Psychology in Southeast Asia -

Psychology in Southeast Asia

Sociocultural, Clinical, and Health Perspectives
Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-49214-4 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
Despite diverse, rich cultural traditions and abundant economic opportunity, there has been a paucity of research on psychology in Southeast Asia. This book aims to fill that gap, with a series of well-written theoretical and empirical chapters by contributors from around the globe.
Despite diverse, rich cultural traditions and abundant economic opportunity, there has been a paucity of research on psychology in Southeast Asia. This book aims to fill that gap, with a series of well-written theoretical and empirical chapters by PhD psychologists in SE Asia along with respected international colleagues and co-authors from around the globe.

In particular this book focuses upon critical sociocultural, clinical, and health issues and perspectives in psychology in Southeast Asia. Overviews help contextualize the cultural data, permitting nuanced examination of significant psychological issues in nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and more.

Psychologists and mental health professionals with interests in Asia will find this book to be a must-read, as will other readers seeking to deepen their cultural and international understanding.

Grant J. Rich, PhD, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, is Senior Editor of Pathfinders in International Psychology (2015) and has published three coedited books in 2017 and 2018: Internationalizing the Teaching of Psychology (2017), Human Strengths and Resilience: Developmental, Cross-Cultural, and International Perspectives (2018), and Teaching Psychology around the World (2018). Dr. Rich teaches at Walden University, USA. Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar, PhD, is a professor at the Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. David Barron, PhD, is the deputy director and reader at the Centre of Psychological Medicine, Perdana University, Malaysia.

List of contributors 1.Psychology in Southeast Asia: An overview (Grant J. Rich, Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar, and David Barron) Part 1: Resilience and Adjustment (Grant J. Rich) 2.Psychology in the Philippines: An overview of the state of the discipline emphasising sociocultural, clinical, and health perspectives (David Barron, Nor Azzatunnisak Mohd Khatib, Hanoor Syahirah Zahari, and Evelyn Toh Kheng Lin) 3.Psychology in Cambodia: Looking forward with resilience (Grant J. Rich and Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn) 4. Moving Forward: Understanding the adjustment of domestic violence survivors from the perspective of family counselling (Melati Sumari, Nor Hasniah Ibrahim, and Dini Farhana Baharudin) 5. Filipina migrant domestic workers in Asia: Mental health and resilience (Esslin Terrighena and David Barron) 6. Sexism and disengagement in the Thai workplace (Prapimpa Jarunratanakul) Part 2: Well-being (Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar) 7. The relationship between meaning in life and subjective well-being among on-call employees with forgiveness and hope as mediators (Bagus Takwin and Aninda Enza Azura Mundakir) 8. Values and subjective well-being in Singapore (Tambyah Siok Kuan, Tan Soo Jiuan, and Daniel Tan Chun Jie) 9. Subjective well-being of adolescents and their parents in Vietnam (Truong Thi Khanh Ha) 10. What makes young Malaysians healthy? Establishing the determinants of social well-being (Haslina Muhamad, Nik Daliana Nik Farid, Nurul Fazmidar Mohd Noor, and Noor Sulastry Yurni Ahmad) 11. Cognitive-emotional regulation and aggression among Thais (Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn and Nattasuda Taephant) Part 3: Identity and Health Perspectives in Southeast Asia, with Assessment Concerns (David Barron) 12. Southeast Asian immigrants and refugees from Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia: Psychological perspectives on identity and health in the United States (Julie Badaracco and Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn) 13. The moral identity of Malays: An empirical investigation of Malay moral attributes reflected on political and non-political Facebook pages (Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar, Salinah Jaafar, Haslina Muhamad, Mohd Awang Idris, and Muhammad Saiful Haq Hussin) 14. Measures of body image and disordered eating for use with Malaysian populations: A critical review and methodological critique of the recent literature (Viren Swami) 15. The case of post hoc ergo propter hoc with the psychological assessment of schizotypy and psychotic-like experiences in Southeast Asia (David Barron and Evelyn Toh Kheng Lin) 16. Conclusion: Past, present, and future of psychology in Southeast Asia (Grant J. Rich, Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar, and David Barron) Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Studies in Asian Behavioural Sciences
Zusatzinfo 38 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe
ISBN-10 0-367-49214-8 / 0367492148
ISBN-13 978-0-367-49214-4 / 9780367492144
Zustand Neuware
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