Ramirez / Goldstein Psychology of the Americas

Mestizo Perspectives on Personality and Mental Health
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-5332-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Web PDF

Psychology of the Americas: Mestizo Perspectives on Personality and Mental Health presents the framework for a personality psychology and psychiatry of the Americas. This framework is based on the mestizo world view, a perspective that emerged from sociopolitical events which are unique to the development of many of the nations of the Americas. The word 'mestizo' refers to the synthesis of native American and European people, cultures, and life styles. This book is divided into nine chapters and starts with a discussion of the concepts and principles of developmental, personality, community, and clinical psychology/psychiatry, which are reflected in the cultures of the indigenous peoples of North and South America, as well as the Caribbean. Considerable chapters offer some models that are based on the paradigms of diversity and synthesis, specifically a values/belief systems-cognitive styles framework based on research that has explored the relationship between traditionalism-modernism and cognitive styles. The specific models focus on individual development of pluralistic identities, the mental health of families coping with acculturation stress, person-environment fit of migrating individuals who are mismatched with institutions and agencies of the community, and on intergroup and international relations in situations of conflict. The remaining chapters deal with the tenets and assumptions of a psychology and psychiatry, including theories and approaches which differ in many respects from the European world view-based personality psychology and psychiatry of the past. This book is of value to psychologists, psychiatrists, researchers, and students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ramirez, Manuel

Goldstein, Arnold P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Psychology of the Americas: Mestizo Perspectives on Personality and Mental Health;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Acknowledgments;12
6;Preface;14
7;Chapter 1. A Psychology of the Americas;18
7.1;Two Historical Traditions, Two World Views, and Two Perspectives in Personality Psychology and Mental Health;19
7.2;Contrasting European and Mestizo World Views in Psychology and Psychiatry;26
8;Chapter 2. The Cultural and Philosophical Foundations of Mestizo Psychology and Psychiatry;36
8.1;Psychology Reflected in the Cultures of the Indigenous People of North America;36
8.2;Psychology Reflected in the Cultures of the Indigenous People of Central and South America and the Caribbean;39
8.3;The Mestizoization of Peoples and Cultures of the Americas;42
8.4;Philosophical Roots of Mestizo Psychology and Psychiatry;44
9;Chapter 3. Social Science Foundations of a Mestizo Theory of Personality and Psychiatry;50
9.1;Early Anthropological Culture— and Personality Research;50
9.2;Psychoanalytically Oriented Works;56
9.3;Recent Psychological Research in Latin America;58
9.4;Research and Development with Hispanics in the United States: The Call for a Mestizo Psychology;60
10;Chapter 4. A Mestizo Theory of Personality Psychology and Psychiatry;67
10.1;General Description of the Theory;67
10.2;Principal Assumptions of the Theory;68
10.3;Stages of Identity Development in Traditional Mestizo Cultures;72
10.4;Problems of Identity Development;74
10.5;Opportunities for Multicultural Development;76
11;Chapter 5. Research Methods and the Mestizo World View;82
11.1;Methodologies and Instruments Reflecting the European World View;82
11.2;European vs. Mestizo World Views and the Emic- Etic Controversy in Cross-Cultural Psychology;88
11.3;Research Methodologies and Instruments Inspired by the Mestizo World View;90
11.4;Assessing the Degree to Which Methodology of Research and Intervention Projects Is Consonant with the Mestizo World View;103
12;Chapter 6. Coping with Diversity in the Americas: The Need to Integrate Mestizo and European Research Approaches and Methodologies;110
12.1;Natural Sciences vs. Phenomenological Approaches to Psychological Research;110
12.2;Diversity and the Americas;112
12.3;Understanding the Psychodynamics of Bicultural/ Multicultural People;113
12.4;Life Histories;119
12.5;Leadership in Mixed Ethnic Groups;128
13;Chapter 7. The Mestizo World View and Mental Health in the Americas;135
14;Holistic Views of Health and Maladjustment;136
15;Good Relations with the Physical and Social Environments;137
16;Religion, Spiritualism, and Health: Good Relations with the Supernatural;138
17;Curanderos(as), Espiritistas, and Medicine Men: Mediating between the Person and the Supernatural;140
18;Models for Understanding and Promoting Mental Health in the Americas;146
19;A Neighborhood-Based, Culture-Responsive Model for Bicultural/Multicultural Stress;150
20;Chapter 8. Coping with Change and Improving Intergroup and International Relations in the Americas: Applications of Mestizo Psychology;158
20.1;Change and Adjustment in the Americas;159
20.2;Community Psychology, Intervention, and Primary Prevention in Problems of Adjustment Related to Culture Change;160
20.3;A Values/Belief Systems-Cognitive Styles Model;162
20.4;Intranational and International Conflict in the Americas: Politics and Economics;167
20.5;A Training Program in Interethnic and International Relations;168
21;Chapter 9. Conclusion;177
21.1;The Psychology of the Americas and Megatrends;177
21.2;The Psychology of the Americas and Diversity;178
21.3;The Psychology of the Americas and the Future of the World;178
22;Appendix;180
23;Name Index;192
24;Subject Index;195
25;About the Author;197
26;Pergamon General Psychology Series Titles;198