1st Edition

Mental Health and Psychopathology

Edited By Ami Rokach Copyright 2022
340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

This volume is a compilation of articles that shed light on psychopathology, how the one struggling with it experiences its implications, and how it affects everyday life. For one to be categorized as exhibiting positive mental health, an individual should not experience psychopathology, and additionally exhibit high levels of emotional well-being as well as high levels of psychological and... Read more

Introduction: How is it to experience psychopathology, and how it affects everyday life 
Ami Rokach 
Part 1: The Experience of Psychopathology 
1. Fifty Shades of Darkness: A Socio-Cognitive Information-Processing Framework Applied to Narcissism and Psychopathy 
B. Lopes, H. Yu, C. Bortolon and R. Jaspal 
2. Self-Stigma Is Associated with Depression and Anxiety in a Collectivistic Context: The Adaptive Cultural Function of Self-Criticism 
John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Benedict G. Antazo and Judith L. Paceño 
3. Language and the Symptoms of Mental Illness Connection via Abstract Representations of the Self and the World 
Yaşar Kuzucua, Ömer Faruk Şimşek and Çiğdem Koşe-Demiray 
4. Personality Trait Interactions in Risk for and Protection against Social Anxiety Symptoms 
Patryk Łakuta 
5. Insecure Attachment and Subclinical Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: A Three-Dimensional Model of Personality Self-Regulation as a Mediator 
Ahmad Valikhani, Zahra Abbasi, Elham Radman, Mohammad Ali Goodarzi and Ahmed A. Moustafa 
6. Self-Criticism, Neediness, and Distress in the Prediction of Suicide Ideation: Results from Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies 
Rui C. Campos, Ronald R. Holden, Cristina Baleizãoa, Berta Caçador and Ana Sofia Fragata 
7. Obsessive-Compulsive and Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Depressive Cognitive Styles 
Ashley M. Shaw, Julia Y. Carbonella, Kimberly A. Arditte Hall and Kiara R. Timpano 
8. Faces of Shame: Implications for Self-Esteem, Emotion Regulation, Aggression, and Well-Being 
Patrizia Velotti, Carlo Garofalo, Federica Bottazzi and Vincenzo Caretti 
9. Cognitive Alexithymia Mediates the Association Between Avoidant Attachment and Interpersonal Problems in Patients With Somatoform Disorder 
Jurrijn A. Koelen, Liesbeth H.M. Eurelings-Bontekoe and Stefan Kempke 
10. Impact of Economic Hardship and Financial Threat on Suicide Ideation and Confusion 
Lisa Fiksenbaum, Zdravko Marjanovic, Esther Greenglass, and Francisco Garcia-Santos 
Part 2: The Effect of Psychopathology on Everyday Life 
11. The Role of Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism in Psychological Perpetrated Abuse Within Couple Relationships: The Mediating Role of Romantic Jealousy 
Lucia Ponti, Simon Ghinassi and Franca Tani 
12. Personality Change in Middle Adulthood: With Focus on Differential Susceptibility 
Tetsuya Kawamoto 
13. Effect of Depressive Symptoms and Sex on the Relationship Between Loneliness and Cigarette Dependence: A Moderated Mediation 
Carmela Martínez-Vispo, Ana López-Durán, Rubén Rodríguez-Cano, Elena Fernández del Río, Carmen Senra and Elisardo Becoña 
14. Body Dysmorphic Symptoms, Functional Impairment, and Depression: The Role of Appearance-Based Teasing 
Hilary Weingarden and Keith D. Renshaw 
Part 3: Coherence, Resilience and Recovery 
15. Resilience and Coping as Predictors of Well-Being in Adults 
Teresa Mayordomo, Paz Viguer, Alicia Sales, Encarnación Satorres and Juan C. Meléndez 
16. Loneliness and Suicidal Risk in Young Adults: Does Believing in a Changeable Future Help Minimize Suicidal Risk Among the Lonely? 
Edward C. Chang, Liangqiu Wan, Pengzi Li, Yuncheng Guo, Jiaying He, Yu Gu, Yingjie Wang, Xiaoqing Li, Zhan Zhang, Yingrui Sun, Casey N.-H. Batterbee, Olivia D. Chang, Abigael G. Lucas and Jameson K. Hirsch 
17. Loneliness and Negative Affective Conditions in Adults: Is There Any Room for Hope in Predicting Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms? 
Mine Muyan, Edward C. Chang, Zunaira Jilani, Tina Yu, Jiachen Lin and Jameson K. Hirsch 
18. Related Changes in Personal Recovery, Benefit Finding, and Sense of Coherence among People with Chronic Mental Illness: A Two-Wave Study 
Rie Chiba, Yoshihiko Yamazaki, Yuki Miyamoto and Akiko Funakoshi 

Biography

Ami Rokach is clinical psychologist who has been researching and teaching about loneliness, human sexuality, and psychotherapy for the past 40 years. Ami is Executive Editor of The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, and a clinical psychologist who combines offering individual, couple and sex therapy with teaching and research. He is member of the psychology departments at York University in Canada, and Walden University in the USA.