ABSTRACT

These two volumes present the main contributions from the 29th International Congress of Psychology, held in Berlin in 2008, and are written by international leaders in psychology from around the world. The authors present a variety of approaches and perspectives that reflect cutting-edge advances in psychological science.

Personality, Developmental, Social and Cultural Issues provides an overview of advances in several areas of psychology such as clinical, health, social, developmental, and cross-cultural psychology. One section of the volume is dedicated solely to emotions and health, and addresses state-of-the-art work on the regulation of self, health, social relations, and emotions such as passion. Other sections deal with development and personality issues as well as conceptual, cultural, and ethnic approaches to modern psychology. The global perspective of this collection illustrates research being undertaken on all five continents and emphasizes the cultural diversity of the contributors.

This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals, teachers and students in the field of psychology.

part |2 pages

Section I Emotions and health

chapter 1|14 pages

Affects and self-regulation

ByCHARLES S. CARVER, USA

chapter 2|12 pages

The psychology of dieting and overweight: Testing a goal conflict model of the self-regulation of eating

ByWOLFGANG STROEBE, ESTHER K. PAPIES, HENK AARTS

chapter 3|16 pages

Psychotherapists at work: Exploring the construction of clinical inferences

ByADELA LEIBOVICH DE DUARTE, ARGENTINA

chapter 4|20 pages

Passions: What emotions really are

chapter 5|18 pages

On living life to the fullest: The role of passion

ByROBERT J. VALLERAND, NOÉMIE CARBONNEAU, AND MARC-ANDRÉ LAFRENIÈRE, CANADA

chapter 7|18 pages

The cultural construction of self and emotion: Implications for well-being

ByGIRISHWAR MISRA, INDIA

part |2 pages

Section II Early development

chapter 8|12 pages

Early childhood development in Southern Africa

ByRODERICK FULATA ZIMBA, NAMIBIA

chapter 9|14 pages

Temperance and the strengths of personality: Evidence from a 35-year longitudinal study

ByLEA PULKKINEN, TUULI PITKÄNEN, FINLAND

chapter 10|14 pages

A cross-cultural perspective on the development of sharing behavior: Integrating behavioral economics and psychology

ByLIQI ZHU (CHINA), MONIKA KELLER, MICHAELA GUMMERUM, AND MASANORI TAKEZAWA (GERMANY)

chapter 11|14 pages

Developmental science: An Africentric perspective

ByA. BAME NSAMENANG, CAMEROON

part |2 pages

Section III Culture and ethnicity

chapter 12|12 pages

Doing a psychology of the Chinese people: Discoveries for the world from one end of the Silk Road

ByMICHAEL HARRIS BOND, HONG KONG (CHINA)

chapter 13|16 pages

Culture of conflict: Evolvement, institutionalization, and consequences

ByDANIEL BAR-TAL, ISRAEL

chapter 14|14 pages

Cultural psychology of globalization

ByCHI-YUE CHIU AND SHIRLEY Y. Y. CHENG, SINGAPORE

chapter 17|20 pages

Paternalistic leadership in the Chinese contexts: A full-cycle indigenous approach

ByBOR-SHIUAN CHENG AND YI-CHENG LIN, TAIWAN

part |2 pages

Section IV Conceptual issues in psychology

chapter 18|12 pages

Psychology and behavior analysis: The nature of the controversy

ByRUBEN ARDILA, COLOMBIA

chapter 19|14 pages

Social interactions: Conceptual reflections and an experimental approach

ByEMILIO RIBES-IÑESTA, MEXICO