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Direct linkCastonguay, Louis G.; Boswell, James F.; Constantino, Michael J.; Goldfried, Marvin R.; Hill, Clara E. – American Psychologist, 2010
The goal of this article is to delineate training implications regarding harmful effects associated with psychotherapy. The authors strongly recommend that trainees be made aware of (and encouraged to examine carefully) the potentially harmful treatments that have been recently identified (Lilienfeld, 2007). Consistent with a broad perspective on…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Injuries, Counselor Training
Park, Nansook; Peterson, Christopher – American Psychologist, 2010
Psychology has neglected the study of variation across cities. An urban psychology is needed that takes seriously such variation and focuses on strengths and assets contributing to the good life as much as on problems of urbanization. To illustrate the value of an urban psychology, we describe studies of character strengths among residents in the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Psychology, Political Campaigns
Vroom, Victor H.; Jago, Arthur G. – American Psychologist, 2007
Leadership depends on the situation. Few social scientists would dispute the validity of this statement. But the statement can be interpreted in many different ways, depending, at least in part, on what one means by leadership. This article begins with a definition of leadership and a brief description of 3 historically important theories of…
Descriptors: Leadership, Role Theory, Leadership Training, Theory Practice Relationship
Matthews, Karen A. – American Psychologist, 2005
Psychological science has new opportunities to have major input into the understanding of the development of coronary heart disease. This article provides an overview of advances in understanding the etiology of heart disease, recently applied technologies for measuring early stages of heart disease, and an accumulating base of evidence on the…
Descriptors: Heart Disorders, Etiology, Models, Socioeconomic Status
Peer reviewedEron, Leonard, D. – American Psychologist, 1987
Describes theoretical developments that have guided the interpretation of findings in a large-scale study of the development of aggression over 22 years. As the data have accumulated, they have been found to be relevant to operant formulations as well as to social learning theory and cognitive behaviorism. (Author/VM)
Descriptors: Behavior, Behaviorism, Data Collection, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedTaylor, Shelley E. – American Psychologist, 1990
Reviews scientific and professional trends in the field of health psychology. Discusses recent research on health promotion, psychological factors in the development of illness, cognitive representations of health and illness, stress and coping, social support, interventions to promote coping, and trends that will affect progress in the field.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Coping, Diseases, Health
