2nd Edition
The Handbook of International Psychology
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






