Social Psychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology

James E. Maddux, PhD, is University Professor of Psychology at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and former director of its clinical doctoral program. Dr. Maddux is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association's Divisions of General, Clinical, and Health Psychology. His major interest is the integration of theory and research from clinical, social, and health psychology. His research is concerned primarily with understanding the influence of beliefs about personal effectiveness and control on psychological adjustment and health-related behavior. June Price Tangney, PhD, is University Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Personality and Social Psychology and of the American Psychological Society, Dr. Tangney is Associate Editor of American Psychologist. Her research on the development and implications of moral emotions has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Science Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation. Dr. Tangney's current work focuses on moral emotions among incarcerated offenders. A recipient of George Mason University’s Teaching Excellence Award, she strives to integrate service, teaching, and clinically relevant research in both the classroom and her lab.

Many years ago, social and clinical psychology moved apart; happily, they are back together now, and this volume is a testament to their increasing integration. The book demonstrates how social psychological concepts can help us better understand emotional and behavioral disorders and improve the design of interventions. The authors are impressive and their chapters are well written, brief, and accessible. This volume will inform seasoned professionals and is a great text for graduate classes in clinical, personality, and social psychology. Health psychologists will find it a valuable reference because of the relevance of social-clinical topics for physical health and well-being.--Jerry M. Suls, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of IowaMaddux and Tangney have assembled a blue-ribbon team in this welcome resource for the clinical practitioner. Social psychological theory provides valuable insights into both problem development and mechanisms of sustainable change. This book has strong applicability for many applied disciplines beyond clinical psychology, including social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, and pastoral care.--Paula S. Nurius, MSW, PhD, School of Social Work, University of WashingtonThere is a rich interplay between social and clinical psychology, and this volume mines it to great depths. The volume is sufficiently comprehensive to stand alone as a timely, high-quality survey of either social or clinical psychology. But it does even more, providing a convincing synthesis of these two vibrant fields. Maddux and Tangney have assembled the leading lights of the social-clinical interface, and the result is a lively and scholarly book.--Thomas Joiner, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor and Bright-Burton Professor of Psychology, Florida State UniversityWhat a remarkable book! Maddux and Tangney have worked an act of magic to bring together leading social and clinical psychologists in the same volume. The result is a cutting-edge presentation of theory, research, and practice that demonstrates the mutual benefit of integrating the most innovative work from both disciplines. Scientific advances in understanding self-regulation, attachment, emotion, judgment processes, and behavior change flow seamlessly between the laboratory and clinic. I consider this book a necessity for any clinical graduate student who aspires to the mantle of a scientist-practitioner. At the same time, social psychologists and their students will find much to treasure in these chapters.--Jefferson A. Singer, PhD, Department of Psychology, Connecticut College Clinical and social psychology have long gone their separate ways. This book, derived from a research literature about which I knew too little, opened up new perspectives for me as a clinician. Psychotherapy is an interpersonal and social enterprise that can be informed by an understanding of social context. This is an original book, with finely written chapters, that can enrich practice.--Joel Paris, MD, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada - The most comprehensive of the works that have probed this interface....The editors have managed to assemble a stellar group of thoughtful commentaries and reviews of multiple domains in which there is considerable overlap between the fields....Point[s] to a new and important direction for the future advance of human psychological understanding. The areas of focus are well chosen...there has never been a volume devoted to this interface that has been as thoroughgoing as this one. --PsycCRITIQUES, 8/5/2010

• I. Introduction 1. Social Psychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology: History and Orienting Principles, James E. Maddux II. Psychological Health and Psychological ProblemsSelf and Identity 2. The Role of Self-Awareness and Self-Evaluation in Dysfunctional Patterns of Thought, Emotion, and Behavior, Mark R. Leary and Eleanor B. Tate 3. Autobiographical Memory and the Construction of a Narrative Identity: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications, Dan P. McAdams and Jonathan M. Adler 4. Social Psychology of the Stigma of Mental Illness: Public and Self-Stigma Models, Patrick W. Corrigan, Jonathon E. Larson, and Sachiko A. KuwabaraSelf-Regulation 5. Self-Regulatory Strength and Psychological Adjustment: Implications of the Limited Resource Model of Self-Regulation, Celeste E. Doerr and Roy F. Baumeister 6. Self-Regulation and Psychopathology: Toward an Integrative Perspective, Timothy J. Strauman, Megan C. McCrudden, and Neil P. Jones 7. Strategies of Setting and Implementing Goals: Mental Contrasting and Implementation Intentions, Gabriele Oettingen and Peter M. Gollwitzer 8. Self-Theories: The Roots of Defensiveness, Carol S. Dweck and Elaine S. Elliott-MoskwaInterpersonal Processes 9. Attachment Theory as a Social–Developmental Psychopathology Framework for the Practice of Psychotherapy, Hal S. Shorey 10. Social Support: Basic Research and New Strategies for Intervention, Brian Lakey 11. Social Comparison Theory, Pieternel Dijkstra, Frederick X. Gibbons, and Abraham P. Buunk 12. Self-Disclosure and Psychological Well-Being, Denise M. SloanSocial Cognition and Emotion 13. A Construal Approach to Increasing Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky and Rene Dickerhoof 14. Emotions of the Imperiled Ego: Shame, Guilt, Jealousy, and Envy, June Price Tangney and Peter Salovey 15. Social Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression and Anxiety, John Riskind, Lauren B. Alloy and Brian M. Iacoviello III. Social Psychology of Psychological Assessment and Diagnosis 16. The Social Psychology of Clinical Judgment, Howard N. Garb 17. Sociocultural Issues in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Psychological Disorders, Sopagna Eap, Robyn L. Gobin, Janet Ng, and Gordon C. Nagayama Hall 18. Clinical Assessment of Personality: Perspectives from Contemporary Personality Science, William G. Shadel 19. Interpersonal Assessment and Treatment of Personality Disorders, Lorna Smith BenjaminIV. Social Psychology of Behavior Change and Clinical Interactions 20. Enabling Self-Control: A Cognitive–Affective Processing Systems Approach to Problematic Behavior, Ethan Kross, Walter Mischel, and Yuichi Shoda 21. The Social Psychology of Help Seeking, Ronda L. Dearing and Cheryl Twaragowski 22. Social Cognitive Theories and Clinical Interventions: Basic Principles and Guidelines, James E. Maddux 23. Self-Directed Change: A Transtheoretical Model, James O. Prochaska and Janice M. Prochaska 24. Social Influence Processes and Persuasion in Psychotherapy and Counseling, Paul B. Perrin, Martin Heesacker, Chandylen Pendley, and Mary B. Smith 25. Implicit Processes in Social and Clinical Psychology, Joel Weinberger, Caleb Siefert, and Gregory Haggerty 26. The Social Psychology of Transference, Regina Miranda and Susan M. Andersen 27. Group Processes and Group Psychotherapy: Social Psychological Foundations of Change in Therapeutic Groups, Donelson R. ForsythV. Current Status and Future Directions 28. Social Psychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology: Initial Trends, Current Status and Future Directions, June Price Tangney