Psychology: emotions Books

Originally published in 1981, this title is a collection of chapters based on papers presented at a conference called to explore what the editors called a developmental-interaction point of view - an approach to developmental psychology and education...

Originally published in 1985, this title was a retrospective appreciation of the late Richard L. Solomon. His pre- and postdoctoral students from past years presented the 22 papers which are published in this volume. The book reflects the breadth of...

Originally published in 1984, this was the first volume on this topic to appear in an emerging area of study at the time. The editors were selective in choosing their contributions to the volume to ensure that both the developmental and...

Originally published in 1999, this title covers the entire empirical cycle in adolescent health research and education. It describes in depth the development and evaluation of a health education programme designed to enhance everyday health-related...

How does a person's way of thinking influence their personality, their values and their choice of career? In this important study, originally published in 1985, Susan Aylwin uses such questions as a starting point for elucidating the relationship between...

This book draws on original material and approaches from the developing fields of the history of emotions and childhood studies and brings together scholars from history, literature and cultural studies, to reappraise how the early modern world...

This book explores changes in emotional cultures of the early modern battlefield. Military action involves extraordinary modes of emotional experience and affective control of the soldier, and it evokes strong emotional reactions in society at large...

In 1986 the first research study investigating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) was published. This book, with a foreword by Steven C. Hayes, describes the research journey that ACT has taken over the past 30 years and suggests, in light of the...

Through three empirical studies, this book explores the mechanisms behind moderating functions of empathy in violent video games, revealing new insights that will inform the ongoing debates about the effects violent media content.

This book looks at the historic and contemporary links between music's connection to emotions and men's supposed discomfort with their own emotional experience. Looking at music tastes and distaste, it demonstrates how a sociological analysis of music...

If you ask me, is this book for me? I will say "Yes, of course!"Since you have this book in your hands, it means you are in search of happiness. I can assure you that there is no better place and time than now. So, take this opportunity and you will be...

Planet Heartbreak is a compilation of sixty-two stories written by women who have experienced Wife Abandonment Syndrome – when a husband leaves what his wife believed to be a happy marriage without ever having told her that he was unhappy or...

Zander Sprague was devasted when his sister Lucy was murdered. But he did not want to further burden his parents in their time of profound grief. Many families are at a loss at how to connect when they need each other most. Later, many parents asked...

Está en sus manos es una introducción a una nueva técnica psicoterapéutica llamada “Técnica de liberación emocional,” conocida en inglés como Emotional freedom technique (EFT), la cual,...

¡Sí, existe el gozo! Aún y pese a nuestras circunstancias o sentimientos, el gozo siempre es accesible y disponible a todo ser humano. Es la hora para el extraordinario libro que te permite enfocarte en lo más importante y fundamental para la vida...

Cultural Feelings: Mood, Mediation and Cultural Politics sets out to examine the role of feelings and mood in the production of social and cultural experience. By returning to the work of Raymond Williams, and informed by recent 'affect theory', it...

The Restorative Nature of Ongoing Connections with the Deceased is a guide to stimulating thought and discussion about ongoing attachments between bereaved individuals and their deceased loved ones. Chapters promote broad, inclusive training and dialogue...

Moral Injury After Abortion delves deeply into the psychospiritual responses that some women experience when an abortive act conflicts with their moral beliefs and values. The book is grounded in a qualitative, phenomenological study that examined the...

Three peopleTwo broken heartsOne way out: throughReturning to college at the start of a new school year, Ellie's traveling down a road that's far from ideal.She's forced by Hunter's side thanks to their arrangement, and finds herself easily slipping back...

Overcome Anxiety offers an overview of the ramifications and types of anxiety, and an in-depth review of the causes and impact of anxiety. Dr. Steinberg discloses the value of conventional and innovative mental health interventions and provides the tools...

Wer als Kind nicht hinreichend ernst genommen wurde, wird immer darunter leiden, wenn andere ihn nicht ernst nehmen. Er wird sich danach sehnen und vieles dafür tun, ernst genommen zu werden. Geschieht dann aber das Ersehnte, kommt es nicht bei ihm an...

This book examines the use of Buddhist ideas, particularly mindfulness, to manage a broad spectrum of emotions and to address social and economic issues impacting the world, such as climate change. Beginning with a brief history of emotion studies, it...

This book engages with what are widely recognized as the two core dimensions of emotion. When we are afraid, glad or disappointed, we feel a certain way; moreover, our emotion is intentional or directed at something: we are afraid of something, glad or...

Applying Occupational Psychology in the Fire Service: Emotion, Risk and Decision-Making provides readers with an overview of the latest research informing the policies, procedures and practices of those working on the ground in the UK Fire Service. Using...

This book explores how dementia acts as an existential threat, both to people diagnosed with the condition, and to their carers. The authors highlight how dementia not only gradually erodes our most fundamental abilities, but that it does so at a time of...

This eye-opening text brings together research from behavioral science, neuroscience, and other fields to make a cogent case for emotions acting as a practical framework for living our lives. A dozen basic emotions are analyzed in terms of what causes...

#2022istheyearofHealing is my God-given hashtag and inspired theme of this year! By the time you finish reading this book, it will be your hashtag and theme too, even if you have to change the year.No one likes to go through the lows of this life alone...

Communications specialists-our police, fire, and EMS dispatchers and 911 call takers-are some of the most important members of public safety, yet they are frequently some of the least-recognized members of these teams. Communications specialists face...

Do you feel you don’t understand your decisions or motivations?Acting as a bystander in your own life? Discover the strengths of your personality and how to use them to make better and quicker life choices. In Find Who...

At ten years old, Aaron loses his older brother to leukaemia. This profound loss creates tremendous instability in the family for years. The bereaved parents suffered from intense depression and eventually separate. After that, Aaron comes to believe...

Good clinical practice is impossible without an understanding of the ways in which patients present their complaints. Patients have their own styles of coping and of expressing their concerns, and without a clear understanding of these the clinician may...

Empathy has provoked equal measures of excitement and controversy in recent years. For some, empathy is crucial to understanding others, helping us bridge social and cultural differences. For others, empathy is nothing but a misguided assumption of...

This book explores the long-term outcomes of severe and ongoing trauma-particularly complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD)-from phenomenological and cognitive perspectives. For example, C-PTSD can result in impairments at the body-schema level...

Un libro che analizza il fenomeno dell'odio: cosa lo causa, come si manifesta, e quali sono le implicazioni sulla salute mentale e fisica. Mantegazza utilizza la sua esperienza come medico e antropologo per esplorare le origini dell'odio e come possiamo...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Facing change in our lives does not have to be a traumatic experience. It can be a time of enlightenment. In fact, pastoral counselor J. Bill Ratliff shows that we can emerge from times of chosen and unchosen changes even more whole than we were before...

Emotion in the Digital Age examines how emotion is understood, researched and experienced in relation to practices of digitisation and datafication said to constitute a digital age. The overarching concern of the book is with how emotion operates...

In Men and the Language of Emotions, Dariusz Galasinski challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving distancing from the language of emotions. Drawing on a major study of heterosexual men talking about their life...

The easy-to-navigate flowcharts allow you quickly search up your symptoms and obtain an explanation of potential causes and viable home cures, as well as advise on when you should consult a doctor, even in a crisis. This thorough book covers over 175...

Grief is painful. It hurts. Badly. We know.What if we focused on grief as something that helps us grow wiser and more resilient?What if we could embrace grief? At least hold its hand? Look at it closely? This is a book about good grief.For She Who...

A work book to accompany the Letters for Healing book with hints and advice on how to get started.Letters for Healing is a collection of letters and songs that were written to lost loved ones as a means of therapy. The book also includes...

A young widow's journey of grief and insight, What Not To Do When Your Husband Dies is a poignant and powerful look at navigating the aftermath of a sudden loss. Drawing on her background in Neuroscience and Meditation, the author shares her own...

Do insecurities and a lack of self-confidencekeep you down? Do you feel inferior and worthless compared to others? Good news: you CAN turn the sinking ship of negative feelings around. Emotional insecurities can be changed and improved by...

As the world-renowned artist Edvard Munch said about his painting, The Scream, “Each individual is alone in their own despair.” To some extent this is what I have experienced with clients over the past 25 years. Being close to a person who...

Vous êtes submergé par les difficultés et vous abandonnez à la première occasion ?Ce guide vous aidera à endurcir votre esprit afin d'affronter les défis et l'adversité. Apprenez à vous autodiscipliner, à améliorer votre dialogue intérieur et à...

Do you want to find out the secrets of body language?Do you want to find out if the person in front of you is lying to you?Do you want to find out if you can trust that person?If you answered "YES," keep reading...Words cannot give full coverage of...

Martin Firrell is a British public artist whose works confront unjust power systems of all kinds. He uses language to engage directly with the public, provoking dialogue, usually about aspects of marginalisation, equality, and more equitable social...