Young people and active citizenship in post-soviet times, Routledge, 2018
Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz (Chair of EuroPsy National Awarding Committee Poland), Anna M. Zalewska and Kerry J. Kennedy (eds.)
Situated within the context of "post-soviet times", this book explores young people’s citizenship activities and values in three distinct environments: post-soviet union countries, post-soviet union satellites, and countries that were independent of the soviet-union. Its purpose is to investigate the influence of these contexts on the ways young people see their citizenship in what are now emerging democracies.
The future of nations depends to a large extent on whether citizens will continue to support existing values and will engage in activities to support those values. Using a framework designed by Kennedy (2006) and further developed by Zalewska, Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz (2011) the study examined the citizenship values of 3794 students aged 11-14-18 from 11 European countries.
The main themes of this book include:
- exploring similarities and differences in citizenship activities within countries and across countries;
- advancing explanations for these similarities and differences;
- highlighting the importance of contexts that influence citizenship activities and values; and
- assessing the extent to which democratic values are reflected in young people’s citizenship activities.
Beata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, psychologist, Associate Professor, Head of Department of Psychology of Development and Education on the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. She has 28 years’ experience in research psychology of human development and education.
Her special interest is citizenship, social participation and self-responsibility of young people. She has been involved in national and international scientific projects examined issues of young people citizenship in relation to personality traits, concerns and action around current European and global issues. She is author and co-authors over 70 articles and 7 books.
She has been a leader of 6 international scientific projects and grants, a member of Scientific Committee of European Science Foundation (2006-2010). Currently she is President Children’s Identity and Citizenship European Association, President of Polish Association of Human Development, member of Executive Committee of Polish Psychological Association and EFPA representative, Chairof EuroPsy National Accreditation Committee.
She is also involved in psychological practice as a consultant, trainer and coach.
Following the historic initiative “European Psychologists as a Resource to face European Society Major Challenges” organized by the OPP in the European Parliament, which was attended by the European Commissioner for Health and by Directors-General, Members of European Parliament and Presidents from various Psychology associations, we now make available for free the ebook of this remarkable moment in the history of Psychology.
Special Issue: Human Rights and Psychology
Volume 24, no. 3 is now available online
Highlights:
Decision Inertia in Critical Incidents
Automatic Antecedents of Discrimination
Three Paradoxical Effects on Academic Self-Concept Across Countries, Schools, and Students
The Psychology of Euthanasia Why There Are No Easy Answers
The Efficacy of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) for People With Mild-to-Moderate Dementia
Supporting Shy Students in the Classroom
Commentary on Kaplick and Skinner (2017)
Call for Papers: Psychology and the Environmental Crisis A Special Issue of European Psychologist
Toward the Legal Regulation of Psychology and Psychotherapy in Health Care in Belgium
This volume showcases contemporary views on the conceptualization and treatment of somatoform disorders and related conditions from experts coming from both psychoanalytic-psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral approaches (including 3rd wave CBT), while treating all perspectives with respect and not advocating for any single approach.
The contents include theoretical and empirically oriented chapters, treatment overviews and case study applications, making the volume a useful reading for both academics and practitioners.
A shared theme in most of the chapters, is the role of emotion and its regulation in the etiology and maintenance of these disorders, and an essential component to be addressed in treatment.
Contents include literature reviews on the most common somatoform and related conditions, including chronic pain, trauma-related symptoms, alexithymia, and health anxiety.
In addition to aiding in the conceptualization of these conditions, chapters provide models for intervention using cognitive-behavioral or psychodynamic approaches, and apply these to a number of clinical cases, which highlight the difficulties and challenges that these present.
The volume can be purchased here from Springer Publications
The Cambridge Handbook of Successful Aging (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)
Edited by Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros (Member of the EFPA Standing Committee Geropsy), Athanase Benetos and Jean-Marie Robine
Recent studies show that more people than ever before are reaching old age in better health and enjoying that health for a longer time. This Handbook outlines the latest discoveries in the study of aging from bio-medicine, psychology, and socio-demography. It treats the study of aging as a multidisciplinary scientific subject, since it requires the interplay of broad disciplines, while offering high motivation, positive attitudes, and behaviors for aging well, and lifestyle changes that will help people to stay healthier across life span and in old age.
Written by leading scholars from various academic disciplines, the chapters delve into the most topical aspects of aging today - including biological mechanisms of aging, aging with health, active and productive aging, aging with satisfaction, aging with respect, and aging with dignity. Aimed at health professionals as well as general readers, this Cambridge Handbook offers a new, positive approach to later life.
Enhancing Resilience in Youth
Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Positive Environments
Editors: Steinebach Christoph (EFPA president), Langer Alvaro I. (Eds.)
This book shows how to plan, refine, and implement peer-supported mindfulness-based interventions to prevent mental disorders in children and youths. It focuses on interventions designed to maintain psychosocial health and prevent emotional and behavioral problems in children and youths around the globe.
By combining a range of research perspectives, the book connects mindfulness to pro-social behavior, and to positive social and physical environments, in order to enhance resilience. In addition, it presents theoretical aspects and practical recommendations on how to promote mental health and healthy lifestyles in adolescents, such as school-based interventions.
Gathering contributions by an international network of researchers and practitioners, the book offers not only state-of-the-art theoretical descriptions of key concepts and interventions, but also best practices for implementing them to strengthen resilience.
