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Assessment in Health Psychology
por Yael Benyamini, Marie Johnston, Evangelos C. KarademasA thorough and authoritative record of the best assessment methods in health psychologyAssessment in Health Psychology presents and discusses the best and most appropriateassessment methods and instruments for all specific areas that are central for health psychologists. It also describes the conceptual and methodological bases for assessment in health psychology, as well as the most important cur…
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Behavior-Based Assessment in Psychology
Going Beyond Self-Report in the Personality, Affective, Motivation, and Social Domainspor Tuulia Ortner, Fons J.R. van de VijverAn authoritative volume discussing the most influential state-of-the-art behavior-based alternatives to traditional self-reports in psychological assessmentTraditional self-reports can be an unsufficiant source of information about personality, attitudes, affect, and motivation. What are the alternatives? This first volume in the authoritative series Psychological Assessment – Science and Practi…
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Emotional Intelligence
An International Handbookpor Ralf Schulze, Richard D. RobertsThe concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI) – the ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions – is still the subject of scientific debate despite its intuitive appeal and widespread popular interest in areas such as human resources, education, and organizational psychology. This book brings together leading experts from around the world to present their perspectives on the c…
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Mindfulness and Character Strengths
A Practical Guide to Flourishingpor Ryan M. NiemiecFor audio content (mp3) please click here.Looking for the latest research and practices on character strengths and mindfulness? Curious about how character strengths can supercharge your mindfulness practice? Or how mindfulness can help you deploy your best qualities? Look no further – the answers are in this book!At the core of this hands-on resource for psychologists and other practitioners, i…
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Movies and Mental Illness
Using Films to Understand Psychopathologypor Danny Wedding, Ryan M. NiemiecThis popular and critically acclaimed text, using movies to help learn about mental illness, has been fully updated with DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnoses, dozens of evocative and informative frame grabs, a full film index, “Authors’ Picks,” sample syllabus, more international films and shorts…..Films can be a powerful aid to learning about mental illness and psychopathology – for students of p…
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Principles and Methods of Test Construction
Standards and Recent Advancespor Karl Schweizer, Christine DiStefanoLeading experts describe the state-of-the-art in developing and constructing psychometric testsThis latest volume in the series Psychological Assessment – Science and Practice describes the current state-of-the-art in test development and construction. The past 10-20 years have seen substantial advances in the methods used to develop and administer tests. In this volume many of the world’s lea…
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The Psychology of Talent
Exploring and Exploding the Mythspor Robert Edenborough, Marion EdenboroughManaging and nurturing talent at the workplace – this book provides practical and well-founded guidance for psychologists and HR professionals, as well as exploding numerous myths surrounding talent.The core concepts in this book are the idea of talent, how it can be assessed, and how it can be nurtured and put to effective use in the workplace. Line managers, HR professionals, business or indus…