Social, group or collective psychology Books

Book SynopsisThere were around 281 million international migrants throughout the world in 2020, nearly 4% of the global population. In the decades to come, thanks to ongoing conflict, violence, political instability and the effects of climate change, these numbers will only rise.This book adopts a broad perspective of psychological science, encompassing both causal and normative behavior, to explore topics related to immigration including gentrification, 'crimmigration,' and trust between immigrants and host-society authorities.To some, immigrants represent a threat to the established population''s jobs, standard of living, communities, culture, language, and safety. Others view immigrants as offering economic benefits to society including new sources of labor and consumption, and new technical skills and knowledge--not to mention the economic and personal benefits immigrants and their families might gain as well.While most immigrants leave their home counTable of Contents Contributors Chapter 1. Contemporary Immigration: Psychological Perspectives on Challenges and SolutionsFathali M. Moghaddam and Margaret J. Hendricks I. Immigration in Local Community Context Chapter 2. Immigration to Smaller Urban and Rural Communities: Challenges and OpportunitiesVictoria M. Esses and Bukun F. Adegbembo Chapter 3. (Not) In My Backyard! Threat Perceptions, Psychological Well-Being, and Collective Action Against Refugee SettlementAllard R. Feddes, Arnold A. P. van Emmerik, Hannah J. Arjangi-Babetti, Susan Bosdijk, Lisa Klawitter, Alex I. Macdougall, Annelies Heleen Romers, Sofia Tsaousoglou, and Bertjan Doosje Chapter 4. A Mural Cannot Replace Us: Immigrants, Gentrification, and DisplacementKipp Pietrantonio, Jasmin D. Llamas, and Keith McIntosh II. Immigration in a National Context Chapter 5. Welcoming New Members: Conflicting Reactions to ImmigrationYuen J. Huo and Tom R. Tyler Chapter 6. Immigrants as Threat and Opportunity: The Australian ExperienceMorgana Lizzio-Wilson, Susilo Wibisono, and Winnifred Louis Chapter 7. Attitude Polarization and Closed-Mindedness: The Immigration Issue in Malta From 2010 to 2020Gordon Sammut, Luke J. Buhagiar, Rebekah Mifsud, Katya DeGiovanni, and Noellie Brockdorff Chapter 8. Greek Talk on Migration: Constructions of Modernity Differentials and Cultural HierarchyNikos Bozatzis, Antonis Sapountzis, Liana Lardi, and Maria Xenitidou Chapter 9. Immigration Through a Cultural Prism: Characteristics and ChallengesJoaquim Pires Valentim Chapter 10. National Identity and Immigration: Threat From Undocumented Immigrants in the United StatesMargaret J. Hendricks Chapter 11. The Injustices of Crimmigration: Discretion, Detention, and DeportationJennifer Woolard III. Immigration in an International Context Chapter 12. Immigration to Chile in a Regional ContextRaimundo Salas Schweikart and Margaret J. Hendricks Chapter 13. Social Trust Among Refugees: Using a Human Rights Lens to Understand Refugee ExperiencesAron Tesfai, Michaela Hynie, Rubaiyat Karim, Gülay Kilicaslan, Cansu Ekmekcioglu, and Palmer Taylor Chapter 14. From Crimmigration to [Re]integration Following the Removal of "Undesirable" People From Australia to New ZealandVeronica Hopner, Darrin Hodgetts, Pita King, and Stuart Carr Chapter 15. The Equality–Difference Paradox: National Policies on PluralismSéamus A. Power and Michael Jindra IV. Looking Ahead Chapter 16. Toward Solutions for Harmonious Immigrant Integration: A Psychological PerspectiveFathali M. Moghaddam and Margaret J. Hendricks Index About the Editors

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Book SynopsisThis book reconsiders the role of positive regard in contemporary psychotherapies.Trade ReviewUnder one cover this book offers a rich and thorough review of the history and philosophical roots of positive regard (PR), the related empirical research, and a practical guide for clinical uses. It provides both an “inside” (within the client centered) and broader pantheoretical perspective. The authors offer a deep appreciation of the value of PR and, at the same time, also carefully delineate the limits and challenges associated with the concept. This outstanding book is a rare combination of scientific rigor and tried clinical wisdom in an accessible and engaging formatan essential item in the library of every psychologist.  -- Adam O. Horvath, Ed.D Professor Emeritus Simon Fraser University, Past President of Society for Psychotherapy Research, North American ChapterA very important book. There never has been as thorough a treatment of positive regard as there is in this book. It gets at the research, and it does a thorough review of its history, theoretical notions, and clinical use. I recommend it for practitioners, theorists, teachers, and researchers. Finally, it is readable and interesting. Even Carl Rogers’s alter ego Mr. Rogers makes an appearance!  -- Arthur C. Bohart, PhD, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Dominguez HillsThe positive regard that these authors have for their readers, clients, students, and colleagues is apparent. This well-written book will help readers think about the role that a therapist's authenticity and well-being play in their work with clients. I recommend it to everyone who wants to become a better person and a better therapist.  -- Clara E. Hill, PhD, Professor, University of Maryland, College ParkTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: What Is Positive Regard, and Why is it Important? Chapter 2: Positive Regard and Treatment Outcome Chapter 3: Reconceptualizing Positive Regard: Let Me Count the Ways Chapter 4: PR-Like Concepts Outside the Person-Centered Community Chapter 5: Positive Regard Outside Psychotherapy: Another Rogers, Personal Relationships, and Social Media Chapter 6: Positive Regard: Clients’ Perspectives Chapter 7: Positive Regard: Therapists' Perspectives Chapter 8: Clinical Examples of Positive Regard in Four Different Therapies Chapter 9: Positive Regard and Psychotherapy: Controversies, Criticisms, and Conclusions References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisA fresh, concise approach to personality theory and research for courses on personality psychology.Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. What Is Personality? Why Study Personality? Four Perspectives on Personality Culture and Personality Personality Research Methods Personality: Discovering Connections Chapter Review Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions Key Terms Additional Readings and Resources Chapter 2. The Psychodynamic Perspective Eels, Brains, Cocaine, and Hypnosis Key Assumptions of the Psychodynamic Perspective The Topographic Model The Structural Model The Psychosexual Stages Psychoanalytic Treatment Psychoanalysis Reimagined: Object Relations Theory The Self-Representation and the Self–Other Dialectic Integrating Representations of Self and Other People: Attachment Theory Contemporary Psychoanalytic Treatments Chapter Review Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions Key Terms Additional Readings and Resources Chapter 3. Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Models Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It Key Assumptions of the Behavioral Perspective Pavlov and Classical Conditioning Skinner and Operant Conditioning Conditioning and Personality Conditioning and Psychopathology Behavior Modification and the Token Economy The Shift From Radical Behaviorism to an Integrative Behavioral Perspective Cognitive Behavioral Treatments Chapter Review Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions Key Terms Additional Readings and Resources Chapter 4. Trait and Interpersonal Frameworks A Visit to Vienna and the Birth of Trait Theory Trait Theory in Context Key Assumptions of the Trait Perspective Allport’s Lexical Approach Cattell and Factor Analysis A Consensus Emerges: The Five-Factor Model Traits and Dynamics: The Interpersonal Perspective Assessing Interpersonal Constructs Interpersonal Dynamisms Psychopathology and Psychotherapy Chapter Review Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions Key Terms Additional Readings and Resources Chapter 5. Humanistic and Existential Approaches Divergent Experiences, Converging Philosophies Key Assumptions of the Humanistic Perspective A Radical Departure Maslow: A Hierarchy of Needs Rogers: Self-Discrepancies Existential Personality Theory Existentialism Quantified: Terror Management Theory Effects of Mortality Salience on Behavior Chapter Review Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions Key Terms Additional Readings and Resources Chapter 6. The Future of Personality Paradigms of Personality: Past, Present, and Future Where Are We Now? Converging Themes Where Are We Going? The Future of Personality Why Are We Here? Chapter Review Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions Key Terms Additional Readings and Resources References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis book shows therapists how they can impact their communities by engaging fellow citizensin addressing broad-based health and social problems.Table of ContentsPart I. Overview of Citizen Therapist Work Introduction: What Can Therapists Offer the Larger World? Chapter 1. Foundations of Citizen Therapist WorkPart II. Health Care Projects Chapter 2. Family Education Diabetes Series: Tackling the Diabetes Epidemic in an American Indian Community Chapter 3. Students Against Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction Chapter 4. The Como Clinic Health Club: Activating Citizen Patient Leaders Part III. Family and Cultural Change Projects Chapter 5. Putting Family First: Resisting the Pull of Overscheduling Kids Chapter 6. The Citizen Father Project Chapter 7. Braver Angels: Counteracting Political Polarization Part IV. Projects Dealing With Race Chapter 8. The Relationships Project With Young Black Men Chapter 9. The Police and Black Men Project Part V. Becoming and Succeeding as a Citizen Therapist Chapter 10. Case Studies in Other Citizen Therapist Work With Mark Meier, Marisol L. Meyer, Alexis R. Franklin, Ceewin N. Louder, Joelle Dorsett, Marie Boursiquot White, Guerda Nicolas, and Brooke Miller Chapter 11. Maintaining Citizen Health Care Projects Over Time Chapter 12. Funding and Evaluation in Citizen Health Care Chapter 13. Getting Started as a Citizen Therapist Chapter 14. The Citizen Therapist as a Person and as a Professional Afterword References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the microaggressions that LGBTQ people face on a daily basis, highlights theirimpact on mental health, and discusses ways mental health providers can help clients process and addressmicroaggressions. In contrast to outright assaults and hate crimes, microaggressions are typically more covert or innocuous in nature—sometimes intentional or unintentional—communicating hostile, insulting, or negative messages about people of oppressed groups. Since the first edition of this book (That''s So Gay!: Microaggressions and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community) was published, there has been a cultural shift towards the acceptance of LGBTQ people in some parts of the United States. Yet many state governments have also passed laws that attack and discriminate against LGBTQ people, while institutional and interpersonal discrimination continues to occur in the lives of LGBTQ people throughout the country. This bTable of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements Preface An Introduction to Microaggressions: Understanding Definitions and Impact Chapter 1: A Brief History of LGBTQ People and Civil Rights Chapter 2: A Review of Microaggression Literature Chapter 3: Sexual Orientation Microaggressions: Experiences of Queer, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Pansexual People Chapter 4: Gender Identity Microaggressions: Experiences of Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Nonbinary People Chapter 5: Intersectional Microaggressions: Experiences of LGBTQ People of Color Chapter 6: Intersectional Microaggressions: Experiences of LGBTQ People with Disabilities, LGBTQ People of Diverse Sizes, Older LGBTQ People, and LGBTQ Youth Chapter 7: Intersectional Microaggressions: Experiences of LGBTQ Religious and Non-Religious People, LGBTQ Immigrants, and LGBTQ Poor and Working-Class People Chapter 8: The Processes of Dealing with Microaggressions: Considerations for Targets and Allies Chapter 9: Conclusion: Recommendations for LGBTQ People, Allies, and Upstanders References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisInner speech, also known as self-talk, is distinct from ordinary language. It has several functions and structures, from everyday thinking and self-regulation to stream of consciousness and daydreaming. Inner Speech and the Dialogical Self provides a comprehensive analysis of this internal conversation that people have with themselves to think about problems, clarify goals, and guide their way through life.Norbert Wiley shrewdly emphasizes the semiotic and dialogical features of the inner speech, rather than the biological and neurological issues. He also examines people who lack control of their inner speechsuch as some autistics and many emotionally disturbed people who use trial and error rather than self-controlto show the power and effectiveness of inner speech.Inner Speech and the Dialogical Self takes a humanistic social theorist approach to its topic. Wiley acknowledges the contributions of inner speech theorists, Lev Vygotsky and Mikhail Bakhtin, and addresses the classical pr

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Book SynopsisPolitical role models are people that voters form a connection with, and who provoke them to think differently about and engage with politics. Inspired Citizens examines the impact role models have in American politics through the lens of political psychology. Jennie Sweet-Cushman investigates how citizens, especially marginalized ones, can be influenced by the presence of political role models. She asks critical questions: Do role models increase political participation and strengthen American democracy? Do role models encourage candidate emergence? Sweet-Cushman develops Inspired Citizenship Theory to show that political role models can have motivating effects on one's political citizenship and may, in some case, insulate those who have been traditionally marginalized in American politics. Moreover, she asserts that citizens who have political role models possess very different political behaviors and attitudes than those who do not. Inspired Citizens also considers the often-confl

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Book SynopsisPolitical role models are people that voters form a connection with, and who provoke them to think differently about and engage with politics. Inspired Citizens examines the impact role models have in American politics through the lens of political psychology. Jennie Sweet-Cushman investigates how citizens, especially marginalized ones, can be influenced by the presence of political role models. She asks critical questions: Do role models increase political participation and strengthen American democracy? Do role models encourage candidate emergence? Sweet-Cushman develops Inspired Citizenship Theory to show that political role models can have motivating effects on one's political citizenship and may, in some case, insulate those who have been traditionally marginalized in American politics. Moreover, she asserts that citizens who have political role models possess very different political behaviors and attitudes than those who do not. Inspired Citizens also considers the often-confl

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Book SynopsisPushing the boundaries of sociology and stimulating debate for related fields, Emotions Matter offers diverse relational approaches that illustrate the crucial importance of emotions to the sociological imagination.Trade Review'Highly recommended.' -- C.J. Churchill Choice Magazine, vol50:02:2012Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Contributors Chapter 1: For a Relational Approach to Emotions Section I: Conceptual Issues in the Sociology of Emotions Chapter 2: Emotion's Crucible Chapter 3: Sociable Happiness Chapter 4: 'Feeling a Feeling' in Emotion Management Chapter 5: Illegitimate Pain: Introducing a Concept and a Research Agenda Chapter 6: Religion Within the Bounds of Emotion Alone: Bergson and Kant Chapter 7: Humanitarianism as a Politics of Emotion Chapter 8: The Civilizing Process and Emotional Life: The Intensification and Hollowing Out of Contemporary Emotions Chapter 9: Emotions In/and Knowing Section II: Emotions and Empirical Investigations Chapter 10: How Emotions Matter: Objects, Organizations and the Emotional Climate of a Mass Spectrometry Laboratory Chapter 11: Emotional Deviance and Mental Disorder Chapter 12: Polyamory or Polyagony? Jealousy in Open Relationships Chapter 13: Feeling Cosmopolitan: Experiential Brands and Urban Cosmopolitan Sensibilities Chapter 14: Autistic Autobiographies and More-than-Human Emotional Geographies References

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Book SynopsisIn The Internet Trap, Ashesh Mukherjee uses the latest research in consumer psychology to highlight five hidden costs of living online: too many temptations, too much information, too much customization, too many comparisons, and too little privacy.Trade Review"Five traps to watch out for relate to temptation, information, customization, comparison, and privacy … How can traps be avoided? Mukherjee says an occasional "internet detox" may be in order … Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and practitioners." -- P. G. Kishel * Choice Vol 55:12: August 2018 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 : Too Many Temptations Chapter 2 : Too Much Information Chapter 3: Too Much Customization Chapter 4: Too Many Comparisons Chapter 5: Too Little Privacy Chapter 6: Looking Back & Ahead Endnotes References Index

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Book Synopsis* The only current book focusing specifically on the theories within social psychology * Brings together a range of distinguished scholars in the field of social psychology - including Bertram F. Malle, Paul R. Nail, Richard E. Petty, Thomas Mussweiler, Faye J. Crosby, Miles Hewstone, Richard J.Trade Review“Theories in Social Psychologyis a handy resource for researchers and students of social psychology Theories in Social Psychologyis a handy resource for researchers and students of social psychology.” (Dharma Deepika, 1 June 2013)Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Social Cognition: 1. Toward Freedom: Reactance Theory Revisited (Derek Chadee, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine). 2. Inconsistency in Cognition: Cognitive Dissonance (Paul R. Nail and Kurt A. Boniecki, University of Central Arkansas). 3. Attribution Theories: How People Make Sense of Behavior (Bertram F. Malle, Brown University). 4. The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion: Thoughtful and Non-Thoughtful Social Influence (Benjamin C. Wagner and Richard E. Petty, Ohio State University). Part II: Social Comparison: 5. Social Comparison: Motives, Standards, and Mechanisms (Katja Corcoran, Jan Crusius, and Thomas Mussweiler, University of Cologne). 6. Relative Deprivation: Understanding the Dynamics of Discontent (Jenny Carrillo, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, Alexandra F. Corning, University of Notre Dame, Tara C. Dennehy, San Francisco State University, and Faye J. Crosby, University of California, Santa Cruz). Part III: Social Reinforcement: 7. Evaluating Fairness: Critical Assessment of Equity Theory (Denise M. Polk, West Chester University of Pennsylvania). 8. Interdependence in Social Interaction (Ann C. Rumble, Ohio University-Chillicothe). Part IV: Self: 9. Self-Categorization and Social Identification: Making Sense of Us and Them (Katharina Schmid, Miles Hewstone, New College, University of Oxford), and Ananthi Al Ramiah, University of Oxford). 10. Social Categorization Theories: From Culture to Cognition (Richard J. Crisp, University of Kent and Angela T. Maitner, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). 11. Symbolic Interactionism: From Gestalt to Cybernetics (Andreas Schneider, Texas Tech University). 12. Impression Management: Influencing Perceptions of Self (Meni Koslowsky and Shani Pindek, Bar-Ilan University). Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisExtremism and the Psychology of Uncertainty showcases cutting-edge scientific research on the extent to which uncertainty may lead to extremism. Contributions come from leading international scholars who focus on a wide variety of forms, facets and manifestations of extremist behavior.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Preface: From Uncertainty to Extremism xvMichael A. Hogg and Danielle L. Blaylock Part I: Theories and Concepts 1 1 The Need for Certainty as a Psychological Nexus for Individuals and Society 3Arie W. Kruglanski and Edward Orehek 2 Self-Uncertainty, Social Identity, and the Solace of Extremism 19Michael A. Hogg 3 Extremism is Normal: The Roles of Deviance and Uncertainty in Shaping Groups and Society 36Dominic Abrams 4 The Psychology of the Absurd: How Existentialists Addressed (and Succumbed to) Extremist Beliefs 55Travis Proulx 5 Radical Worldview Defense in Reaction to Personal Uncertainty 71Kees van den Bos and Annemarie Loseman 6 The Uncertainty-Threat Model of Political Conservatism 90John T. Jost and Jaime L. Napier Part II: Individuals and Groups 113 7 Dying to Be Popular: A Purposive Explanation of Adolescent Willingness to Endure Harm 115Jason T. Siegel, William D. Crano, Eusebio M. Alvaro, Andrew Lac, David Rast, and Vanessa Kettering 8 The Extremism of Everyday Life: Fetishism as a Defense against Existential Uncertainty 131Mark J. Landau, Zachary K. Rothschild, and Daniel Sullivan 9 Religious Zeal after Goal Frustration 147Ian McGregor, Kyle A. Nash, and Mike Prentice 10 Dehumanization, Demonization, and Morality Shifting: Paths to Moral Certainty in Extremist Violence 165Roger Giner-Sorolla, Bernhard Leidner, and Emanuele Castano 11 Light from Dark: Uncertainty and Extreme Positive Acts Toward the “Other” 183Todd L. Pittinsky Part III: Groups and Society 195 12 Uncertainty, Insecurity, and Ideological Defense of the Status Quo: The Extremitizing Role of Political Expertise 197Christopher M. Federico and Grace M. Deason 13 Authoritarianism, Need for Closure, and Conditions of Threat 212Jennifer L. Merolla, Jennifer M. Ramos, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister 14 Constructing Extremism: Uncertainty Provocation and Reduction by Extremist Leaders 228Viviane Seyranian 15 Collective Uncertainty and Extremism: A Further Discussion on the Collective Roots of Subjective Experience 246Fathali M. Moghaddam and Karen Love 16 Uncertainty, and the Roots and Prevention of Genocide and Terrorism 263Ervin Staub Index 281

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Book SynopsisThis issue focuses critical attention on a number of topics (e.g. , he environment, homosexuality, international relations) that have not been taken up in previous historical issues of the journal. .Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION. “Society Very Definitely Needs Our Aid”: Reflecting on SPSSI in History (Alexandra Rutherford, Frances Cherry, and Rhoda Unger). Looking Again at SPSSI: History, Activism, and Advocacy (Martha T. Mednick). SECTION I: GETTING STARTED: WORLD WAR II AND BEYOND. “Education for Democracy”: SPSSI and the Study of Morale in World War II (Cathy Faye). Psychologists, Race, and Housing in Postwar America (Wade E. Pickren). Reclaiming SPSSI’s Sociological Past: Marie Jahoda and the Immersion Tradition in Social Psychology (Alexandra Rutherford, Rhoda Unger, and Frances Cherry). SECTION II: SCHOLAR-ACTIVIST DEBATES. Value Neutrality and SPSSI: The Quest for Policy, Purity, and Legitimacy (Andrew S. Winston). SPSSI Leaders: Collective Biography and the Dilemma of Value-Laden Action and Value-Neutral Research (Rhoda Unger). The SPSSI Task Force on Sexual Orientation, the Nature of Sex, and the Contours of Activist Science (Michael Pettit). A Wrinkle in Time: Tracing a Legacy of Public Science through Community Self-Surveys and Participatory Action Research (Mar´ia Elena Torre and Michelle Fine). SECTION III: SPSSI’S ONGOING COMMITMENTS: THE THREE P’S. SPSSI and Peace-Building: A Participant’s Perspective (Paul R. Kimmel). SPSSI and Racial Research (Thomas F. Pettigrew). SPSSI and Poverty: Reflections at Seventy-Five (Heather E. Bullock, Bernice Lott, and Shirley V. Truong). SECTION IV: FROM SPSSI’S PAST INTO ITS FUTURE: WORLD COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT. “Cautious Courage”: SPSSI’s Connections and Reconnections at the United Nations (Frances Cherry, Holly Ellingwood, and Gisell Castillo). Foreground and Background: Environment as Site and Social Issue (Susan Opotow and Jen Gieseking). SPSSI’s Living Past (James H. Capshew). SECTION V: 2009 SPSSI PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. Introduction to Susan Opotow’s SPSSI Presidential Address (Daniel Perlman). How This Was Possible: Interpreting the Holocaust (Susan Opotow).

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Book SynopsisUncovers the roots and consequences of and offers solutions to the widespread alienation and disconnection that beset modern society Since the beginning of the 21st century, people have become increasingly disconnected from themselves, each other, and the world around them. A crisis of connection stemming from growing alienation, social isolation, and fragmentation characterizes modern society. The signs of this crisis of connection are everywhere, from decreasing levels of empathy and trust, to burgeoning cases of suicide, depression and loneliness. The astronomical rise in inequality around the world has contributed to the critical nature of this moment. To delve into the heart of the crisis, leading researchers and practitioners draw from the science of human connection to tell a five-part story about its roots, consequences, and solutions. In doing so, they reveal how we, in modern society, have been captive to a false story about who we are as human. This false narrative that takeTrade Review"In creating a volume examining the crisis of human connection, the editors gathered an impressive list of interdisciplinary contributors … Written in an accessible style, the book is a must read for any scholar interested in the science of human connection. The volume is a particularly valuable tool for anyone interested in solutions to the current crisis of connection." -- CHOICE"For our own shortsighted reasons - protection, safety, greed, ignorance - we have perfected a dangerously disconnected and dehumanizing set of discourses and practices. This profoundly important book suggests that our innate human determination to bridge differences and live in vulnerable, loving relationships is the antidote to rising fear and anxiety and the best chance we have to solve the wicked problems before us." -- Lyn Mikel Brown,author of Powered By Girl: A Field Guide for Supporting Youth Activists

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Book SynopsisA step-by-step guide to reestablishing work-life balanceAmericans love a hard worker. The employee who toils eighteen-hour days and eats meals on the run between appointments is usually viewed with a combination of respect and awe. But for many, this lifestyle leads to family problems, a decline in work productivity, and, ultimately, physical and mental burnout. Intended for anyone touched by what Robinson calls the best-dressed problem of the twenty-first century, Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World provides an inside look at the impact of work stress on those who live and work with workaholicspartners, spouses, children, and colleaguesas well as the appropriate techniques for clinicians who treat them. This groundbreaking book builds on the research included in three previous editions of Chained to the Desk from the best-selling author and widely respected family therapist Bryan E. Robinson. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of working from home, Robinson finds thTrade ReviewBryan Robinson is the seminal voice in work addiction recovery. I have greatly benefited from his guidance, experience, knowledge and wisdom on the topic of healing from what I consider to be the quietest and most insidious (and often praised) addiction in today’s times. -- Alanis Morissette, singer/songwriterA profound book that is about more than addictive behavior. It is about the tragic dimension of the human situation. -- Harville Hendrix, and Helen LaKelly Hunt, co-authors of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for CouplesThis 4th edition of Bryan Robinson’s groundbreaking book on workaholism arrives at an interesting time in our history. I know of no other book that better identifies this other pandemic of work addiction that takes such a toll on individuals and their families, on the companies that foster it, and yet is so revered in our culture. . . . Offers a host of scientific studies, celebrity stories (including his own moving self-disclosures), as well as compassion-based practices to convince your inner workaholic to let you have your life back. This is an important read for this crucial time in our history. -- Richard Schwartz, author of No Bad PartsSome books are perfect for keeping on the bedside table, and Bryan Robinson’s Chained to the Desk is one of them. Full of inspiration and practical wisdom, this is a blueprint for how to untangle from work addiction, work stress, and the fight-or-flight response and live authentically from the inside out with less stress and burnout and more joy. -- Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive GlobalThe glorification of `busy’ is rampant in our success driven culture. Chained to the Desk is a masterful exploration of the mind of the workaholic and offers creative and powerful practices to build resilience, increase mindfulness, and restore balance in the midst of a speedy and stressful culture. -- Tara Brach, Ph.D., author of Trusting the Gold and Radical AcceptanceThis book is a lifesaver for anyone who is burnt out and exhausted from working too much. It comprehensively explains the problems, provides science-based solutions, and tells personal stories that make a great read. -- Kristin Neff, author of Self-CompassionMasterfully blends compelling stories with cutting-edge science to provide readers with a new way to think about burnout and science-based tools they can use to manage it. If you’ve ever found yourself struggling to break free from the incessant demands of work, this beautifully written book is for you. -- Ethan Kross, author of ChatterA truly insightful book that will help you find immersive presence and fulfillment in your life. Dr. Robinson’s book offers a combination of heart-warming stories, cutting edge science, and transforming skills—all packaged in a true page turner. If you have heard the words ‘work’ and ‘stress,’ this book is written just for you. -- Amit Sood, M.D., Executive Director, Global Center for Resiliency & WellbeingBryan Robinson has written the universal guide on work addiction and work-life balance. This premier authority has compiled a comprehensive encyclopedia of life-saving strategic techniques in a classic masterpiece. -- Joy Erlichman Miller, CEO, Resiliency ForumsThis work is recommended as a helpful update for libraries where earlier editions circulate, or where self-help and psychology books are popular. * Library Journal *The world of work is in flux, as Robinson is keenly aware. In this updated edition of Chained to the Desk, he provides insights into the world of hybrid work and the increasing pervasiveness of workaholic employees and bosses. This useful book will find a broad audience. * Booklist *

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Book SynopsisFrom climate change to fake news, an entertaining and enlightening look at the widespread phenomenon of denial in our societyDonald Trump won the election; climate change isn't real; America is a color-blind country. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, why do so many of us refuse to admit the truth? In fact, as Jared Del Rosso argues in this thought-provoking book, denial is so much a part of our lives that we deny its existence all the time, even when this works against our best interest, even when we are being choked by its very fumes. Denial is one of those rare books that will change the way you think. In a highly readable style that draws on examples from current events, politics, and pop culture, Del Rosso teases out the complexities of denial, from not noticing that someone has food stuck in their teeth, to companies that engage in widespread fraud, like Enron and Wells Fargo, to the much larger-scale denials of climate change or systemic racism. Drawing on classic stTrade Review"How do we deal with inconvenient facts such as global warming, organizational corruption, or racism, trying to 'maintain a sense of normalcy even when we encounter information to the contrary'? According to Jared Del Rosso, we deliberately disregard or explain them away, thereby implying that ignoring ('not noticing') is in fact an active mental process involving various attention-management strategies. Drawing on a rich transcontextual set of data, Denial offers us the necessary intellectual tools for understanding both our personal and institutional responses to political, financial, as well as sexual, scandals, reminding us that, although never actually protecting us from problems, denial (“that most stubborn of adhesives”) may very well be our most common way of responding to them." * Eviatar Zerubavel, author of Taken for Granted: The Remarkable Power of the Unremarkable *"This is one of those wonderful books that reveal the joys of sociology. It explores the many ways people manage to avoid noticing aspects of the world around them. Denial spans the full spectrum of not-noticing, from politely overlooking one another’s minor errors, to trying to ignore major scandals and crises. It is readable and guaranteed to change how readers see their world." * Joel Best, author of Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists *"Going beyond the interpersonal work of escaping blame and managing embarrassment or scandal, this book cleverly reveals the strategies individuals, organizations, and governments use to ignore injustice. From emails offering excuses for missed class meetings to bureaucratic processes and workplace trainings that normalize deeply entrenched racism and sexism to social rituals that mask state violence, Jared Del Rosso has offered a significant and stunningly original contribution to our understanding of denial. This book, which powerfully shows how denial makes inequality tolerable, will surely become a classic." * Jennifer Reich, author of Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines *"In this book, sociologist Del Rosso (Univ. of Denver) significantly advances the sociological understanding of denial—a concept so capacious that it seems to defy definition…This volume will interest scholars in the fields of criminology, communication, management studies, and organizational sociology." -- A. J. Trevino, Wheaton College * CHOICE *"Engaging and thought-provoking, [Denial] is littered with relatable examples and clever insights that push one to take stock of the “denial work” that we routinely do in our daily interactions as well as in our engagement with—or avoidance of—contentious social issues.”" * Symbolic Interaction *"Del Rosso delivers the sort of jolt we got from Erving Goffman’s early work: the taken-for-granted is exposed in new, surprising ways, and we are invited to reimagine social life" * Contemporary Sociology *

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Book SynopsisAn antidote to the culture of fear that dominates modern lifeFrom moral panics about immigration and gun control to anxiety about terrorism and natural disasters, Americans live in a culture of fear. While fear is typically discussed in emotional or poetic termsas the opposite of courage, or as an obstacle to be overcomeit nevertheless has very real consequences in everyday life. Persistent fear negatively effects individuals' decision-making abilities and causes anxiety, depression, and poor physical health. Further, fear harms communities and society by corroding social trust and civic engagement. Yet politicians often effectively leverage fears to garner votes and companies routinely market unnecessary products that promise protection from imagined or exaggerated harms. Drawing on five years of data from the Chapman Survey of American Fearswhich canvasses a random, national sample of adults about a broad range of fearsFear Itself offers new insights into what people are afraid of Trade ReviewA careful, well-reasoned, and convincing study of fear in contemporary American society. -- Steve Pfaff, University of WashingtonThose of us who study fear have long been grateful for the Chapman University Survey of American Fears. In this important book, the scholars behind that survey examine their data and provide invaluable insights into what Americans fear and the effects of those fears. -- Barry Glassner, author of The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong ThingsFear Itself is full of interesting correlations...[it] ends with advice about steps that might help dial down unnecessary dread. * Inside Higher Ed *Because their survey covers the period before and after the 2016 election, the authors illustrate the ‘Trump effect’ on partisan fears, demonstrating that liberals and conservatives are both fearful, though of different things. * Choice *Fear Itself addresses a highly salient topic that will be of interest to academic and trade audiences alike. The authors have done a commendable job of conveying statistical analyses in a manner that is easily understandable by the lay reader. * Contemporary Sociology *

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Book SynopsisBestselling author Cass R. Sunstein reveals the appeal and the danger of conformity We live in an era of tribalism, polarization, and intense social divisionseparating people along lines of religion, political conviction, race, ethnicity, and sometimes gender. How did this happen? In Conformity, Cass R. Sunstein argues that the key to making sense of living in this fractured world lies in understanding the idea of conformitywhat it is and how it worksas well as the countervailing force of dissent. An understanding of conformity sheds new light on many issues confronting us today: the role of social media, the rise of fake news, the growth of authoritarianism, the success of Donald Trump, the functions of free speech, debates over immigration and the Supreme Court, and much more. Lacking information of our own and seeking the good opinion of others, we often follow the crowd, but Sunstein shows that when individuals suppress their own instincts about what is true and what is rightTrade Review"Sunstein unearths fascinating and surprising revelations ... Perhaps the most profound insight from Sunstein’s book is the realization that conformity is working on us pretty much all the time. We think we choose what movies to watch, what books to read, or even what political tribe to claim—but our ability to form our own opinion on anything is greatly influenced by imperceptible forces nudging us towards consensus. That’s not always a bad thing. But, as Sunstein himself writes, ‘For all the good conformity does, it can also crush what is most precious and most vital in the human soul.’" * GQ *"Points out the positive benefits of conformity while also exploring how following the crowd can easily take individuals down paths of extreme thinking. Drawing on scientific studies, Sunstein discusses the corrective effects of dissent for the common good and not simply out of contrarianism. Eminently relevant, Sunstein's clarifying discussion is a must-read." * Booklist *"An investigation of the underpinnings of conformity, cascades, and group polarization could not be more timely. Cass Sunstein once again brings the latest social science to bear on a knotty legal and political problem, helping us see, with his customary lucidity, how we can design institutions to counter the foibles of our own psychology." -- Anne-Marie Slaughter,CEO, New America"Cass Sunstein, one of the most original minds of our era, offers a powerful critique of conformity and the dangerous consequences of blind, like-minded thinking. From politics to law, Sunstein urges readers to see the value of institutions that reward a diversity of views so that we can reach the wisest and best decisions. At a moment when the country is watching the damaging impact of tribalism in our polity, this a much needed work that offers a fascinating, analytical explanation of what keeps us from thinking outside the box." -- Julian Zelizer,Princeton University and co-author of Fault Lines: History of the United States Since 1974"If you are alarmed, as many of us are, by the radical polarization of our political life, Cass Sunstein's new book will explain to you why it is happening and why the checks and balances built into our institutions constitute a barrier to the realization of our worst fears. Readers of Conformity will come away greatly informed, chastened in their idealism, but nevertheless optimistic about the survival of those same ideals." -- Stanley Fish,Professor of Law at Florida International University and Visiting Professor at Cardozo Law School"Conformity is indeed as old as mankind itself. But the best book ever on conformity starts right here. And who better to write it than the arch non-conformist Cass Sunstein?" -- Tyler Cowen,Professor of Economics, George Mason University"This book stands out from Sunstein’s other books in its focus on the broad societal implications of social influence. Sunstein grounds his argument in the principles underlying American democracy, and in doing so, he makes it difficult not to become depressed at how distant our current state of affairs seems from that ideal. However, Sunstein offers optimism in the form of a framework for actionable solutions." * Political Science Quarterly *"Sunstein masterfully synthesizes decades of research into a coherent narrative and provides actionable ideas that can be used by a wide range of organizations. The book is another one of Sunstein’s that I expect to see in the hands of academics, policymakers, and businesspeople alike in the airport or local coffee shop." * Political Science Quarterly *

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Book SynopsisAn antidote to the culture of fear that dominates modern lifeFrom moral panics about immigration and gun control to anxiety about terrorism and natural disasters, Americans live in a culture of fear. While fear is typically discussed in emotional or poetic termsas the opposite of courage, or as an obstacle to be overcomeit nevertheless has very real consequences in everyday life. Persistent fear negatively effects individuals' decision-making abilities and causes anxiety, depression, and poor physical health. Further, fear harms communities and society by corroding social trust and civic engagement. Yet politicians often effectively leverage fears to garner votes and companies routinely market unnecessary products that promise protection from imagined or exaggerated harms. Drawing on five years of data from the Chapman Survey of American Fearswhich canvasses a random, national sample of adults about a broad range of fearsFear Itself offers new insights into what people are afraid of Trade Review"A careful, well-reasoned, and convincing study of fear in contemporary American society." -- Steve Pfaff, University of Washington"Those of us who study fear have long been grateful for the Chapman University Survey of American Fears. In this important book, the scholars behind that survey examine their data and provide invaluable insights into what Americans fear and the effects of those fears." -- Barry Glassner, author of The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things"Fear Itself is full of interesting correlations...[it] ends with advice about steps that might help dial down unnecessary dread." * Inside Higher Ed *"Because their survey covers the period before and after the 2016 election, the authors illustrate the ‘Trump effect’ on partisan fears, demonstrating that liberals and conservatives are both fearful, though of different things." * Choice *"Fear Itself addresses a highly salient topic that will be of interest to academic and trade audiences alike. The authors have done a commendable job of conveying statistical analyses in a manner that is easily understandable by the lay reader." * Contemporary Sociology *

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Book SynopsisExplores the shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims of discrimination, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment In the wake of the civil rights movement, the legal system dramatically changed its response to discrimination based on race, gender, and other characteristics. It is now showing signs of yet another dramatic shift, as it moves from considering difference to focusing on neutrality. Rather than seeking to counter subjugation through special protections for groups that have been historically (and currently) disadvantaged, the Court now adopts a colorblind approach. Equality now means treating everyone the same way. This book explores these shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment. It integrates developmental theory with work on legal equality and discrimination, showing both how the legal system can benefit from new research on development and Trade Review"As a whole, this work has overlaying and connecting themes serving as a general introduction into the legal arguments of the topics at hand, namely adolescents and the legal systems interaction with them. However, the individual chapters go into minute detail in regards to the topics and cases related to them. This combination helps to properly inform readers without leaving them get lost in the gritty aspects of the U.S. legal system… After reading the book in its entirety, the need for governmental reform regarding the issues presented becomes painfully apparent. Hopefully the public will continue to educate themselves on issues like these and a more concrete plan as to what specifically needs improvement and in how to go about improving it will form." -- Journal of Youth and Adolescence"In clear and cogent terms, this book pulls together the literature from disparate areas of psychological research and jurisprudence. Its well-reasoned arguments make a distinctive contribution to the field, and should serve as guidance to scholars and policy-makers." -- Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld,author of Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, & Controversies, 3rd EdTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Shifts in Equality Jurisprudence 13 2. The Nature, Developmental Roots, and Alleviation of 57 Discrimination 3. Addressing Necessary Shifts in Equality Jurisprudence 101 4. Supporting Equality Jurisprudence's Sites of Inculcation 123 5. Harnessing Developmental Science to Broaden Equality 195 Jurisprudence Conclusion 237 References 245 Index 267 About the Author 277

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Andrea Doucet's Do Men Mother? builds upon the award winning first edition to further illuminate fathers' candid reflections on caring and the intricate social worlds that men and women inhabit as they love and let go' of their children.Table of ContentsSection I: Knowing and Crafting Fathers' Stories Chapter 1: Mapping and Remapping Fathering Fields Chapter 2: Knowing and Crafting Fathers' Stories Through Gossamer Walls Chapter 3: Understanding Fathers as Primary Caregivers Section II: Do Men Mother? Fathering, Care and Parental Responsibilities Chapter 4: Fathers and Emotional Responsibilities Chapter 5: Fathers and Community Responsibilities Chapter 6: Fathering, Mothering, and 'Moral' Responsibilities Section III: Changing Fathering: Care, Responsibilities, Embodiment Chapter 7: Men Reconstructing Fathering, Care, and Gender Postscript

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Book SynopsisThere is a complex relationship between illness and identity. Missed and Dismissed Voices aims to expose the impact of hidden health problems on the daily lives of a growing number of adults who live with chronic conditions and repeatedly face the challenge of trying to maintain their personal sense of healthiness across the life course. The book focuses on the meaning and management of both medically diagnosed chronic diseases and medically unexplained physical conditions or syndromes. In each case, people must decide whether to make their private suffering public. The book includes analysis derived from research literature, combined with illness narrative accounts of people in qualitative interviews and blog posts, to create fictional exemplary case studies for each of the chronic conditions examined. The common issues raised in these stories provide important insights into the process by which people manage to adapt to their changing health status and life circumstaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Part One: Illness and Identity An Exploration 1. Understanding Our Sense of Healthiness The Mystery of Good Health: Some Initial Observations The Meaning of Good Health Alternative Interpretations of Self-Rated Health Health and Everyday Life Wounded Storytellers: Personal Accounts of Health and Illness The Healthy Self: Life Stories We Tell Others Collective Case Studies: Finding Common Voices in Illness Narratives 2. Maintaining a Healthy Self-Identity Learning to Live with Chronic Illness Daily Pain: An Invisible but Constant Companion The Decision to Disclose: Making Private Suffering Public Striking a Balance between “Carrying on” and “Giving in” Preserving One’s Personal Sense of Healthiness Part Two: Living with Medically Diagnosed Chronic Diseases An Unrelenting Assault on the Body and Self 3. Chronic Disease as a Disruptive Life Event Biographical Disruption: A Core Concept in the Study of Chronic Illness Different Levels of Assault: Interruption, Intrusion, and Immersion Visible and Invisible Aspects of Chronic Illness The Burden of Invisibility Challenges Facing These Wounded Storytellers: Being Heard 4. Life Stories about the Invisible Impact of Chronic Disease: Some Missed Voices Introduction: The Chronic Diseases Selected Case Study One – Diabetes A Brief Description of the Disease The Impact of Diabetes on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Jim’s Illness Narrative Account Case Study Two – Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) A Brief Description of the Disease The Impact of IBD on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Helen’s Illness Narrative Account Shared Storylines: A Summary Part Three: Living with Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms Discounted Stories of Sickness and Suffering 5. Contested Chronic Illnesses: Uncertainty and the Quest for Credibility Understanding Sickness: The Presence of Disease and the Experience of Illness Hidden Health Problems that Are Not Only Invisible but Also Do Not Meet the Medical Definition of Disease Negotiating Contested Terrain: Dealing with Medically Unexplained Symptoms Adopting the Sick Role: Contending with a Crisis of Credibility and Gaining Legitimacy Challenges Facing These Wounded Storytellers: Being Heard and Believed 6. Life Stories about Uncertain and Invisible Chronic Illness: Some Dismissed Voices Introduction: The Chronic Conditions Selected Case Study Three - Fibromyalgia A Brief Description of the Illness The Impact of Fibromyalgia on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Janet’s Illness Narrative Account Case Study Four – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A Brief Description of the Illness The Impact of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Gail’s Illness Narrative Account Shared Storylines: A Summary Part Four: The Lifelong Pursuit of Healthiness Meeting the Challenges 7. Making Sense of Sickness: Explanation and Adaptation Self-Management of Hidden Chronic Health Problems Ongoing Chronic Illness-Related Work, Everyday Life Work, and Biographical Work Repairing a “Spoiled” Social Identity and Reconstructing a Healthy Self Supportive Social Networks and the Health of Older Adults Managing Chronic Illness in Later Life 8. Health across the Life Course A Life Course Perspective on Chronic Illness Advancing Age and Declining Health: Double Jeopardy Maintaining a Personal Sense of Healthiness as We Age: A Will to Health Living Well with Hidden Chronic Health Problems: The Quality of Later Life Healthy Aging: Some Concluding Thoughts Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of Do Men Mother? (2006) was awarded the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award from the Canadian Sociological Association and remains one of the most widely cited books on primary caregiving fathers and stay-at-home fathers. This second edition of Do Men Mother? builds on interviews conducted between 2000 and 2004 with 101 fathers and 14 mother/father couples, and follow-up interviews with six of the mother/father couples about a decade later. It charts how fathers and mothers navigate and negotiate parental and breadwinning responsibilities and calls attention to the generative changes that occur for men when they share responsibilities for their children’s care. Working closely with Sara Ruddick’s Maternal Thinking (1989), Doucet advocates for a wider maternal lens that focuses on entanglements between dependence/independence/inter-dependence and argues that fathers’ stories expand how we think about mothering anTable of ContentsSection I: Knowing and Crafting Fathers' Stories Chapter 1: Mapping and Remapping Fathering Fields Chapter 2: Knowing and Crafting Fathers' Stories Through Gossamer Walls Chapter 3: Understanding Fathers as Primary Caregivers Section II: Do Men Mother? Fathering, Care and Parental Responsibilities Chapter 4: Fathers and Emotional Responsibilities Chapter 5: Fathers and Community Responsibilities Chapter 6: Fathering, Mothering, and 'Moral' Responsibilities Section III: Changing Fathering: Care, Responsibilities, Embodiment Chapter 7: Men Reconstructing Fathering, Care, and Gender Postscript

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Book SynopsisDrawing on narrative accounts of illness, Missed and Dismissed Voices sheds light on the meaning and management of chronic health problems that are not visible to others.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Part One: Illness and Identity An Exploration 1. Understanding Our Sense of Healthiness The Mystery of Good Health: Some Initial Observations The Meaning of Good Health Alternative Interpretations of Self-Rated Health Health and Everyday Life Wounded Storytellers: Personal Accounts of Health and Illness The Healthy Self: Life Stories We Tell Others Collective Case Studies: Finding Common Voices in Illness Narratives 2. Maintaining a Healthy Self-Identity Learning to Live with Chronic Illness Daily Pain: An Invisible but Constant Companion The Decision to Disclose: Making Private Suffering Public Striking a Balance between “Carrying on” and “Giving in” Preserving One’s Personal Sense of Healthiness Part Two: Living with Medically Diagnosed Chronic Diseases An Unrelenting Assault on the Body and Self 3. Chronic Disease as a Disruptive Life Event Biographical Disruption: A Core Concept in the Study of Chronic Illness Different Levels of Assault: Interruption, Intrusion, and Immersion Visible and Invisible Aspects of Chronic Illness The Burden of Invisibility Challenges Facing These Wounded Storytellers: Being Heard 4. Life Stories about the Invisible Impact of Chronic Disease: Some Missed Voices Introduction: The Chronic Diseases Selected Case Study One – Diabetes A Brief Description of the Disease The Impact of Diabetes on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Jim’s Illness Narrative Account Case Study Two – Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) A Brief Description of the Disease The Impact of IBD on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Helen’s Illness Narrative Account Shared Storylines: A Summary Part Three: Living with Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms Discounted Stories of Sickness and Suffering 5. Contested Chronic Illnesses: Uncertainty and the Quest for Credibility Understanding Sickness: The Presence of Disease and the Experience of Illness Hidden Health Problems that Are Not Only Invisible but Also Do Not Meet the Medical Definition of Disease Negotiating Contested Terrain: Dealing with Medically Unexplained Symptoms Adopting the Sick Role: Contending with a Crisis of Credibility and Gaining Legitimacy Challenges Facing These Wounded Storytellers: Being Heard and Believed 6. Life Stories about Uncertain and Invisible Chronic Illness: Some Dismissed Voices Introduction: The Chronic Conditions Selected Case Study Three - Fibromyalgia A Brief Description of the Illness The Impact of Fibromyalgia on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Janet’s Illness Narrative Account Case Study Four – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A Brief Description of the Illness The Impact of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on Everyday Life A Common Life Story: Gail’s Illness Narrative Account Shared Storylines: A Summary Part Four: The Lifelong Pursuit of Healthiness Meeting the Challenges 7. Making Sense of Sickness: Explanation and Adaptation Self-Management of Hidden Chronic Health Problems Ongoing Chronic Illness-Related Work, Everyday Life Work, and Biographical Work Repairing a “Spoiled” Social Identity and Reconstructing a Healthy Self Supportive Social Networks and the Health of Older Adults Managing Chronic Illness in Later Life 8. Health across the Life Course A Life Course Perspective on Chronic Illness Advancing Age and Declining Health: Double Jeopardy Maintaining a Personal Sense of Healthiness as We Age: A Will to Health Living Well with Hidden Chronic Health Problems: The Quality of Later Life Healthy Aging: Some Concluding Thoughts Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIn an increasingly polarized world, Chasing We-ness champions ideas for cultivating the ability to work with others in a way that celebrates our shared humanity.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction Part I. Framing We-ness Part II. The We-ness Landscape Part III. We-ness: Resources and Skills Part IV. Our Path Forward 1. Self-Meanings 2. Motives 3. Social Domains 4. Judging Outcomes: The Good, Bad, and Mixed 5. Navigating Transitions 6. We-ness, Empathy, and Altruism 7. Leadership 8. Transforming Our Future Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe principles of language learning and teaching are presented for language teachers, especially teachers of second languages. The authors synthesize and explain the main issues connected with the application of linguistics, psycholinguistics, and research methodology to classroom practice and inform teachers and educators about the kinds of psychologically based techniques that can be derived from a consideration of current research on language.Applied Psycholinguistics examines principal linguistic theories, recent research into first-language development, second-language learning, psychometric methodology, and other important topics in a way that makes the technical literature accessible and relates it to pedagogical practice. An ‘integrated’ methodology developed and used with success by the authors, will prove especially valuable to teachers attempting to make informed choices about appropriate teaching strategies.The extensive, up-to-date bibliograp

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Book SynopsisIn Possessed, Rebecca R. Falkoff asks how hoardingonce a paradigm of economic rationalitycame to be defined as a mental illness. Hoarding is unique among the disorders included in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5, because its diagnosis requires the existence of a material entity: the hoard. Possessed therefore considers the hoard as an aesthetic object produced by clashing perspectives about the meaning or value of objects. The 2000s have seen a surge of cultural interest in hoarding and those whose possessions overwhelm their living spaces. Unlike traditional economic elaborations of hoarding, which focus on stockpiles of bullion or grain, contemporary hoarding results in accumulations of objects that have little or no value or utility. Analyzing themes and structures of hoarding across a range of literary and visual textsincluding works by Nikolai Gogol, Arthur Conan Doyle, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Luigi Malerba, Song Dong and E. L. DoctorowFalkoff traces the fraught materialities of the present to cluttered spaces of modernity: bibliomaniacs' libraries, flea markets, crime scenes, dust-heaps, and digital archives. Possessed shows how the figure of the hoarder has come to personify the economic, epistemological, and ecological conditions of modernity. Thanks to generous funding from New York University and its participation in TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access (OA) volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other Open Access repositories.Trade ReviewFalkoff shows how the collection, or amassing, of objects having little or no usefulness makes its appearance in poetry (e.g., Baudelaire), detective stories, documentary film, and installation art. She reveals the possible meanings of the hoard, as figured in such spaces as flea markets, crime scenes, and libraries. These meanings turn on themes of waste, fetishism, temporality, storytelling, and the question of value. This book's valuable perspective on the issue of hoarding will appeal to those working in cultural studies, history, and modern literature, in addition to students and professionals in psychology. * Choice *Innovative, interdisciplinary, and experimental in spirit, Falkoff triumphs in pushing the boundaries of waste and discard studies, critically transforming the very ways in which we think about—and more significantly think through- hoards/things.Posessed makes an original contribution and poignantly amplifies the epistemological limits of hoarding. * Annali d'Italianistica *Possessed is a masterly and authoritative exposition of the social history and popular culture of hoarding behavior. This is a major scholarly achievement that deals with an important subject subject in a thoughtful and thorough manner. * The British Journal of Psychiatry *Falkoff takes us on a mesmerizing transhistorical ride traversing diverse national cultures and explores the protean nature of hoarding by surveying the entire spectrum of its development from quirky fascination to mental disorder. Possessed is a deeply researched cultural history of hoarding and a masterfully written book that illuminates modern society at large and makes us all rethink our relationship with the material world in which we are immersed * H-Italy, H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction to Hoardiculture 1. Psychologies: The Personal Library 2. Economies: The Flea Market 3. Epistemologies: The Crime Scene 4. Ecologies: An Oikos for Everything 5. Conclusion: Archive Failures

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Book SynopsisThis text, first published in 2006, presents the most important and influential social psychological theories and research programs in contemporary sociology. Original chapters by the scholars who initiated and developed these theoretical perspectives provide full descriptions of each theory and its background, development, and future. This second edition has been revised and updated to reflect developments within each theory, and in the field of social psychology more broadly. The opening chapters of Contemporary Social Psychological Theories cover general approaches, organized around fundamental principles and issues: symbolic interaction, social exchange, and distributive justice. Following chapters focus on specific research programs and theories, examining identity, affect, comparison processes, power and dependence, status construction, and legitimacy. A new, original piece examines the state and trajectory of social network theory. A mainstay in teaching social psychology, this revised and updated edition offers a valuable survey of the field.Trade Review"Bringing together leading sociologists, this volume elucidates recent developments in the theoretical foundations of social psychology and the major research programs that they have inspired. It is essential reading for social psychologists and will surely become a staple of graduate seminars in the years to come." -- Jeylan Mortimer * University of Minnesota *"This is an invaluable contribution to sociological social psychology. Written by the most renowned scholars in the field, it offers a marvelously comprehensive review of the major theoretical traditions and programs. The breadth and depth of coverage, and attention to recent theoretical developments, make this volume essential reading for sociologists and others interested in the field." -- Brian Powell * Indiana University *"Peter J. Burke has gathered developers and expert practitioners from fourteen different social psychological paradigms to provide up-to-date accounts. A superb teaching and research resource, the book will be indispensable to social psychologists, and an efficient introduction to key macro implications of social psychological theories and research for those who study large-scale social structures and processes." -- Robin Stryker * University of Arizona *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Symbolic Interaction Framework George J. McCall chapter abstractThis chapter sets forth the core themes of symbolic interaction as a set of axioms and postulates, the interpretation of which varies over time, as differing theories of mind and of communication develop. These core themes are traced to the work of the Scottish moralists, especially Adam Smith. Next are examined the interpretation of early American philosophy (the pragmatism of Charles Peirce and John Dewey), psychology (James Baldwin and William James), and sociology (Charles H. Cooley, George H. Mead, Robert Park and W.I. Thomas). The contributions of Herbert Blumer and Everett Hughes are discussed along with more recent developments in symbolic interaction (such as identity theory). Finally, author contends that the symbolic interaction tradition is the root of various special theories (such as affect control theory and comparison theory, among others). 2Social Exchange Framework Scott V. Savage and Monica M. Whitham chapter abstractThe social exchange perspective begins with the premise that in order to get what they need and value, humans must trade benefits with others. Thus, the perspective views social interaction as a series of structurally-bounded exchanges of valued social and material resources between actors located in larger social networks and groups. This chapter describes the concepts and assumptions foundational to most social exchange theories and then provides a history of the social exchange perspective in sociology. This history details how theorists have used these concepts and assumptions to explain social life, with a particular focus on how current trends in the social exchange literature relate to classic theories and general themes in the tradition. 3Justice Frameworks Karen A. Hegtvedt chapter abstractAs a form of "glue" that holds people together, justice concerns permeate group functioning. This chapter highlights three central questions: What is justice? How do people perceive injustice? What are responses to perceived injustice? Addressing these questions involves identification of common terms, key assumptions, and the motivations that drive the core of research on distributive, procedural, and interactional justice. The chapter then analyzes theory and empirical research pertinent to how individual factors (e.g., characteristics, beliefs, and motivations) combine with situational factors to produce perceptions of (in)justice. Assessments of injustice resulting in emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses round out the chapter and lead to attention to processes that mediate between perceived injustice and its consequences. 4Identity Theory Jan E. Stets chapter abstractIn this chapter, the author provides an overview of identity theory beginning with its roots in symbolic interaction, followed by a discussion of the theory as it is currently conceptualized. The internal and external processes related to an identity are reviewed as well as the relationship between a single identity and multiple identities. Identity theory continues to develop beyond its current boundaries, and the author outlines the theoretical, methodological, and substantive advances that have been taking place. For example, we now are studying different bases of identities (person, role, and social/group), devising new ways of measuring identities, and examining stigmatized and counter-normative identities. The future is bright for this ever-developing theory, and some directions for future research are offered. 5Social Identity Theory Michael A. Hogg chapter abstractSocial identity theory is a social psychological analysis of the role of self-conception in group membership, group processes, and intergroup relations. It describes how social categorization of self and others, motivated by pursuit of a clear sense of identity (identity uncertainty reduction) and a favorable self-evaluation (positive social identity), influences self-conception and social perception, and generates group and intergroup behaviors; and how this dynamic is in turn influenced by people's perceptions of the nature of social reality. Since its early origins in the 1970s social identity theory has developed to become perhaps social psychology's preeminent midlevel theory of group behavior. It addresses phenomena such as prejudice, discrimination, ethnocentrism, stereotyping, intergroup conflict, conformity, normative behavior, group polarization, crowd behavior, organizational behavior, leadership, deviance, and group cohesiveness. This chapter describes the theory's historical origins, metatheoretical framing, conceptual components, and numerous developments, extensions, and applications. 6Affect Control Theories of Social Interaction and Self Dawn T. Robinson and Lynn Smith-Lovin chapter abstractAffect control theory is a mathematical, formal theory that describes the way people import cultural meanings into our everyday social interactions. It makes predictions about a broad range of social psychological phenomena, including role behavior, behavioral responses to deviance or undefined situations, emotional responses, labeling of self and others, attribution of moods or personal characteristics, and so on. The theory has been tested using qualitative, experimental, and survey techniques. Several recent extensions of the theory are described here, including the affect control theory of self, an affect control theory of institutions, a Bayesian generalization of affect control theory that allows for analysis under multiple identities and uncertainty about identities, and a group application of affect control theory. Three theoretical simulation tools are described—INTERACT, GroupSimulator, and BayesACT. 7Power, Dependence, and Social Exchange Theory Karen S. Cook, Coye Cheshire, and Alexandra Gerbasi chapter abstractPower is one of the most fundamental processes of interest in the social sciences. Emerson's (1962, 1964) theory of power and its link to dependence has become a citation classic. It reoriented the study of power to the analysis of social exchange relations and the structures or networks that connect them. This chapter traces the development of this view of power and its extension primarily within the social exchange tradition in social psychology. The theory grew over time to encompass a number of related social processes beyond power in networks to include analyses of coalition formation, collective action, commitment, social cohesion and trust. The chapter concludes with a discussion of future research topics including those that relate to the rapidly expanding world of online social exchanges, communities and networks that are far reaching, 8Elementary Theory Pamela Emanuelson and David Willer chapter abstractElementary theory determines the effects of social structure on actors' interests, and predicts the effect of their interests on their behavior. This chapter reviews the major concepts, assertions and applications of Elementary Theory emphasizing the theory's broad scope and utility for explaining behavior in a range of past and present social structures. The chapter starts by providing basic concepts, and then combines defined concepts to create nuanced and dynamic models of social structure. Conditions of structure are introduced and their effects for both coercive and exchange structures are explained. The chapter concludes by examining prior applications of Elementary Theory to explain behavior in social structures including bureaucratic organizations and ancient polities. 9The Affect Theory of Social Exchange Edward J. Lawler chapter abstractThe affect theory of social exchange treats social exchange as a prototypical joint task that fosters positive or negative emotions and feelings. Accomplishing a social exchange makes people feel good, and if they experience this repeatedly with the same people, they tend to attribute their feelings in part to the group or organizational context. This is especially likely if the joint task generates a sense of shared responsibility. Shared responsibility promotes social unit attributions of positive emotion, and this helps explain how people involved in repeated exchange develop emotional or affective commitments to their group or organizational units. The instrumental ties that underlie exchange thereby become expressive. Important consequences include greater cooperation, cohesion, and solidarity. 10The Theory of Comparison Processes Guillermina Jasso chapter abstractWhen humans reflect on their attributes and possessions, they often compare what they have, called the actual holding, to a comparison holding that reflects what they would like to have or expect or think just. These comparisons generate judgments and sentiments that include self-esteem, the sense of justice, and happiness. The hallmark of comparison processes (also known as reference dependent processes) is that the actual holding and the comparison holding have opposite effects on the outcome. For example, as actual earnings increase, self-esteem increases, but as expected earnings increase, self-esteem decreases. The outcomes in turn affect every area of behavior. Comparison theory systematically yields, from its parsimonious starting postulates, a broad range of testable predictions, including novel predictions. Thus, the stage is set for further theoretical development and concomitantly for empirical test of the predictions. This chapter provides an introduction to comparison theory and its research agendas. 11Expectations, Status, and Behavior Theories Joseph Berger and Murray Webster, Jr. chapter abstractStatus construction theory describes how structural conditions in society frame and constrain social encounters among people who differ on a nominal social distinction such as gender or race/ethnicity, so that these local contexts of action foster the development and spread of shared status beliefs about the social difference. Status beliefs are cultural beliefs that people in one category of a social difference (men, whites) are more socially esteemed and considered generally more competent than people in a contrasting category of the difference (women, people of color). Status beliefs transform social differences into axes of inequality in society. Empirical tests of the theory's propositions show that the key to this happening is the unequal distribution between categories of a social difference of material resources or technology that allows actors from one category to become more influential in cross-difference encounters than actors from a contrasting category. 12Status Construction Theory Cecilia L. Ridgeway chapter abstractThe authors describe and review several branches of the expectation states theoretical research program. The theoretical branches reviewed here include, among others: power and prestige; status characteristics; reward expectations; legitimation; and double and multiple standards. For each branch, they describe its theoretical arguments and assumptions, and some of the relevant empirical research. This chapter also introduces research on a new branch of the program on the spread of status value. They review a theory describing how status value spreads and present some of the latest experimental research on this problem. This chapter shows that the program has grown considerably over the years. In particular, that growth has resulted in an increase in the domain that it is applicable to, and an increase in the precision of the empirical propositions that can be derived from its major theoretical assumptions. 13Legitimacy Theory Morris Zelditch Jr. chapter abstractLegitimacy theory is a theory of legitimate authority that has subsequently been extended to the legitimacy of acts, persons, positions, and regimes. This theory addresses three questions: (1) What is the nature of the process of legitimation? (2) What are its consequences? (3) What are its causes and conditions? Two publications since legitimacy theory appeared in 2006 extended its scope to the legitimacy of groups dependent on mobilizing the resources of their own members, and address three further questions: (1) What is the effect of the fact that groups are often nested in other groups on the legitimacy processes in such hierarchies of groups? (2) What is the effect of the group's legitimacy on its capacity for collective action and of its capacity for collection action on the group's legitimacy? (3) What is the effect of the legitimacy of the group on its capacity to mobilize member resources? 14Social Networks Structural Focus Theory Scott L. Feld chapter abstractThis chapter shows how social network focus theory helps to understand how individuals experience social networks. The chapter begins with basic assumptions about how social relations arise from repeated joint participation in activities, and how individuals' participation in multiple foci of activity imply particular types of patterns of clusters in networks. Further assumptions about variation in numbers of foci with which individuals associate and numbers of individuals associated with each focus lead to implications for the nature and numbers of direct and indirect connections among people. Further assumptions about homogeneity of characteristics of people associated with each focus, focused sources of strengths of ties, and the nature of homophilous choices within structured contexts lead to further specific implications about the nature of direct and indirect connections in networks. The chapter concludes with discussion of possibilities for further extensions and applications of social network focus theory. Introduction Peter J. Burke chapter abstractContemporary Social Psychological Theories contains an overview of three primary perspectives and ten major theories that serve to guide much research in sociological social psychology today. Each theory chapter is selected to cover a major cumulative research program and is authored by the persons who have played a major role in the development of the theory.

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this popular introduction explores the meaning of social deviance in contemporary society. It traces the path by which we create deviance: how we single out behavior, ideas, and appearances that differ from the “norm,” label them as either offensive or acceptable, and then condemn or celebrate them. The book explains what kinds of behavior are banned and who bans them, exposing the important political influences underlying these processes. Refreshed with a new engaging, accessible style, the second edition features expanded treatment of the theories of deviance, new material on positive deviance, and updated references and contemporary examples throughout. At its core, Social Deviance looks at who becomes deviant and why. It delves into the multiple motives that cause rule-breakers to behave badly in the eyes of those they offend or creatively in the eyes of those they please, and it reveals the way deviants think about their actions, their moral identity, and their fellow moral outcasts.Trade Review“Stuart Henry has done a remarkable job of introducing the student to what is perhaps the most intriguing subject in the undergraduate curriculum. Pick up this book and read it. It is a brisk, engaging, and informative account of normative violations and their aftermath. Our students will enjoy and learn from it.”Erich Goode, State University of New York at Stony Brook“This second edition arrives at a propitious time, when our social fabric is being questioned on moral, ethical, and political grounds like never before. It does a superb job of contextualizing deviance among contemporary issues, allowing students to embrace the key concepts in the field, to understand the complexity of the issues, and to apply these ideas to their everyday lives. Well written and jargon free, with excellent examples to get its point across, it stands unmatched in its enunciation of the complexities of deviant behavior in a straightforward manner.”Peter Adler, University of Denver (Emeritus)Table of ContentsPreface 1 What is deviance? 2 Why people ban behavior 3 What causes people to deviate? Theories of deviant behavior 4 Why people break rules: From extreme deviance to positive deviance 5 Neutralizing morality and deviant motivations 6 Failed socialization and weak social control 7 How people become deviants: Labeling deviant actors 8 Responding to deviant designations and coping with stigma 9 Becoming normal: The politics of stigma Conclusion: What can the study of social deviance do for you?

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this popular introduction explores the meaning of social deviance in contemporary society. It traces the path by which we create deviance: how we single out behavior, ideas, and appearances that differ from the “norm,” label them as either offensive or acceptable, and then condemn or celebrate them. The book explains what kinds of behavior are banned and who bans them, exposing the important political influences underlying these processes. Refreshed with a new engaging, accessible style, the second edition features expanded treatment of the theories of deviance, new material on positive deviance, and updated references and contemporary examples throughout. At its core, Social Deviance looks at who becomes deviant and why. It delves into the multiple motives that cause rule-breakers to behave badly in the eyes of those they offend or creatively in the eyes of those they please, and it reveals the way deviants think about their actions, their moral identity, and their fellow moral outcasts.Trade Review“Stuart Henry has done a remarkable job of introducing the student to what is perhaps the most intriguing subject in the undergraduate curriculum. Pick up this book and read it. It is a brisk, engaging, and informative account of normative violations and their aftermath. Our students will enjoy and learn from it.” Erich Goode, State University of New York at Stony Brook“This second edition arrives at a propitious time, when our social fabric is being questioned on moral, ethical, and political grounds like never before. It does a superb job of contextualizing deviance among contemporary issues, allowing students to embrace the key concepts in the field, to understand the complexity of the issues, and to apply these ideas to their everyday lives. Well written and jargon free, with excellent examples to get its point across, it stands unmatched in its enunciation of the complexities of deviant behavior in a straightforward manner.” Peter Adler, University of Denver (Emeritus)Table of ContentsPreface 1 What is deviance? 2 Why people ban behavior 3 What causes people to deviate? Theories of deviant behavior 4 Why people break rules: From extreme deviance to positive deviance 5 Neutralizing morality and deviant motivations 6 Failed socialization and weak social control 7 How people become deviants: Labeling deviant actors 8 Responding to deviant designations and coping with stigma 9 Becoming normal: The politics of stigma Conclusion: What can the study of social deviance do for you?

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Book SynopsisRelationships fall apart, marriages fail, couples break up – it happens to us all. Time corrodes passion and the routines of daily life kill the excitement that surrounds the emotion of the first encounter. The difficulty of uniting sexual pleasure with love, which Freud considered to be the most common neurosis in any love life, has become emblematic of a truth that seems undeniable: desire is destined to die if its object is not constantly renewed, if we do not change partner, if it is closed for too long in the restrictive chamber of the same bond. And yet what happens to these bonds when one of the two partners betrays the other, when the promise fails, when there is another emotional experience cloaked in secrecy and deceit? What happens if the traitor then begs forgiveness? Are they asking to be loved again and, having declared that it is not like it used to be, now want everything to go back to how it was? Should we make fun of lovers in their attempts to make love last? Or should we try to face up to the experience of betrayal, with the offence caused by the person we love most? Should we not perhaps attempt to praise forgiveness in love?Trade Review�Fascinating and provocative, this book sizzles with critical passion. It is fed by a deep knowledge of the vagaries of love in our nihilistic, �hyper-hedonist� times and by psychoanalytic insight. The addition of riveting cases makes this a pithy and important work.� Lisa Appignanesi, author of Everyday MadnessTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. The Ideology of the New The Contemporary Degradation of Love Lives; Resignation or Dopamine?; Narcissistic Love; Two Lies in Our Time; The New Libertine Ideology; Love as Resistance to the Libertine Worship of the New 2. Encounter and Destiny Love as Oedipal Repetition; Falling in Love with Ourselves; The Scream of Life; The Debate over Barolo; The Sexual Relationship Does Not Exist; We Are Loved Not Because of Something, But ‘Because of Everything’; The Loving Encounter is the Birth of a World; Disappointed Love; The Eros of the Encounter; Fidelity; The Face and the Eternal 3. Trauma and Abandonment A Captive Freedom?; Albertine; Is the Promise of Love Always False?; Is the Promise of Love Always False?; “It’s Not Like It Used To Be”; What Is A Trauma?; The First Blow; Trauma is the Flipside of Repression; Trauma in Love; Falling into Non-Sense; The Fall This Side of the Mirror; A Wound With No Cure; Abandonment 4. The Work of Forgiveness Courageous Love; The Adulterous Woman; To Forgive the Unforgiveable?; Reflection by the Subject; The Impossibility of Forgiving Out Of Love; The Work of Forgiveness and The Work of Mourning; Forgiveness and Gratitude; Why Men Find It More Difficult to Forgive; Violence Without Law; Violence and Love; The Tender Assassin; Absolute Exposure to Love; Virgil’s Gloves; Narcissism and Depression; Woman’s Foreign Language; “They Are All Whores!”; Killing Them In Order To ‘Love’ Them; The Joy of Forgiveness?; Forgiving Oneself

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Book SynopsisSemiotics provides key analytical tools to understand the creation and reproduction of meaning in social life. Although some fields have productively incorporated semiotic models, sociology still needs to engage with semiotic mediation. Written by a diverse group of authors in interpretive sociology, this ambitious volume asks what the relationship between meaning systems and action is, how we can describe culture and which roles we assign to language, social processes and cognition in a sociological context. Contributors offer empirical research that not only outlines the conceptual issues at stake, but also demonstrates ‘how to do things’ with semiotics through case studies. Synthesizing a diverse and fragmented landscape, this is a key reference work for scholars interested in the connection between semiotics and sociology.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Interpretive Sociology and the Semiotic Imagination - Andrea Cossu and Jorge Fontdevila 1. Marked and Unmarked: A Semiotic Distinction for Concept-Driven Interpretive Sociology - Wayne H. Brekhus 2. Blumer, Weber, Peirce and the Big Tent of Semiotic Sociology: Notes on Interactionism, Interpretivism, and Semiotics - J. I. (Hans) Bakker 3. Collective Agency: A Semiotic View - Rein Raud 4. Theorizing Side-Directed Behavior - Paul McLean and Eunkyung Song 5. Cultural Syntax and the Rules of Meaning Making: A New Paradigm for the Interpretation of Culture - Todd Madigan 6. Memory, Cultural Systems, and Anticipation - Andrea Cossu 7. Stigma Embedded Semiotics: Indexical Dilemmas of HIV across Local and Migrant Networks - Jorge Fontdevila 8. Supremacy or Symbiosis? The Effect of Gendered Ideologies of the Trans- versus Posthuman on Wearable Technology and Biodesign - Elizabeth Wissinger

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Book SynopsisThis book informs the public for the first time about the impact of American psychiatry on soldiers during World War II. Breaking Point is the first in-depth history of American psychiatry in World War II. Drawn from unpublished primary documents, oral histories, and the author’s personal interviews and correspondence over years with key psychiatric and military policymakers, it begins with Franklin Roosevelt’s endorsement of a universal Selective Service psychiatric examination followed by Army and Navy pre- and post-induction examinations. Ultimately, 2.5 million men and women were rejected or discharged from military service on neuropsychiatric grounds. Never before or since has the United States engaged in such a program. In designing Selective Service Medical Circular No. 1, psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan assumed psychiatrists could predict who might break down or falter in military service or even in civilian life thereafter. While many American and European psychiatrists questioned this belief, and huge numbers of American psychiatric casualties soon raised questions about screening’s validity, psychiatric and military leaders persisted in 1942 and 1943 in endorsing ever tougher screening and little else. Soon, families complained of fathers and teens being drafted instead of being identified as psychiatric 4Fs, and Blacks and Native Americans, among others, complained of bias. A frustrated General George S. Patton famously slapped two “malingering” neuropsychiatric patients in Sicily (a sentiment shared by Marshall and Eisenhower, though they favored a tamer style). Yet psychiatric rejections, evacuations, and discharges mounted. While psychiatrist Roy Grinker and a few others treated soldiers close to the front in Tunisia in early 1943, this was the exception. But as demand for manpower soared and psychiatrists finally went to the field and saw that combat itself, not “predisposition,” precipitated breakdown, leading military psychiatrists switched their emphasis from screening to prevention and treatment. But this switch was too little too late and slowed by a year-long series of Inspector General investigations even while numbers of psychiatric casualties soared. Ironically, despite and even partly because of psychiatrists’ wartime performance, plus the emotional toll of war, postwar America soon witnessed a dramatic growth in numbers, popularity, and influence of the profession, culminating in the National Mental Health Act (1946). But veterans with “PTSD,” not recognized until 1980, were largely neglected.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations | ix Foreword by Noah Tsika | xi Preface | xv Introduction | 1 Part I: Before the War 1. Mobilizing for War | 13 2. Military Necessity Overrides Psychiatric Skepticism | 34 3. Debating Screening’s Viability | 46 Part II: During the War 4. Psychiatric Policy Making in the Throes of War | 77 5. The Public Reaction | 101 6. The Response of Psychiatrists | 120 7. The Horrors of War and Beginnings of Change | 138 8. From Prediction to Prevention | 153 9. Limits to Prevention and Treatment | 177 Part III: After the War 10. Return to Normalcy | 209 11. From “War Man” to “Peace Man” | 232 Conclusion | 247 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | 253 Principal Physicians and Social Scientists | 255 Appendix A: Medical Circular No. 1 | 275 Appendix B: Circular Letter No. 19 | 277 Appendix C: Key Investigations of Military Psychiatry | 279 Acknowledgments | 281 Notes | 287 Select Works | 405 Index | 441

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Book SynopsisThis book informs the public for the first time about the impact of American psychiatry on soldiers during World War II. Breaking Point is the first in-depth history of American psychiatry in World War II. Drawn from unpublished primary documents, oral histories, and the author’s personal interviews and correspondence over years with key psychiatric and military policymakers, it begins with Franklin Roosevelt’s endorsement of a universal Selective Service psychiatric examination followed by Army and Navy pre- and post-induction examinations. Ultimately, 2.5 million men and women were rejected or discharged from military service on neuropsychiatric grounds. Never before or since has the United States engaged in such a program. In designing Selective Service Medical Circular No. 1, psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan assumed psychiatrists could predict who might break down or falter in military service or even in civilian life thereafter. While many American and European psychiatrists questioned this belief, and huge numbers of American psychiatric casualties soon raised questions about screening’s validity, psychiatric and military leaders persisted in 1942 and 1943 in endorsing ever tougher screening and little else. Soon, families complained of fathers and teens being drafted instead of being identified as psychiatric 4Fs, and Blacks and Native Americans, among others, complained of bias. A frustrated General George S. Patton famously slapped two “malingering” neuropsychiatric patients in Sicily (a sentiment shared by Marshall and Eisenhower, though they favored a tamer style). Yet psychiatric rejections, evacuations, and discharges mounted. While psychiatrist Roy Grinker and a few others treated soldiers close to the front in Tunisia in early 1943, this was the exception. But as demand for manpower soared and psychiatrists finally went to the field and saw that combat itself, not “predisposition,” precipitated breakdown, leading military psychiatrists switched their emphasis from screening to prevention and treatment. But this switch was too little too late and slowed by a year-long series of Inspector General investigations even while numbers of psychiatric casualties soared. Ironically, despite and even partly because of psychiatrists’ wartime performance, plus the emotional toll of war, postwar America soon witnessed a dramatic growth in numbers, popularity, and influence of the profession, culminating in the National Mental Health Act (1946). But veterans with “PTSD,” not recognized until 1980, were largely neglected.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations | ix Foreword by Noah Tsika | xi Preface | xv Introduction | 1 Part I: Before the War 1. Mobilizing for War | 13 2. Military Necessity Overrides Psychiatric Skepticism | 34 3. Debating Screening’s Viability | 46 Part II: During the War 4. Psychiatric Policy Making in the Throes of War | 77 5. The Public Reaction | 101 6. The Response of Psychiatrists | 120 7. The Horrors of War and Beginnings of Change | 138 8. From Prediction to Prevention | 153 9. Limits to Prevention and Treatment | 177 Part III: After the War 10. Return to Normalcy | 209 11. From “War Man” to “Peace Man” | 232 Conclusion | 247 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | 253 Principal Physicians and Social Scientists | 255 Appendix A: Medical Circular No. 1 | 275 Appendix B: Circular Letter No. 19 | 277 Appendix C: Key Investigations of Military Psychiatry | 279 Acknowledgments | 281 Notes | 287 Select Works | 405 Index | 441

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Book SynopsisPeople who have high levels of H are sincere and modest; people who have low levels are deceitful and pretentious. The "H" in the H factor stands for "Honesty-Humility", one of the six basic dimensions of the human personality. It isn't intuitively obvious that traits of honesty and humility go hand in hand, and until very recently the H factor hadn't been recognized as a basic dimension of personality. But scientific evidence shows that traits of honesty and humility form a unified group of personality traits, separate from those of the other five groups identified several decades ago. This book, written by the discoverers of the H factor, explores the scientific findings that show the importance of this personality dimension in various aspects of people's lives: their approaches to money, power, and sex; their inclination to commit crimes or obey the law; their attitudes about society, politics, and religion; and their choice of friends and spouse. Finally, the book provides ways of identifying people who are low in the H factor, as well as advice on how to raise one's own level of H. Trade ReviewThe H Factor is a tour de force. Anchored in solid scientific research, it offers fascinating insights into how previously neglected aspects of personality influence people's strategies about power, social hierarchies, money, and sex. And it offers sound practical advice for navigating the social world of some unsavory characters. It's a "must-read." -- David M. Buss, author of The Evolution of Desire and Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the MindTable of Contents The H Factor of Personality: Why Some People are Manipulative, Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitve-And Why It Matters for Everyone by Kibeom Lee and Michael C. Ashton List of Boxes Acknowledgements 1 Meet the H Factor 2 The Missing Link of Personality Psychology The ""Big Five"" Personality Factors Six Personality Factors 3 HEXACO: The Six Dimensions of Personality Engagement and Endeavour: Openness to Experience (O), Conscientiousness (C), and Extraversion (X) Altruism versus Antagonism: Honesty-Humility (H), Agreeableness (A), and Emotionality (E) 4 A Field Guide to Low-H People Low H, Low E: Greed without Fear-or Pity Low H, High E: Weaseling and Whining Low H, High X: Narcissism Run Wild Low H, Low X: The Smug Silent Types Low H, Low A: Just Plain Nasty Low H, High A: Inoffensive but Insincere Low H, Low C: An Employer's Worst Nightmare Low H, High C: Selfish Ambition Low H, Low O: Shallow and Narrow Low H, High O: Sophisticated Snobbery 5 Can You Tell Someone's Level of H? Personality in Strangers Self-Reports of H: Are They Honest? Knowing Someone's Personality: H Is Among the Last Things You Learn H in the Workplace: Hard to Tell 6 Do High-H People Flock Together? Similarity Beyond Personality Similarity-and Perceived Similarity-in Friends Personality, Values, and Relationships 7 Politics Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) O and Right-Wing Authoritarianism H and Social Dominance Orientation Personality and Political Party Support 8 Religion Personality and Religious Beliefs Traditional Religion versus Mystical Spirituality: The Role of O Reasons for Religious Observance: The Role of H Do Religions Promote High H? 9 Money, Power, and Sex Money Power Sex 10 How to Identify Low-H People-and How to Live Around Them Not-So-Valid Signs of High H Respectability / Anti-conformity / Religious Piety / Championing the Underdog / Blunt Criticism / Publicly Displayed Generosity Valid Signs of Low H Beating the System / Instrumental Ingratiation / Gambling and Financial Speculation / Sexual Infidelity / Conspicuous Consumption (and Name Dropping) / ""Above the Law"" Mentality / Contempt of Other Groups Living Around Low-H People Epilogue: On Becoming a High-H Person Appendix: The HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (Self-Report Form) HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (Observer Report Form) HEXACO-PI-R Scoring and Interpretation Notes References

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Book Synopsis"Madanes' lucid, coherent, and practical guide for familytherapists is a welcome addition to the proliferating literature byfamily therapy theorists and practitioners.... The book is concise,well organized and clearly written." --Contemporary Psychology A classic work which uses imaginative techniques to help achievebalance within the family. It gives attention to specific problemssuch as violence, drug abuse, and depression, and seeks the hiddenmeaning in these symptoms, which are clues to the underlying familystructure.Trade Review"Madanes' lucid, coherent, and practical guide for family therapists is a welcome addition to the proliferating literature by family therapy theorists and practitioners.... The book is concise, well organized and clearly written." (Contemporary Psychology)Table of ContentsForewords. 1. Dimensions of Family Therapy. 2. Elements of Strategic Family Therapy. 3. Marital Problems: Balancing Power. 4. Children's Problems: Three Paradoxical Strategies. 5. Parental Problems: Changing Child-Parent Interactions. 6. Severe Problems of Adolescence: Putting the Parents inCharge. 7. Night Terrors: A Case Study. 8. A Depressed Man: A Case Study. 9. Summary: Metaphor and Power.

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Book SynopsisSymbolic interactionism is one of the most enduring - and certainly the most sociological - of all social psychologies. In this landmark work, Norman K. Denzin traces its tortured history from its roots in American pragmatism to its present-day encounter with poststructuralism and postmodernism. Arguing that if interactionism is to continue to thrive and grow it must incorporate elements of post structural and post-modern theory into its underlying views of history, culture and politics, the author develops a research agenda which merges the interactionist sociological imagination with the critical insights on contemporary feminism and cultural studies. Norman Denzin's programmatic analysis of symbolic interactionism, which develops a politics of interpretation merging theory and practice, will be welcomed by students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines, from sociology to cultural studies.Trade Review"In this book, Denzin has saved a place for and makes reference to virtually every sociologist working under the rubric of SI today." Joseph A. KotarbaTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Preface. 1. The Interactionist Heritage. 2. The Interpretive Heritage. 3. Critique and Renewal: Links to Cultural Studies. 4. Enter Cultural Studies. 5. Communications as the Interactionist Problematic. 6. Interactionist Cultural Criticism. 7. Into Politics. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn a substantial new afterword to his classic account of the collapse of American triumphalism in the wake of World War II, Tom Engelhardt carries that story into the twenty-first century. He explores how, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the younger George Bush headed for the Wild West (Osama bin Laden, ""Wanted, Dead or Alive""); how his administration brought ""victory culture"" roaring back as part of its Global War on Terror and its rush to invade Saddam Hussein's Iraq; and how, from its ""Mission Accomplished"" moment on, its various stories of triumph crashed and burned in that land.

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Book SynopsisFor thousands of years, Western culture has dichotomized science and art, empiricism and subjective experience, and biology and psychology. In contrast with the prevailing view in philosophy, neuroscience, and literary criticism,George Engel, an internist and practicing physician, published a paper in the journal Science in 1977 entitled "The Need for a New Medical Model: A Challenge for Biomedicine." In the context of clinical medicine, Engel madethe deceptively simple observation that actions at the biological, psychological, and social level are dynamically interrelated and that these relationships affect both the process and outcomes of care. The biopsychosocial perspective involves an appreciation that disease and illness do not manifest themselves only in terms of pathophysiology, but also may simultaneously affect many different levels of functioning, from cellular to organ system to person to family to society. This model provides a broader understanding of disease processes as encompassing multiple levels of functioning including the effect of the physician-patient relationship. This book, which containsEngel's seminal article, looks at the continuing relevance of his work and the biopsychosocial model as it is applied to clinical practice, research, and education and administration. Contributors include: Thomas Inui,Richard Frankel, Timothy Quill, Susan McDaniel, Ronald Epstein, Peter Leroux, Diane Morse, Anthony Suchman, Geoffrey Williams, Frank Degruy, Robert Ader, Thomas CampbelL, Edward DecI, Moira Stewart, Elaine Dannefer, Edward Hundert, Lindsey Henson, Robert Smith, Kurt Fritzsche, Manfred Cierpka, Michael Wirsching, Howard Beckman, and Theodore Brown.Trade ReviewThis is a work of lasting significance, a guiding light for needed improvements in a health care system that is strong but unbalanced, advanced in technology but lagging in relationships, suffering from serious but curable ailments. FOREWORD MAGAZINE, Fall Trade Show Issue 2003 * . *For community psychiatrists, this text is virtually 'required reading.' . . . The Biopsychosocial Approach is informative, clearly written, and inclusive. However, one of its most important attributes may be that it is thought provoking. By explaining the origins and implications of the biopsychosocial approach, the authors force us to critically examine the origins and implications of our own beliefs about medicine. This self-examination can help us identify areas for growth in our own practices. -- Daniel Bradford M.D. Ph.D. * PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES *

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Book SynopsisPsychiatrists define cruelty to animals as a psychological problem or personality disorder. Legally, animal cruelty is described by a list of behaviors. In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke argues that our current constructs of animal cruelty are decontextualized-imposed without regard to the experience of the groups committing the act. Yet those who engage in animal cruelty have their own understandings of their actions and of themselves as actors. In this fascinating book, Arluke probes those understandings and reveals the surprising complexities of our relationships with animals. Just a Dog draws from interviews with more than 250 people, including humane agents who enforce cruelty laws, college students who tell stories of childhood abuse of animals, hoarders who chronically neglect the welfare of many animals, shelter workers who cope with the ethics of euthanizing animals, and public relations experts who use incidents of animal cruelty for fundraising purposes. Through these case studies, Arluke shows how the meaning of \u0022cruelty\u0022 reflects and helps to create identities and ideologies.Trade Review"Through courageous research Arluke set aside his judgment to explore how abusers see their behavior. He has given us a sociological understanding of animal abuse that recognizes the situational quality of cruelty and its ability to shape identity...In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke uses cruelty to raise questions about what it means to be human. He also adds to our understanding of the complex and conflicting ways we humans regard other animals." -Contemporary Sociology "Arluke (Regarding Animals), an authority on animal cruelty, believes that in order to formulate effective programs and policies to combat such behavior, society must have an in-depth understanding of why people mistreat or neglect animals and of the cultural and social factors that encourage abuse. Wisely, the author keeps passages describing specific examples of cruelty to a minimum, and he refrains from making moral judgments." -Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Just a Dog One- Agents: Feigning Authority Two- Adolescents: Appropriating Adulthood Three- Hoarders: Shoring Up Self Four- Shelter Workers: Finding Authenticity Five- Marketers: Celebrating Community Conclusion : Cruelty is Good to Think References Index

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Book SynopsisIf somebody asked you whether life was fair, how would you respond? In this book, learn how to critically think about this question of justice in our lives. You will learn that people mean many different things when they talk of a just or fair outcome. For instance, have you gotten what you deserve? Have you been listened to and treated with respect? Have your rights been protected? Have you been unfairly privileged? Were you sufficiently rewarded for your contributions? Did you receive unjust punishment if you broke the law? These are tremendously important topics to consider in the contentious times in which we live. In this book, you will be given new ways of thinking about these critical justice debates. In addition to getting up to speed on the research and literature in the area, you will have a chance to apply what you learn by analyzing topics like the right to free universal health care or the morality of the death penalty. This book is a tremendous resource for faculty teaching traditional or online classes on the topic of social justice, as well as for those general readers who are simply interested in learning more about the topic.

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Book SynopsisParting ways with the Freudian and Lacanian readings that have dominated recent scholarly understanding of Hitchcock, David Humbert examines the roots of violence in the director’s narratives and finds them not in human sexuality but in mimesis.Through an analysis of seven key films, he argues that Girard’s model of mimetic desire - desire oriented by imitation of and competition with others - best explains a variety of well-recognized themes, including the MacGuffin, the double, the innocent victim, the wrong man, the transfer of guilt, and the scapegoat.This study will appeal not only to Hitchcock fans and film scholars but also to those interested in Freud and Girard and their competing theories of desire.

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Book SynopsisFilipino Americans have a long and rich history with and within the United States, and they are currently the second largest Asian group in the country. However, very little is known about how their historical and contemporary relationship with America may shape their psychological experiences. The most insidious psychological consequence of their historical and contemporary experiences is colonial mentality or internalised oppression. Some common manifestations of this phenomenon are described below: Skin-whitening products are used often by Filipinos in the Philippines to make their skins lighter. Skin whitening clinics and businesses are popular in the Philippines as well. The ""beautiful"" people such as actors and other celebrities endorse these skin-whitening procedures. Children are told to stay away from the sun so they do not get ""too dark."" Many Filipinos also regard anything ""imported"" to be more special than anything ""local"" or made in the Philippines. In the United States, many Filipino Americans make fun of ""fresh-off-the-boats"" (FOBs) or those who speak English with Filipino accents. Many Filipino Americans try to dilute their ""Filipino-ness"" by saying that they are mixed with some other races. Also, many Filipino Americans regard Filipinos in the Philippines, and pretty much everything about the Philippines, to be of ""lower class"" and those of the ""third world."" The historical and contemporary reasons for why Filipino -/ Americans display these attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours - often referred to as colonial mentality - are explored in Brown Skin, White Minds. This book is a peer-reviewed publication that integrates knowledge from multiple scholarly and scientific disciplines to identify the past and current catalysts for such self-denigrating attitudes and behaviours. It takes the reader from indigenous Tao culture, Spanish and American colonialism, colonial mentality or internalized oppression along with its implications on Kapwa, identity, and mental health, to decolonization in the clinical, community, and research settings.This book is intended for the entire community - teachers, researchers, students, and service providers interested in or who are working with Filipinos and Filipino Americans, or those who are interested in the psychological consequences of colonialism and oppression. This book may serve as a tool for remembering the past and as a tool for awakening to address the present.

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Book SynopsisThis book is perhaps the first systematic treatment of politics from the perspective of cultural psychology. Politics is a complex that psychology usually fails to understand- as it assumes a position in society that attempts to be free of politics itself. Politics is associated both with an everyday practice, and the dynamics of globalization; with the way group conflicts, ideologies, social representations and identities, are lived and co-constructed by social actors. The authors of the book address these issues through their research grounded in different parts of the world, on democracy and political order, the social representation of power, gender studies, the use of metaphors and symbolic power in political discourse, social identities and methodological questions. The book will be used by social and political psychologists but is also of interest to the other social sciences: political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, educationalists, and it is at a level where sophisticated lay public would be able to appreciate its coverage. Its use in upperlevel college teaching is possible, and expected at graduate/postgraduate levels.

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Book SynopsisThis book is perhaps the first systematic treatment of politics from the perspective of cultural psychology. Politics is a complex that psychology usually fails to understand- as it assumes a position in society that attempts to be free of politics itself. Politics is associated both with an everyday practice, and the dynamics of globalization; with the way group conflicts, ideologies, social representations and identities, are lived and co-constructed by social actors. The authors of the book address these issues through their research grounded in different parts of the world, on democracy and political order, the social representation of power, gender studies, the use of metaphors and symbolic power in political discourse, social identities and methodological questions. The book will be used by social and political psychologists but is also of interest to the other social sciences: political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, educationalists, and it is at a level where sophisticated lay public would be able to appreciate its coverage. Its use in upperlevel college teaching is possible, and expected at graduate/postgraduate levels.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings to cultural psychology the focus on phenomenology of everyday life. Whether it is in the context of education, work, or exploration of life environments, the chapters in this book converge on the need to give attention to complex realities of everyday living. Thus, a description of pre-school organisation in Japan would be in its form very different from school organisation in Britain or Colombia—yet the realities of human beings acting in social roles are continuous around the world.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings to cultural psychology the focus on phenomenology of everyday life. Whether it is in the context of education, work, or exploration of life environments, the chapters in this book converge on the need to give attention to complex realities of everyday living. Thus, a description of pre-school organisation in Japan would be in its form very different from school organisation in Britain or Colombia—yet the realities of human beings acting in social roles are continuous around the world.

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Book SynopsisTrust has a constituent role in human societies. It has been treated as a scientific topic in many disciplines. Yet, despite the fact that trust and distrust come to life primarily in human communication and through language, it has seldom been analysed from a communicative or linguistic perspective. This is the theme of this path-breaking volume. This volume contains 12 chapters, plus introduction and epilogue by the editors. They have been authored by leading specialists on trust in language and communication, coming from many disciplines and from different cultures and countries. Most of the authors share a conceptual basis in dialogical theories. This book is a follow-up volume to two previous volumes on trust within cultural psychology, Trust and Distrust (Marková & Gillespie, 2008) and Trust and Conflict (Marková & Gillespie, 2012). It will be of interest to anyone seriously interested in trust in societies, and in trust and distrust as displayed in communication and language.

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