be revised every five years) and two to three volumes per year. The first volume in this series is a legacy to C. Henry Kempe. This is a timely publication because 2012 marks 50 years after the appearance of the foundational article by C. Henry Kempe and his colleagues, "The Battered-Child Syndrome." This volume capitalizes on this 50 year anniversary to stand back and assess the field from the perspective that Dr. Kempe's early contributions and ideas are still being played out in practice and policy today. The volume will be released at the next ISPCAN meeting, also in 2012.
Handbook of Child Maltreatment (Child Maltreatment #14)
by Richard D. Krugman Jill E. KorbinThe second edition of this successful handbook, edited by well-known experts in this field, includes core questions in the field of child abuse and neglect. It addresses major challenges in child maltreatment work, starting with “What is child abuse and neglect?” and then examines why maltreatment occurs and what are its consequences. The handbook also addresses prevention, intervention, investigation, treatment as well as civil and criminal legal perspectives. It comprehensively studies the issue from the perspective of a broader, international and cross-cultural human experience. Apart from a thorough revision of existing chapters, this edition includes many new chapters covering recent developments in this area and other issues not covered in the first edition. There is more focus on substance abuse, psychological abuse, and on social and community involvement and public health provisions in the prevention of child maltreatment. The handbook examines what is known now and more importantly what remains to be researched in the coming decades to help abused and neglected children, their families and their communities, thereby taking the field forward.
Gesundheitsförderliche Kommunikation: Bedingungen eines gesunden Austausches im Alltag
by Susanne Krugmann Bernhard BorgettoKommunikation ist eine Voraussetzung menschlichen Zusammenlebens – dennoch kann sie der Gesundheit schaden oder sie fördern. In diesem Buch wird ein Modell gesundheitsförderlicher Alltagskommunikation entwickelt, das die Bedingungen und Anforderungen enthält, die einen gesunden Austausch im Alltag ermöglichen. Grundlage dafür sind einerseits einschlägige Erkenntnisse und Modelle aus den Gesundheits- und Kommunikationswissenschaften sowie der Logopädie/Sprachtherapie und andererseits die Ergebnisse empirischer qualitativer Experteninterviews.
Investigating Dynamic Relationships Among Individual Difference Variables in Learning English as a Foreign Language in a Virtual World (Second Language Learning and Teaching)
by Mariusz KrukThis book focuses on the dynamic relationships among individual difference (ID) variables (i.e., willingness to communicate, motivation, language anxiety and boredom) in learning English as a foreign language in the virtual world Second Life. The theoretical part provides an overview of selected issues related to the four ID factors in question (e.g., definitions, models, sources, types, empirical investigations). The empirical part reports the findings of a research project which aimed to examine the changing nature of WTC, motivation, boredom and language anxiety experienced by six English majors during their visits to the said virtual world, the main contributors to the changes in the levels of the constructs under investigation, as well as their relationships. The book closes with the discussion of directions for further research as well as pedagogical implications.
Don't Stress! How to Keep Life's Problems Little
by Nancy KrulikChildren will discover simple ways to manage the demands of school, friends, and family in this collection of fifty-six thoughtful mini essays. Each page contains one easy-to-read suggestion to combat stress.
When Screams Become Whispers: One Man’s Inspiring Victory Over Bipolar Disorder
by Bob Krulish Alee AndersonA real, raw telling of a man’s lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder, When Screams Become Whispers offers a better understanding of the disease, the extent of its reach, and the dire need for widely available treatment options.
Word Processing for Technical Writers (Baywood's Technical Communications Ser.)
by Robert KrullSupports the idea of matching the "system" to the technical writer's needs. This book contains numerous questions and answers.
Women Who Sell Sex: A Review of Psychological Research With Clinical Implications
by Elizabeth Krumrei Mancuso Bennett E. PostlethwaiteBased on leading empirical psychological research from around the world, this book offers valuable insights on women who sell sex. It synthesizes the extensive body of scholarly work on the topic of women selling sex from a psychological perspective in order to understand why women choose to do so. In turn, the book highlights a range of important sociocultural contexts surrounding the sale of sex that are major sources of stress, and examines how women cope with these circumstances. Illustrating the multi-faceted nature of selling sex, the book will contribute to debates on individual and societal responses to this major sociopolitical—and at the same time, deeply personal—issue. Including original case material and outlining future directions for researchers, it offers an informative and engaging resource for academics, researchers, students and professionals around the globe.
Promoting Activity and Participation in Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: The Action Over Inertia Approach
by Terry Krupa Megan Edgelow Shu-Ping Chen Carol MierasThis book presents "Action Over Inertia," a recovery-orientated, strengths-based approach to address the profound disruptions in daily activities and community participation often experienced by those living with serious mental illnesses. With a focus on supported "doing", the Action Over Inertia approach engages individuals in small activity and participation efforts as an opening to making longer term and sustained changes that offer meaning and well-being. The book helps service providers develop their own knowledge of activities and the health and well-being benefits an individual might receive from activities. It also asks them to consider the biases, assumptions, and constraints that might impact their ability to implement interventions related to activity and participation. A range of worksheets, resources, vignettes, and other tools are provided to support this practice. The manual was developed from the knowledge and practice of occupational science and therapy, but it will be of interest to any mental health professional, peer-provider, administrator, or policy maker interested in promoting recovery for people with serious mental illness
Die Grenzgänge des Johann Sebastian Bach
by Andreas KruseIn Johann Sebastian Bachs Musik werden Grenzgänge hörbar, die unser Leben begleiten: In seiner Kirchenmusik wird die Grenze zwischen Weltlichem und Göttlichem an vielen Themen durchgespielt, und in der "Kunst der Fuge" glaubt man den Tod zu hören, wenn eine Stimme nach der anderen verklingt. Andreas Kruse, führender Altersforscher, Gerontopsychologe und ausgebildeter Musiker beschreibt in diesem faszinierenden Buch die Grenzgänge des alten Bach als kreative und auch psychologisch spannende Lebenskunst. Johann Sebastian Bach als biografisches Fallbeispiel für Krisenbewältigung im Leben wird beim Lesen zu einer psychologischen Entdeckung, die auch beim musikalischen Spätwerk aufhorchen lässt.
Die Grenzgänge des Johann Sebastian Bach: Psychologische Einblicke
by Andreas KruseIn Johann Sebastian Bachs Musik werden Grenzgänge hörbar, die unser Leben begleiten: In seiner Kirchenmusik wird die Grenze zwischen Weltlichem und Göttlichem an vielen Themen durchgespielt, und in der „Kunst der Fuge“ glaubt man den Tod zu hören, wenn eine Stimme nach der anderen verklingt. Andreas Kruse, führender Altersforscher, Gerontopsychologe und ausgebildeter Musiker beschreibt in diesem faszinierenden Buch die Grenzgänge des alten Bach als kreative und auch psychologisch spannende Lebenskunst. Johann Sebastian Bach als biografisches Fallbeispiel für Krisenbewältigung im Leben wird beim Lesen zu einer psychologischen Entdeckung, die auch beim musikalischen Spätwerk aufhorchen lässt.