Psychology

Ipsative assessment is a powerful new approach that provokes a radical rethink of the purposes and methods of assessment. This book presents a case...

Drawing on research from the Timescapes Study, this volume discusses the life chances and experiences of children and young people, parents and old...

Timely and authoritative, this unique handbook explores the breadth of current knowledge on temperament, from foundational theory and research to c...

The book begins by describing, within a psychodynamic approach, some traits an infant may bring to an intervention, followed by descriptions of int...

Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World sheds new light on the interrelationship between gender and the nation, focusing on the role of ma...

This volume addresses key issues such as the cultural and discursive context in which physical activity is discussed; the process of becoming physi...

This study presents a unique overview of the cultural, social and practical aspects of interviewing rape victims. Exploring a range of issues that ...

This book explores how photography and recorded music act as vehicles or catalysts in processes of remembering, and how they are regarded, treated,...

Can neuroscience help explain the first-person perspective? The Science of Subjectivity delves into the nature of experience, arguing that unconsci...

Orgasmic Bodies explores how bodily experiences of orgasm are worked up as present/absent, complicated/straightforward, too slow/too fast, fake or ...

Orgasmic Bodies explores how bodily experiences of orgasm are worked up as present/absent, complicated/straightforward, too slow/too fast, fake or ...

This book brings a psychological perspective to the often overlooked and understudied topic of women's experiences of migration, covering topics su...

This volume fills the gap in books dedicated to the ideas of ground-breaking theorist Juliet Mitchell. Essays from internationally renowned scholar...

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop. I exist because I think and I cant stop myself from thinking. Jean-Paul Sartre, NauseaWriting the Min...

Based on extensive research, this book is a fundamental critique of psychiatry that examines the foundations of psychiatry, refutes its basic tenet...

After a Facebook rebellion in Egypt and Twitter protests in Turkey, the internet has been proclaimed as a globe-shifting, revolutionizing force tha...

Based on extensive research, this book is a fundamental critique of psychiatry that examines the foundations of psychiatry, refutes its basic tenet...

Modern men the world over are becoming increasingly fascinated with their image, spending more of their disposable income on beautification product...

This volume extends the theoretical scope of the important concept of empathy by analysing not only the cultural contexts that foster the generatin...

Introducing the first macro-sociological perspective on the concept of creativity this book includes a review of ten domains which have studied cre...

How do women experience the identity changes involved in becoming mothers for the first time? Throughout in depth case examples, Wendy Hollway demo...

How do women experience the identity changes involved in becoming mothers for the first time? Throughout in depth case examples, Wendy Hollway demo...

With a foreword by Slavoj iek, this book explores the Father Function in the East in the process of 'Modernisation', arguing that 'Modernisation' a...

Narcissism and Its Discontents challenges the received wisdom that narcissism is only destructive of good social relations. By building on insights...