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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to promote a more unified Caribbean psychology that goes beyond a Euro-American perspective to meet the unique needs of the culturally diverse inhabitants of this region and the diaspora.
Trade Review“Its contextual, regional, and global perspectives make it clear that this is a book that is relevant to those not only in the Caribbean but also across the globe. Caribbean Psychology is not only good for the Caribbean region but also good for the world.” —PsycCRITIQUES®
Its contextual, regional, and global perspectives make it clear that this is a book that is relevant to those not only in the Caribbean but also across the globe. Caribbean Psychology is not only good for the Caribbean region but also good for the world.
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Table of Contents Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Caribbean Psychology — More Than a Regional Discipline
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Derek Chadee
Part I: Conceptual Issues
Chapter 1: Toward a Caribbean Psychology: Context, Imperatives, and Future Directions
Ava D. Thompson
Chapter 2: Global, Indigenous, and Regional Perspectives on International Psychology
John Berry
Part II: Developmental Psychology
Chapter 3: Family Socialization Practices and Childhood Development in Caribbean Cultural Communities
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Bora Jin
Chapter 4: Remote Acculturation and the Birth of an Americanized Caribbean Youth Identity on the Islands
Gail M. Ferguson
Chapter 5: Caribbean Research on Human Development in Adolescence and Adulthood: Progress and Recommended Directions
Ishtar O. Govia, Vanessa Paisley-Clare, and Tiffany Palmer
Part III: Health and Community Psychology
Chapter 6: Current State of Health and Health Outcomes in Caribbean Societies
Lutchmie Narine
Chapter 7: Contextualizing the Health Behavior of Caribbean Men
Andrew D. Case and Derrick M. Gordon
Chapter 8: Interpersonal Violence in the Caribbean: Etiology, Prevalence, and Impact
Gillian E. Mason and Nicola Satchell
Part IV: Social Psychology
Chapter 9: Copycat Crime Behavior: Implications for Research in the Caribbean
Ray Surette, Mary Chadee, and Derek Chadee
Chapter 10: Fear of Crime: The Influence of Community and Ethnicity
Mary Chadee and Derek Chadee
Chapter 11: HIV/AIDS Stigmatization in the Caribbean: Implications for Health Care
Jannel Philip, Rosana Yearwood, and Derek Chadee
Part V: Clinical Psychology
Chapter 12: Mental Health in the Caribbean
Jacqueline Sharpe and Samuel Shafe
Chapter 13: Metamorphosing Euro American Psychological Assessment Instruments to Measures Developed by and for English-Speaking Caribbean People
Michael Canute Lambert, Whitney C. Sewell, and Alison H. Levitch
Chapter 14: Innovations in Clinical Psychology With Caribbean Peoples
Rita Dudley-Grant
Index
About the Editors
