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This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. The author of Chapter One contends that lucid control across states of consciousness can be used to change the negative aspects of mental processes such as nightmares, phobic anxiety, addictions, obsessive compulsive symptoms and hallucinations. Chapter Two reviews how to identify loneliness in intimate relations. Chapter Three explores stereotypic backhanded compliments. Chapter Four reviews and analyzes critically two discourses for guiding the transformation of adolescent girls into young adults, and proposes a meta-discourse for adolescent girls that incorporates the strengths of each discourse and discusses its operationalization. Chapter Five examines the relationships between marital status and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in the general population. Chapter Six aims to investigate the way in which the position of the infant in the family - in regard to birth order - is related to maternal cognitive (attentional focus) and mental state comments of young infants in spontaneous mother-infant interactions. Chapter Seven examines 8- to 10-year-old children's memory for temporal aspects of naturally occurring distinct personal events in two different contexts: autobiographical memory narratives and a personal photograph-taking paradigm. Chapter Eight speculates about the German Wings Disaster and what we can learn from such a tragedy. Chapter Nine examines the new DSM-V, psychopathology plus neuroscience and the omics sciences.

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One analyzes the relationship between being a victim and/or aggressor of face-to-face bullying behavior and the degree of parents' acceptance/coercion, and parental education styles. Chapter Two outlines difficulties associated with trauma assessment in pre-school children, and identifies recommended measures for clinical use with this population. Chapter Three provides an overview of the empirical evidences available within the last decade for reducing challenging behaviors of children with developmental disabilities. Chapter Four analyzes bereaved children to explore the expression of grief and related experiences in the children's artworks and narratives. Chapter Five investigates Chinese elementary school students' motivation to read English and attitude toward learning English using mixed research methods. Chapter Six investigates the pattern of secondary schoolteachers' emotional experiences in Hong Kong. Chapter Seven focuses on pre-competitive situational anxiety in sports.

This book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapter One analyzes the self-objectification scale. Chapter Two reviews the personal self-determination of high school students. Chapter Three discusses altruism and prosocial behaviors in LGBT older adults, who had encountered adversity and lack of acceptance in society based on their sexual orientation. Chapter Four proposes a conceptual theoretical framework that presents antecedents of consumers’ desire and engagement in medical tourism practices, as well as outcomes. Chapter Five explores the influence of life-event stressors and perceived stress on the reading performance of college students. Chapter Six investigates the effects of training on knowledge acquisition in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Chapter Seven provides insight into the intrapersonal dynamics that are associated with the development and continuation of sexually abusive behavior in juveniles. Chapter Eight explores which psychological characteristics play a role in the completion and non-completion of treatment by juvenile sex offenders. Chapter Nine identifies the dispositional antecedents of situational anxiety and explains its subscales effects on prediction performance. Chapter Ten reviews sport psychology service delivery preferences of elite athletes from Malaysia and Australia.

After many centuries of study, social scientific researchers in many fields, such as those of human emotion, are still at a loss for even definitions of constructs on which to base explicit theories. In this book, human emotion factors were assessed for a sample of 291 Yoruba-speaking students with a questionnaire administered in Ibadan metropolis. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings for uplifting individual happiness, collective identity and sense of connection to others, as well as theoretical implications of these findings for the nature of attitudes, emotions and intergroup relations are explored.Next, the authors show that heuristics and biases are most likely a heritage from our evolutionary past as they are also detected in non-human primates and observed early in children. The results obtained by running a similar food gambling task with children and individuals of 6 different species of non-human primates are presented, and observed gambling rates were analysed in the different sets of individuals and estimations of different choice theories parameters were run. Risk aversion and loss aversion were detected and measured at various levels in non-human primates and children. The key finding is that cognitive processes in the context of risk are not uniquely human and are based on biologically measurable foundations.Following this, this book reviews problems that researchers face when trying to establish the aggressiveness of computer gamers who engage with violent content during gameplay. When conducting media comparisons, the comparisons are only valid within "e;zones of comparability."e; Either the level of participants' interactivity has to be constant across the media type compared, while the media content varies; or the content of specific media should be kept constant, whereas the level of interactivity with the content then varies.Afterwards, the authors discuss the mushrooming of self-help groups of patients in Germany in the 1970's. Today, these groups are seen as complementary resources for the health care system, in contrast to their perception at the time. In this chapter, the socio-political background for the integration of self-help into the health care system is presented, along with a short history of the research on collaboration in Germany before the concept of self-help friendliness emerged. Additionally research on and practice of the methodical approach of self-help friendliness is presented.The authors go on to present the results of a systematic review of the recent literature regarding the association between birth order and the development of personality. Whether ordinal position between siblings has a further impact on human lives is a question that has interested the scientific community and the general public for decades. The so-called "e;birth order theory"e; was formulated by the Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler in 1947. He argued that birth order has a profound and lasting effect on psychological development.The objective of the following chapter was to analyze the profile of the sexual aggressor of children and adolescents, according to manifestations of the violence and link with the victims, in a decade (2007-2016). The authors used a cross-sectional study, based on data from the "e;Police Inquiry Reports; Occurrence Bulletins and Circumstantial Terms"e; to maintain the importance of raising awareness among adolescents and young people and to determine the role of interpersonal relationships, social formation and ties with family members, acquaintances, boyfriends, friends and colleagues. The central goal is to halt the repetition of violent models and prevent the generational transmission of the cycle of victimization-aggression.The findings of an additional study on sexual violence against children and adolescents, whose perpetrators are familiar and some known from the social environment of the victims, point to the need for prevention measures and support to family and social centers. This book reinforces the importance of protection and prevention to encourage anonymous complaints.Next, the authors suggest that examining sexual behavior that differs between men and women is often difficult because treating men and women as different is as much of a problem as treating men and women as being the same. Thus, the authors will present data from multiple studies conducted with groups of college women primarily in the United States over the past 20 years. The studies were published from 1989 to 2010. Beyond documenting that women use a range of tactics that includes coercion and physical force to obtain sex from unwilling men (or men unable to give consent), these studies demonstrate differences in personality, demographics, cultural setting, beliefs, and personal history between women who aggress and those who do not.In the concluding chapter, adults (ages 19-72, M = 47.05 years, n = 235) were given the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF, n = 171 scoring 0-5 (normal); n = 27 scoring 6-9 (suggesting depression), and n = 37 scoring 10-15 (almost always indicative of depression) and Palmore's (2001) 20-item Ageism Survey. Neither age, gender nor education were related to Ageism Survey items. Increases in probable depression lead to more Ageism Survey items endorsed once or more than once.

The opening chapter of Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 135 discusses the impact of parenting a child with special needs on couples' intimate relationships by integrating three different perspectives on resilience and risk factors. The analysis focuses on the interrelationships between several mediating factors and reveals the complex effect of raising a child with special needs on marital intimacy and quality. Future directions for research and clinical interventions are suggested.The authors evaluate the predictive value of various factors for non-adherence to treatment in order to perform a therapeutic intervention as personalized as possible. The need to carry out psychotherapeutic approaches in order to improve determining aspects in the improvement of adherence to treatment in patients with psychosis is highlighted.The following chapter presents the socio-political background for the integration of self-help into the health care system, a short history of the research on collaboration in Germany before the concept of self-help friendliness emerged and research on and practice of the methodical approach of self-help friendliness.A Cameroonian model for forms of theatre with therapeutic outcomes is described. The authors aim to determine how these participatory approaches of theatre can give rise to a community-based form of therapeutic theatre and the dominant approaches that have therapeutic qualities, can be termed therapeutic and can be used to constitute a community-based approach.The use of the term "e;nature"e; within the social and behavioral sciences has had a consistent deterministic meaning value suggesting mostly genetic attributions. This book proposes that the many uses of the word "e;nature"e; make it into an empty or floating signifier: a rather meaningless and projective tag unless duly qualified.One included study evaluates a new 10-item measure to assess regret as dissonance after sexual encounters; the "e;Sexual Regret Scale"e;. Implications of the new scale are discussed in terms of cognitive dissonance, including how individuals' sense of self and their actions may have led to an incongruent and negative affect state, thus generating sexual regret.In the final chapter, the authors report 31 comparisons between Kuwaiti and American undergraduate students over a period of twenty years. Their results indicate that Kuwaiti students obtained higher mean scores for depression, obsessive-compulsiveness, hopelessness, pessimism, death obsession, general anxiety, death anxiety, and somatic symptoms, and lower scores for optimism, mental health, happiness, and love of life, as well as an external locus of control and ego-grasping.

In the opening study included in Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 136, the authors analyze significant determinants, such as personality traits and educational level, positive thinking and life satisfaction among parents of preschool children. The study was conducted on a sample of 152 children and 152 parents at the Department of Paediatrics of the University Hospital Rijeka and in the Kindergarten Rijeka in Croatia. Following this, three other studies were conducted. Study one examines the correlations between intergroup evaluations, belonging and self-esteem. Study two assesses the extent to which in-group favouring is associated with elevated belonging. Study three examines belonging as both a predictor and outcome of intergroup evaluations, and the effect of social identity. The authors present evidence that private self-awareness may play a more pivotal role than public self-awareness and self-conscious emotion in cortisol reactivity to social-evaluative threats. Private self-awareness allows for integration of social self-preservation theory with objective self-awareness theory by explaining cortisol reactivity in both social-evaluative and private settings. One investigation seeks to identify the group-based emotions felt by individuals by distinguishing their object for the first time in the context of sport spectatorship. Following deserved game outcomes, in-group emotions were predicted to show the greatest variability between defeat and victory compared to out-group emotions. The authors examine what gives rise to pro-defendant and anti-defendant biases in punishment decisions, specifically exploring legal judgments about the police officers. We test the influence of perceivers’ political ideology on the mental representations held of law enforcement, and the subsequent impact of those biased perceptions on decisions to punish the officer for possible wrongdoing after viewing video evidence. Society-level data and empirical reports are analyzed, documenting how single and multiply combined marginalized social identities put individuals at even greater risk for experiencing bias in rulings against them. Various social factors that influence assessments of personal control and thwart efforts to maintain impartiality when acting as arbiters of justice in the legal system are also discussed. Continuing, this compilation discusses recent technical issues on the relevance and specific features of clinical experience with psychotic patients, such as bodily countertransference and enactments that repeat the abrupt caesura which took place in the original encounter with the object, not forgetting the intense and delicate working through process that therapists need to carry out in order to make contact with, contain and start to represent the patient’s violent emotions. Clinician and consumers’ views and perspectives of CBT treatment for older people with depression are explored. Focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with mental health professionals and older consumers. Thematic analysis revealed a range of insights embedded within three major themes: (i) understanding and experience of CBT; (ii) challenges and barriers to CBT uptake, and (iii) delivering CBT. The concluding study used a prospective cohort design with two assessments of daily fruit and vegetable intake separated by a period of 6-months. A purposive sample of university employees completed the Regulation of Eating Behavior Scale to assess motives for healthy eating followed by an assessment of daily fruit and vegetable intake plus select demographic items.

The neurophysiology of electroencephalogram gamma oscillations and their role in brain function, cognitive processes and of altered states of consciousness are described in the opening chapter of Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 137. The second chapter aims to further the understanding of the trauma spectrum disorder conceptualization by examining the content, construct, and criterion validity of this concept, with use of mixed literature reviews and secondary data analyses. The authors go on to provide guidance for the assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, addressing the special challenges within long-term care settings and with the increasing geriatric population such as their unwillingness to discuss symptoms because of shame and stigma. Additionally, this compilation reviews the literature on the potential beneficial role of errors, and specifically on students’ adaptive reactions and attitudes towards errors, error climate in classrooms, and on teachers’ adaptive and/or maladaptive strategies in handling students’ errors. The authors continue to reviews literature on youths’ cyberbullying involvement by explaining what cyberbullying is, risk factors associated with cyberbullying, and the negative psychological and academic outcomes of cyberbullying involvement. he three main theoretical perspectives which are used to explain role modelling are examined, and furthermore, how media influences this process. The final chapter examines patient preferences for dentists. The sample was composed of 169 Portuguese adults, and participants were asked to indicate their preference for eight dentists who were stratified by gender, age, and training country.

In this compilation, the authors examine how recent, massive advances in the technology and reach of the social media, through platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube have spawned a new global debate on the human dimensions of wildlife conservation, with possible impacts on the public perception and application of conservation policy. Moreover, the authors examine the current data analysis tools and technologies that are used to detect extreme online criminal behaviour and the challenges that exist associated with the use of these technologies. Next, in the context of Peters, Sunderland, Andrews, Rapee, and Mattick’s Social Phobia Scale and Social Interaction Anxiety Scale, one study examines support for a bifactor model, factor-based internal consistency reliabilities of the factors in this model, and measurement invariance across gender for the items in the bifactor model. Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 138 goes on to estimate the prevalence and profile of psychiatric comorbidity in a sample of patients who requested treatment for chronic use of cocaine, including 258 patients who met the inclusion criteria evaluated using Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders, a semi-structured diagnostic interview that differentiates primary mental disorders from those induced by cocaine. An additional review provides an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of two approaches to health intervention development, followed by a discussion about how the two approaches can be integrated into a more general framework guiding persuasive intervention development.

Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 142 addresses the intrinsic relationship between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the development of personality disorders, with an emphasis on environmental risk factors, particularly socio-emotional traumatic experiences. An overview of the literature on suicide assessment and prevention and suicidal ideation is provided for psychiatrists, emergency department providers, general practitioners and other personnel involved in the multidisciplinary assessment and management of suicidal patients. Adaptations and modifications to mindfulness specifically for gambling are described. Gambling is distinct from many other addictions, both substance and behavioral, in that cognitive distortions and beliefs about gambling and winning are deeply rooted and resistant to modification with traditional cognitive-behavior therapies. The authors provide a review of the relationships between Theory of Mind and metacognition. A specific field of metacognition, the understanding of the mental operations underlying learning, is explored in detail. Following this, the diagnostic and phenomenological characteristics of alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder are studied, and an overview of research on common risk and resilience factors for the development of both disorders is presented. A few of the most important elements of self-esteem are reviewed, as self-esteem plays an important part in our lives and can have major influence on decision-making and task performance. In the penultimate study, a sample of 243 older adults from the UK were asked to complete a measure of state body image. They were then randomly assigned to watch a film of a first-person walk in a natural environment or a built environment before completing the same measure of state body image as before in an effort to determine the impact of film exposure. Lastly, the authors describe the process used to adapt the Children’s Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale to Portuguese, report on its validation, and discuss its limitations and potential developments.

This book first considers the characteristics of digital teaching resources capable of facilitating independent learning that can support the development of new capacities. Following this, the authors focus on factors that may lead to problematic gaming and the theories/frameworks that explain such behavior, ways to mediate excessive game play, and summarize the risks and benefits of video game play. This compilation also explores how different responses to emotional distress may increase risk for addictive behaviors. Research suggests that individuals may engage in risky or addictive behaviors such as drinking, drug use, and bulimia as a way to ameliorate feelings of emotional distress. In the closing study, an analysis of five qualifying works of a psychiatrist on the subject of organizational and methodological component is carried out, with the goal of demonstrating that the participation of the psychiatrist in continuing medical education is an organizational advantage.

This compilation comprises six chapters, each detailing a recent advancement in psychology research. Chapter One presents theoretical and empirical arguments in support of the existence of a defense system against pathogens called the Behavioral Immune System, which the authors argue complements the biological immune system and is characterized by cognitive, emotional, motivational, and social aspects. Chapter Two explains how mental disorders impact executive functioning, and how future therapies can focus on eliminating this dysfunction in mental disorders. Chapter Three examines some of the factors that contribute to women’s perceptions of sexual harassment, including their decisions about whether to report such harassment, which remains one of the least reported social problems. Chapter Four concerns the impact of elevated lipid levels on executive function and sustained attention. Chapter Five explores the question of whether elevated use of social networking sites leads to problems like depression. Finally, Chapter Six deals with the development of body image in young adults, including factors like the quality of one’s relationship with one’s body, the influence of other people on body image, and mass media as conveyors of beauty ideals.

This book includes eight chapters that detail recent advancements in psychology research. Chapter One aims to discuss the general identity concept and the specific concept of working identity through the lens of the tradition of the social psychology field and analyzes the limits and possibilities of conception constructions of these concepts in contemporary times, and also proposes portraits of the working identity constructions in the contemporary world. Chapter Two discusses the development of post-traumatic stress disorder following first-episode psychosis and involuntary hospitalization. Chapter Three explores the comorbidity of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and substance use disorders (SUD), identifying their epidemiological data and clarifying the functioning of borderline individuals, including their tendency to use substances. Chapter Four describes a type of cognitive behavioral therapy that is adapted to psychosis for treatment of schizophrenia. Chapter Five describes a group of patients with acute psychosis and their evolution over five years. Chapter Six provides an overview of jealousy as a function of Davis’ sexual property proposition, framed using Lewin’s Field Theory. Chapter Seven aims to explore the frequency and narrative of positive, neutral and negative perceptions of the accessibility, acceptability, and adequacy of the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision depressive episode from the perspective of both those experiencing it and their primary relative caregivers. Lastly, Chapter Eight illustrates the discipline of social psychology through examples in the field of social influence, social norms and social representations.

'Advances in Psychology Research' presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum.

Psychology is an academic/applied discipline, involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. Psychologists study such phenomena as perception, cognition, emotion, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships. Psychology also refers to the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including problems of individuals' daily lives and the treatment of mental health problems. Psychology differs from the other social sciences (e.g., anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) due to its focus on experimentation at the scale of the individual, as opposed to groups or institutions. Historically, psychology differed from biology and neuroscience in that it was primarily concerned with mind rather than brain, a philosophy of mind known as dualism. Modern psychological science incorporates physiological and neurological processes into its conceptions of perception, cognition, behavior, and mental disorders. This book presents a wide spectrum of new research from around the globe.

This monograph includes seven chapters that detail recent advances in psychology research. Chapter One provides practical cognitive-behavioral treatment recommendations to address typical issues associated with depression and anxiety in pediatric patients with asthma, functional gastrointestinal disorders, and headache pain. Chapter Two argues that community level screening, timely diagnosis and integrated traditional medicine and traditional healing practices rooted in a given cultural and religious context are essential for the treatment of schizophrenia. Chapter Three explores psychological theories, diagnostic instruments, assessment tools, and management strategies for factitious disorder and borderline personality disorder. Chapter Four presents a study of the impact of academic stressors on the health of students in the health field. Chapter Five reviews the literature on general mental health stigma, discusses borderline personality disorder and the specific stigma related to it, reviews potential steps to reduce stigma, and suggests future directions for research and clinical intervention. Chapter Six reviews the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for heart failure patients with depression. Lastly, Chapter Seven provides an overview of the potential role of psychologists in requests for voluntary euthanasia and physician assisted suicide.

This volume presents some of the latest advancements in psychology research. Chapter One examines the link between sleep deprivation in military settings and risk of suicide behavior. Chapter Two outlines the most effective evidence-based psychotherapies for generalized anxiety disorder. Chapter Three provides information about the potential therapeutic effects of antidepressant drugs for COVID-19. Chapter Four explains how child maltreatment leads to an adult propensity to violence, which enables genocide, and describes parenting strategies to prevent these characteristics from emerging. Chapter Five studies clinical cases with empirical research on characteristics of parenting that form bases of children's well-being into adulthood. Chapter Six examines how emotional intelligence influences job satisfaction, particularly in the context of the ongoing pandemic. Chapter Seven studies whether job satisfaction mediates the relationship between emotion regulation ability and psychological distress in teaching professionals. Chapter Eight conveys the narratives of an implementation of a project dedicated for the establishment of happiness and wellbeing centers at nine campuses of the Royal University of Bhutan. Chapter Nine explores the psychological characteristics of juvenile sex offenders, juvenile perpetrators of non-sexual violent offences, and a representative sample of non-delinquent youngsters. Finally, Chapter Ten presents a correlation study between two empathy subscales of the Adolescent Sexual Abuser Project Assessment Pack-Dutch Revised version and the Moral Orientation List.

This volume includes eight chapters that present recent advancements in the field of psychology research. Chapter One discusses strategies for the prevention of suicide in old age. Chapter Two considers theoretical explanations and research on the operation of systems of emotional regulation and self-compassion in relation to the development and maintenance of problematic social anxiety. Chapter Three provides an overview of the theoretical models that attempt to explain why people perform non-suicidal self-injury behaviors and the link between these behaviors and experiential avoidance. Chapter Four provides a public health framework for how high schools can promote effective adolescent suicide prevention and intervention through the implementation of multi-tiered systems of support. Chapter Five proposes an extraction model of implicit learning operating from a background of semantic relations to explain how children learn to produce and understand the sentences of their community language. Chapter Six outlines some theoretical implications for social anxiety disorder. Chapter Seven aims to inspire discoveries of psychological tactics to decrease vulnerability to cyberattacks and offers suggestions for interventions. Finally, Chapter Eight explores how early attachment experiences affect loneliness in offenders with substance use disorders.

In Chapter One, a synthesis of the available theoretical and empirical data on the role of self-compassion in eating related concerns is addressed, while proposing a framework which might help researchers and practitioners to understand the possible paths explaining the buffer role so often hypothesized for self-compassion. Chapter Two analyzes the psychometric properties of the Academic Uncertainty Questionnaire (AUQ) in Argentinian university students during COVID-19. It addresses the impact of academic uncertainties on psychological well-being in Argentinian University students during social isolation. Chapter 3 examines recent data indicating the trend of socio-cultural changes exerted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an increasing use of new information and communication technologies (NICTs), which is associated with problems in people''s physical and psychological health, especially in the younger age group. Chapter 4 looks at basic theories on why false memories occur, the cross-race effect, schema’s various effects, the weapon focus effect, and the innocent bystander effect. Chapter 5 is a literature review to better understand the usage and misuse of morphine (MOR). The chapter looked into the various models of use/misuse of MOR substances, as well as its diagnostic challenges, screening techniques, and treatment options for MOR, heroine, and MOR sulfate abuse. Chapter 6 is a psychological prediction of injuries in high-performance baseball pitchers through a Bayesian network. New confirmatory studies are required to support and guide the psychological prevention of injuries in high-performance baseball pitchers. Chapter 7 is primarily focused on the elements linking depression and inflammation. Inflammation, being a defensive reaction of the organism, is common. In addition, it can have varied intensity and manifestation. There is an increasing amount of data indicating that inflammation may underlie depressive episodes. This chapter provides a detailed analysis of the factors that may affect mood, based primarily on the analysis of the functioning of the immune system and markers of inflammation. In Chapter 8, the appearance of injuries suffered by high-performance Cuban athletes, as well as the manifestation of resilience capacity to overcome adversity, is explored in detail.

This book contains ten selected chapters on advances in psychology research. Chapter One is a brief review, including therapy considerations pertaining to consensual non-monogamous relationships and romantic jealousy. Chapter Two discusses alexithymia, dissociation, and conversion ain male and female victims of child sexual abuse. Chapter Three is a confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling of the Factor Structure of Social Thoughts and Beliefs Scale (STABS). Chapter Four is a collection of case studies of autistic individuals’ development. Chapter Five provides a cross-sectional mediation model of social anxiety and life satisfaction. Chapter Six is a systematic review of current psychological interventions for bipolar disorder. Chapter Seven examines the predictive role of depression on life satisfaction. Chapter Eight reviews the social, environmental, and psychological aspects of the conflict in Ukraine. Chapter Nine looks at emotional skills and interpersonal conflict by testing the role of teachers’ emotional intelligence. Chapter Ten reviews the impact of adverse childhood experiences by examining personality disorders in adolescence.

This volume contains eight chapters that detail advances in psychology research. Chapter One compares the change in work centrality among individuals, both those who did experience and those who did not experience meaningful occupational and life events, over the course of twelve years. Chapter Two examines the pathology of depressive disorders and provides an overview of evidence-based psychotherapies for this common and debilitating disorder. Chapter Three integrates literature on habit formation, prosocial development, and positive interventions to describe evidence-based strategies for promoting prosocial habits. Chapter Four focuses on the influence of the coloured brain on the relationship between leadership and organizational performance. Chapter Five reviews some fundamental theoretical approaches to the role of gender in conflict resolution, as well as relevant studies that bridge the gap between gender, negotiation and mediation. Chapter Six focuses on deficits in visual processing in children with developmental dyslexia. Chapter Seven discusses the training practices and psychometric tests for children with developmental dyslexia. Lastly, Chapter Eight presents a qualitative study on individual and social stressors, positive and negative coping mechanisms, and facilitators along the development of transgender-women identity from the perspective of 9 transgender women.

This volume contains nine chapters that detail advances in psychology research. Chapter One discusses the use of template analysis (TA) in exploring the pos-traumatic growth among nurses following the COVID-19 pandemic. Chapter Two addresses mindfulness in parenting. Chapter Three describes Behaviorism and Cognitivism. Chapter Four aims to investigate university students’ perceptions about problem solving when interacting with different interlocutors. Chapter Five identifies the similarities between different approaches to psychoanalysis and person-centered psychotherapy. Chapter Six aims to introduce helicopter parenting behaviors in the light of current literature. Chapter Seven addresses the following question: What is the readability of written scripts used in physical activity research? Chapter Eight reviews the available literature on the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire’s (PSDQ) convergence with other parenting measures, in an attempt to shed more light on its construct’s validity. Lastly, Chapter Nine discusses the cognitive manifestations of substance abuse.

This book focuses on advances in psychology research. Chapter 1 discusses self-esteem and subjective well-being, and how they correlate in emerging adulthood. Chapter 2 focuses on the training of psychological techniques in athletes with Down Syndrome (DS). Chapter 3 aims at researching how EP and CSR have already been used together so far in literature and figuring out how they might collaborate and corroborate each other to encourage sustainable behavior. Chapter 4 seeks to analyze deviant behaviors in organizations, including the definition of these behaviors, their typology, as well as the underlying factors and causes that influence their occurrence. Chapter 5 explores how couples in three parenting arrangements - equal-sharers, role-reversed and traditional - divide paid work and childcare, and the economic and structural factors that facilitate a less gendered division of roles. Chapter 6 investigates the psychological impacts and resilience demonstrated by first-generation Afghan refugees/migrants arriving in the United States. Chapter 7 aims to examine the professional projections of French employees and their relationship with current meaningful work. Chapter 8 discusses the mechanisms underlying the loss in individuals’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the direct and indirect impacts of the virus on the central nervous system. Chapter 9 examines the differences in behaviors associated with coping strategies between university students from the United States and Spain. Finally, Chapter 10 focuses on understanding the relationship between schizophrenia and cognitive function.