The Wiley Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-118-50831-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1012 g

The Wiley Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology is the definitive new reference for the field, providing a state-of-the-art review of PCP which focuses on the theory and its philosophy, methodology, areas of application and future horizons

- A definitive new reference work for the field of personal construct psychology, featuring leading international figures in the field

- Each section begins with a concise chapter that reviews the literature in  the area concerned and highlights  new developments

- Covers theory, history, methodology and a wealth of new and established applications including education, grief and meaning reconstruction, sexuality, organizational consultancy and personal construct coaching

- Draws on published and previously unpublished work by pioneers including Fay Fransella and Miller Mair

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winter, David A

Reed, Nick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors xi
Foreword
Rue L. Cromwell xx

Preface
David A. Winter and Nick Reed xxviii

1. What Is a Personal Construct? 1
Fay Fransella

Part I Personal Construct Psychology and Its Philosophy 9

2. Personal Construct Theory and Philosophy 11
Trevor Butt and Bill Warren

3. George Kelly: A Revealing Moment 24
Franz R. Epting

4. Personal Construct Psychology in Relation to an Integrative Constructivism 34
Jonathan D. Raskin

5. Philosophy and Psychology: The Distinctiveness of the Theory of Personal Constructs 45
Bill Warren

6. So Distant, Yet So Close: Kelly, Maturana, and Their Constructivist Theories 57
Gabriele Chiari

Part II Methodology 69

7. Methodologies of Assessment in Personal Construct Psychology 71
Richard C. Bell

8. Assessment of Hierarchies of Construing 88
Peter Caputi

9. Using Linear Mixed Models with Repertory Grid Data 99
Mark Heckmann and Richard C. Bell

10. Nonverbal Assessment Methods 113
Beverly M. Walker

11. Experience Cycle Methodology: A Qualitative Method to Understand the Process of Revising Personal Constructs 125
Lindsay G. Oades and Fiona Patterson

Part III Society and Culture 137

12. Personal Construct Psychology, Society, and Culture: A Review 139
Harry Procter

13. “Culture’s like an extra layer on top isn’t it?” Sociality and Superordination in Italian and English People 154
Viv Burr, Trevor Butt, and Massimo Giliberto

14. Relational Construct Psychology 167
Harry Procter

15. The Political Program of Personal Construct Psychology 178
Dušan Stojnov

16. Transcending War-Ravaged Biographies 190
David A. Winter

Part IV Clinical Applications 201

17. The Continuing Clinical Relevance of Personal Construct Psychology: A Review 203
David A. Winter

Über Autor(innen)

David Winter is Professor of Clinical Psychology, and Programme Director of the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has applied personal construct psychology in clinical practice and research for 40 years, with over 150 publications including Personal Construct Psychology in Clinical Practice (1994) and Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Advances in Theory, Practice and Research (Wiley, 2005).
Nick Reed is Director of the Centre for Personal Construct Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, UK. Nick has taught and practised personal construct psychology for over 15 years and has experience of applying PCP in diverse contexts including organisational change, environmental consultancy, teacher effectiveness and the training of junior doctors.