2nd Edition

The Handbook of International Psychology

634 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

634 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

634 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This second edition of The Handbook of International Psychology chronicles the discipline of psychology as it evolves in different regions, from the perspective of those living and working in the countries they write about. This volume surveys the history, methodology, education, training, and future of psychology in more than 100 countries/territories, organized by region and continent. In... Read more

1. Introduction

Merry Bullock, Michael J. Stevens, Danny Wedding, and Amanda Clinton, Editors

AFRICA

2. History of Psychology in Ethiopia

Workneh Kebede and Henok Hailu

3. Overview of Psychology in Ghana

Collins Badu Agyemang, Feikoab Parimah and Richmond Acquah‑Coleman

4. The Journey of Psychology in Kenya: Past, Present, and Future

Lucy Wairimu Mukuria, Mary Kittakah and Margaret W. Njoroge

5. The State of Psychology in Namibia

Joab Mudzanapabwe, William Chiremba and Ndirao T. Kaxuxuena

6. Psychology Is Growing in Nigeria, but Needs to Be Nurtured

Michael Onyeka Ezenwa, Oluyemi P. Atibioke and JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji

7. A Brief History and Status of Psychology in South Africa

Priscilla Buyisile Mbele, Joachim Mureriwa and Thabiso Rapapali

8. Psychology in Tanzania

Saldin H. Kimangale and Tasiana Njau

9. Unmasking the Development of Psychology as a Discipline in Uganda

Grace M. Kibanja, Mayanja M. Kajumba, Dan Magala and Sarah G. Nakitto

10. Psychology and Its Practice in Zimbabwe

Pamela Marwisa, Fungai Trevor Mudzingwa, Julia Mutambarax, Innocent Sifelani and Olga Filippa Nel

THE AMERICAS

11. Psychology in the Americas

Hugo Klappenbach, Judith L. Gibbons, Carlos P. Zalaquett and Sandra Luna‑Sanchez

NORTH AMERICA

12. Psychology in Canada

Stewart Madon, Lisa Votta‑Bleeker and Karen R. Cohen

13. Psychology in Mexico

Alfredo Padilla‑Lopez, Andrómeda Valencia‑Ortiz and Cirilo Garcia‑Cadena

14. Psychology in the United States

Gabriel Twose, Alissa Fogg and Amanda Clinton

CARIBBEAN

15. Psychology in the Caribbean Region: An Overview

Katija Khan and Ishtar Govia

DUTCH‑SPEAKING CARIBBEAN

16. Psychology in the Dutch Caribbean

Cassandra Richardson, Jalika Breaux, Natalie Humphrey, Maja Heijmans‑Goedschalk and Manon Sanches

ENGLISH‑SPEAKING CARIBBEAN

17. The Psychological Journey in Jamaica: A Current and Historical Overview

Kai A. D. Morgan Campbell, Marissa Stubbs, Margarett Barnett, Tiffany Palmer and Ishtar Govia

18. Psychology in the English-Speaking Caribbean: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands

Marilyn Braithwaite‑Hall, Stephanie P. Hutcheson, Michael H. Campbell, Julie Dunstan, Stephanie Guthman, Cherita Rayner, Katija Khan, Sheena Walker and Dara Hamilton

FRENCH‑SPEAKING CARIBBEAN

19. The Unique Development of Haitian Psychology

Phaïdra Alliance Laraque, Rogenette Georges, and Rodginie Dorcent

SPANISH‑SPEAKING CARIBBEAN

20. Contemporary Psychology in Cuba

Jorge Enrique Torralbas Olsé, Claudia María Caballero Reyes and Arianne Medina Macías

21. Caribbean Psychology: The Case of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic

Edil Torres Rivera and Ivelisse Torres Fernández

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

22. Psychology in Argentina: History and Professionalization

Miguel Gallegos

23. Present and Future of Psychology in Bolivia

Marion K. Schulmeyer

24. Psychology in Brazil: Its Past, Its Present, and Its Future

William Barbosa Gomes, Mauro de Oliveira Magalhães, Andréia Schmidt, Antonio Virgílio Bastos, Gabriel Vieira Cândido and Ricardo Gorayeb

25. Psychology in Chile: Overview and Future Challenges

Claudia Zúñiga and Fernando Reyes

26. Advancing Psychology in the Global South: The Case of Colombia

Rubén Ardila and María Luisa Ramírez

27. Psychology in Ecuador

Verónica Leon‑Ron, María Fernanda Cazares, and Gabriela Arroyo Limaico

28. History of Psychology in Guatemala

Regina Fanjul de Marsicovetere Mirna Sosa and Maria del Pilar Grazioso

29. Emergence and Advancement: Six Decades of Developing Psychology in Honduras

Rita M. Rivera

30. Psychology in Nicaragua

Roberto José Ordóñez González and Ana Rodríguez

31. Psychology in Panamá

Gabriel L. Medianero Araúz, María Estefanía Ramírez, Laura Álvarez and Christian Tejeira

32. History of Psychology in Paraguay

Marcelo Facundo Buenahora Bernal and Antonio Samaniego‑Pinho

33. Psychology in Peru

Sheyla Blumen

34. Psychology in Uruguay

Alejandro Vasquez‑Echeverria and Clementina Tomas‑Llerena

35. Psychology in Venezuela

Elvia Amesty and Gloria Pino‑Ramirez

ASIA

36. Psychology in Bangladesh

Marzia Al‑Hakeem and Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman

37. Psychology in Cambodia

Thearom Ret and ChanPeou Phan

38. Development of Psychology in Mainland China

Duan Huang and Buxin Han

39. Psychology in Hong Kong

Bernard P. H. Wong and Geoffrey Blowers

40. Psychology in India: Professional Challenges and Future Directions

Tushar Singh, Bhawna Tushir and Shalini Mittal

41. Psychology in Indonesia

Andik Matulessy and Anrilia E. M. Ningdyah

42. Psychology in Japan

Hanako Suzuki, Kohske Takahashi and Tatsuya Sato

43. Psychology in Malaysia

Shamsul Haque, Alvin Lai Oon Ng, Chee‑Leong Goh, Alizi Alias and Mushfiqul Anwar Siraji

44. Psychology in Nepal

Bijay Thapa and Usha Kiran Subba

45. The Emergence of Psychology in Pakistan

Amina Muazzam and Nuzhat‑ul‑Ain

46. Psychology in the Philippines

Gino A. Cabrera and Marc Eric S. Reyes

47. Psychology in Singapore

Elizabeth Nair

48. Psychology in South Korea

Jeanyung Chey, Kee‑Hong Choi, Jueun Kim and Hyang Sook Kim

49. Psychology in Sri Lanka

Kanthi Hettigoda and Nipuni D. Kularatne

50. Psychology in Taiwan:Building on Cultural Knowledge and Serving People in Need

Hung Chiao, Li‑fei Wang and Jen‑Ho Chang

51. Psychology in Thailand

Wachiraya Lertgrai and Douglas Rhein

52. Psychology in Vietnam

Michael R. Hass and Dang Hoang‑Minh

EURASIA

53. Psychology in Armenia

Hrant Avanesyan, Gevorg Gharibyan, Srbuhi Gevorgyan, Narine Khachatryan and Harold Takooshian

54. Psychology in Azerbaijan

Salim Yolchiyev and Madina Yolchiyeva

55. The Landscape of Psychology in Türkiye: Growth and Challenges

Celia K. Naivar Şen and Ayşe Nur Karkın

EUROPE

56. Psychology across the European Region

Nicola Gale and Sabine Steyaert

57. Professional and Scientific Psychology in Austria

Beate Wimmer‑Puchinger, Anton‑Rupert Laireiter and Louisa Meerjanssen

58. The History of Psychology in Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania

Dragos Iliescu, Valbona Treska, Stoil Mavrodiev and Andrei Ion

59. Psychology in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Jüri Allik

60. Psychology in the Czech Republic

Dalibor Vobořil and Ivo Čermák

61. Danish Psychology

Arne Grøenberg Johansen

62. Psychology in Finland

Vera Gergov and Jari Lipsanen

63. Psychology in the Former Yugoslavia: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia

Marijana Markovikj X, Eleonora Serafimovska, Marlena Plavšić, Nikola Petrović and Neda Janićijević

64. Psychology in France

Benoît Schneider and Gladys Mondière

65. Psychology in Germany

Sára Anna Ritter, Meltem Avci‑Werning, Tim‑Can Werning and Hanna Kampling

66. History of Psychology in Greece

Chryse Hatzichristou, Niki Georgakakou‑Koutsonikou and Aikaterini Lampropoulou

67. A Short History of Psychology in Hungary

Márta Fülöp and Szilárd Holka

68. Psychology in Ireland

Cal Mc Donagh, Mitchel Fleming, Anne Kehoe and John Francis Leader

69. Psychology in Italy: The Identity of a Science and of a Profession

Georgia Zara

70. Psychology in the Netherlands

Rudolf W. H. M. Ponds

71. Psychology in Norway

Ole Tunold and Gerd Kvale

72. Psychology in Poland

Beate Rynkiewicz and Adam Tarnowski

73. The Case of Portugal

Carolina Garraio, Sofia Ramalho, Telma Miranda, and Tiago Pereira

74. Psychology in Russia

Yury Zinchenko, Alex Veraska, Anna Leybina and Sergey Leonov

75. Psychology in Spain

Alicia Alonso Berdún, Jaime Martin Fernández, Daniel Martín Montealegre, and Álvaro Rovira Canals

76. Psychology in Sweden

Jonas Bjärehed

77. Psychology in Ukraine

Valeriia Palii, Viktoriia Gorbunova and Vitalii Klymchuk

78. Psychology in the United Kingdom

David J. Murphy

MIDDLE EAST

79. Psychology in the Middle East

Joanne Hands and Vedrana Mladina

80. Psychology in Egypt

Gurusewak S. Khalsa, Maaly Younis, Sarah M. I. Osman and Fatimah Mohamed Badawy

81. Psychology in Iran

Bagher Ghobary Bonab

82. Psychology in Iraq

Azad Ali Ismael

83. Psychology in Israel

Benjamin Beit‑Hallahmi

84. Psychology in Jordan

Lina Mahmoud Ashour

85. Psychology in Lebanon

Brigitte Khoury, Leyla Akoury Dirani and Lara Hassoun

86. Psychology in Saudi Arabia: A Brief Report

Ahmad Kassab Alshayea

OCEANIA

87. Psychology in Australia

Simon F. Crowe and Tamara Cavenett

88. Psychology in Aotearoa New Zealand

Brian Dixon, Natasha Tassell‑Matamua, Marc Wilson, Marg O’Brien and Barry Parsonson

Biography

Merry Bullock has been involved for decades with the development and promotion of a global psychology lens, through research, teaching, mentoring, writing, and organizational engagement in multiple countries.

Michael Stevens was the Outstanding University Researcher at Illinois State University, Past-President of APA’s Division of International Psychology, Fulbright scholar at the University of Sibiu, and holds three honorary doctorates.

Danny Wedding is a Clinical Psychologist who has taught in six international psychology/psychiatry departments, including Fulbrights in Thailand and South Korea.

Amanda Clinton is the Senior Director for International Affairs at the American Psychological Association. Her career focuses on advancement of global psychology through equity and inclusion.

“This is a substantially updated, expanded, and enhanced edition of the dated Handbook of International Psychology. It now reflects the global spectrum of modern psychology. The four distinguished editors have direct deep knowledge of the substantial variations in how psychology developed, is conceived, situated, and practiced around the world and have structured the contributions of international authors to capture these features as well as their commonalities. Readers  will benefit from learning how varied are the organizations and practices of psychology. This important seminal work belongs on every psychologist's desk.”

 J. Bruce Overmier, Emeritus Professor, University of Minnesota and Past President of the International Union of Psychological Science.

 

“This edition of The Handbook of International Psychology features an unprecedented sampling of psychology in well- and lesser-known countries around the world. Written by eminent psychologists from these countries, readers will discover common themes and distinct elements in psychology education and training, research and practice, and ethics and law. They will learn about how current and past events as well as culture continue to shape psychology in these countries. The Handbook will become an indispensable text for psychologists, psychology students, and interested readers for years to come.”

 Christina J. Montiel, Emerita Professor, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines; Academician, National Academy of Science & Technology

 

“The second edition of TheHandbook of International Psychology, edited by Bullock, Stevens, Wedding and Clinton wonderfully captures the essence of global psychology. Its diverse perspectives from over 100 countries provide an invaluable guide for understanding the international dimensions of psychology and the varied ways in which the profession is organized. A vital reference for scholars and practitioners alike."

Lori Foster, North Carolina State University, USA; President, International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) & Christine Roland-Lévy, University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, France; Past President, IAAP