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The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology

Shane J. Lopez and Roni Reiter-Palmon

Chapter: Positive organizational psychology, co-authored by Roni Reiter-Palmon, UNO faculty member.

Positive psychology, the pursuit of understanding optimal human functioning, is reshaping the scholarly and public views of how we see the science of psychology. The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology provides a comprehensive and accessible summary of this growing area of scholarship and practice.
Multi-level Issues in Creativity and Innovation

Samuel T. Hunter, Michael D. Mumford, Katrina E. Bedell-Avers, and Roni Reiter-Palmon

Chapter: Creativity and cognitive processes: A multi-level linkage between individual and team cognition, co-authored by Roni Reiter-Palmon.

Chapter: Beyond Cognitive Processes: Antecedents and Influences on team cognition, co-authored by Roni Reiter-Palmon.

"Multi-Level Issues in Creativity and Innovation" is Volume 7 of "Research in Multi-Level Issues", an annual series that provides an outlet for the discussion of multi-level problems and solutions across a variety of fields of study. Using a scientific debate format of a key scholarly essay followed by two commentaries and a rebuttal, we present, in this series, theoretical work, significant empirical studies, methodological developments, analytical techniques, and philosophical treatments to advance the field of multi-level studies, regardless of disciplinary perspective.Similar to Volumes 1 through 6 (Yammarino & Dansereau, 2002, 2004, 2006; Dansereau & Yammarino, 2003, 2005, 2007), this volume, Volume 7, edited by Mumford, Hunter, and Bedell-Avers, contains five major essays with commentaries and rebuttals that cover a range of topics, but in the realms of creativity and innovation. In particular, the five critical essays offer extensive literature reviews, new model developments, methodological advancements, and some data for the study of creativity and social influence, innovation and planning, creativity and cognitive processes, sub-system configuration, and new venture emergence. While each of the major essays, and associated commentaries and rebuttals, is unique in orientation, they show a common bond in raising and addressing multi-level issues or discussing problems and solutions that involve multiple levels of analysis in creativity and innovation.It provides in-depth scholarly information on multiple level issues in organizations and time. It is international in scope.
Best practices in school psychology V

Alex Thomas, Jeff Grimes, and Brian McKevitt

Chapter 44: Best Practices in Developing a Positive Behavior Support System at the School Level, co-authored by Brian McKevitt.

For nearly a quarter of a century, NASP’s Best Practices in School Psychology volumes have served as the core resource on contemporary, evidence-based, and relevant information necessary for competent delivery of school psychological services. This latest six-volume edition, Best Practices in School Psychology V, expands from earlier editions to include a broader range of topics, with considerable attention to a multitier system as a construct for the delivery of differentiated services.

Intended to help school psychologists put the future of school psychology into practice today, BPV is organized according the framework established in School Psychology: A Blueprint for Training and Practice III. There is a section for each of the nine competencies and for the application of the scientific method.
Research on Emotion in Organizations: Emotions, Ethics, and Decision-Making

Wilfred J. Zerbe, Charmaine E.J. Hartel, Neal M. Ashkanasy, and Roni Reiter-Palmon

Chapter 13: The effects of empathy in judgments of sexual harassment complaints, co-authored by Roni Reiter-Palmon, UNO faculty member.

The rapidly growing recognition of the importance of emotion in understanding all aspects of organizational life is facilitating the development of focused areas of scholarship. The articles in this volume represent a selection of the best papers presented at the sixth International Conference on Emotions and Organizational Life (held in Atlanta, in July 2006), complemented with invited chapters by leading scholars in the field.The theme of this volume, Emotions, Ethics and Decision-making, concerns the role of emotions in decision-making in general, and also more specifically the special place of emotions in decisions that have an ethical character. It begins by looking at the influence of emotions on strategic decisions, among entrepreneurs, in the case of workplace proenvironmental behaviors, as well as how emotional intelligence contributes to problem solving.Emotions are particularly present in ethical decisions, largely because of the close connection between personal identity, for which values are central, and feelings about the self. Specific chapters look at emotions experienced as a result of ethical dilemmas, the role of anger and justice perceptions, the role of attributions and emotional intelligence in ethics perceptions, and at emotions in three specific contexts: emotional labor, whistle-blowing and sexual harassment. Finally the volume comes full circle in an examination of how top executives engage in change that is truly congruent with the ethical values of internal and external constituents.
The Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Steven G. Rogelberg and Roni Reiter-Palmon

Chapter: Innovation, co-authored by Roni Reiter-Palmon, UNO faculty member.

Chapter: Creativity at Work, co-authored by Roni Reiter-Palmon, UNO faculty member.

Industrial and organizational psychologists help develop strategies that optimize human potential and build better organizations by focusing on behavior within the specific environmental, technological, and social environment of the workplace. Bottom line, I/O psychologists contribute to an organization’s success by resolving its human problems and improving the performance and well-being of its people.

With more than 400 entries, the Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology presents a thorough overview of the cross-disciplinary field of industrial and organizational psychology for students, researchers, and professionals in the areas of psychology, business, management, and human resources. In two volumes, readers are provided with state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts.
Jahrbuch Jugendforschung

Angela Ittel, Ludwig Stecher, Hans Merkens, Jürgen Zinnecker, and Jonathan Bruce Santo

Chapter: Research on peers and adolescent development: What’s doing in North America?, co-authored by Jonathan Bruce Santo, UNO faculty member.

Peer relations research in North America has become increasing complex and divergent in its approaches, its topics, and its concerns. Whereas peer research at one time had been largely concerned with the univariate effects of rejection, acceptance and friendship, current research is concerned with the role of peer relations as mediators and moderators in modes that include multiple predictors and outcomes. Current topics of research on peer relations included processes, such as deviancy training and co-rumination, as well forms of interaction such as victimization, and types of negative relationships such as enemies. As in Europe, the study of peer relations during adolescence is alive and well in North America.
Handbook of Psycholinguistics

Matthew J. Traxler, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, and Michael J. Cortese

Chapter 9: Visual word recognition: The journey from features to meaning (A travel update), co-authored by Michael J. Cortese, UNO faculty member.

With Psycholinguistics in its fifth decade of existence, the second edition of the Handbook of Psycholinguistics represents a comprehensive survey of psycholinguistic theory, research and methodology, with special emphasis on the very best empirical research conducted in the past decade. Thirty leading experts have been brought together to present the reader with both broad and detailed current issues in Language Production, Comprehension and Development.

The handbook is an indispensible single-source guide for professional researchers, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, university and college teachers, and other professionals in the fields of psycholinguistics, language comprehension, reading, neuropsychology of language, linguistics, language development, and computational modeling of language. It will also be a general reference for those in neighboring fields such as cognitive and developmental psychology and education.
Search and Seizure: The Fourth Amendment for Law Enforcement Officers

Robert Henley Woody

Search and seizure in law enforcement is an important area, and this book is devoted solely to that topic. This book aims to provide critical information about the U.S. Constitution, with special emphasis on search and seizure. It will help law enforcement officers to increase their legal knowledge about search and seizure and create a framework for effective problem solving and decision making in the field. It is practically written and focused on practical ideas. To help the reader develop analytic abilities for practice, brief quotations from U. S. Supreme Court cases reveal legal reasoning by justices. An important feature of the book is the translation of the U. S. Supreme Court cases into practical guidance. Captions for sections allow the reader to locate materials on topics of concern, such as conducting search and seizure in a particular context. The organization of the book facilitates both learning and teaching. There are also legal and criminal justice terms that are defined for the reader. Close to one hundred U. S. Supreme Court cases are reviewed, and a list of cases by chapter is also provided. It will be useful to not only trainees and students but also to experienced veterans in providing an in-depth understanding of the Fourth Amendment and the underlying legal principles, which is essential for making effective judgments in real-life law enforcement situations. It also provides attorneys, forensic specialists, and law enforcement personnel already in the field with valuable information for professional development.
Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science

Celia B. Fisher, Richard M. Lerner, and Juan F. Casas

"Aggression," authored by Juan Casas, UNO faculty member.

The Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science is an important and timely contribution to this burgeoning field. This four-volume set is the authoritative source that encompasses the entire range of concepts and topics involved in the study of applied developmental science. Its contents and levels have broad appeal for those interested in how the application of knowledge about human development can be used to enhance the lives of individuals, families, and communities.
Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Violence Among Girls: A Developmental Perspective

Martha Putallaz, Karen L. Bierman, and Juan F. Casas

Chapter 4: . Relational aggression in early childhood: “You can’t come to my birthday party unless…”, co-authored by Juan Casas, UNO faculty member.

From leading authorities, this book traces the development of female aggression and violence from early childhood through adulthood. Cutting-edge theoretical perspectives are interwoven with longitudinal data that elucidate the trajectories of aggressive girls' relationships with peers, with later romantic partners, and with their own children. Key issues addressed include the predictors of social and physical aggression at different points in the lifespan, connections between being a victim and a perpetrator, and the interplay of biological and sociocultural processes in shaping aggression in girls. Concluding commentaries address intervention, prevention, juvenile justice, and related research and policy initiatives.
Group Therapy: An Integrative Cognitive Social-Learning Approach

Robert Henley Woody

Woody (psychology, University of Nebraska) provides professional educators and mental health practitioners with a theoretical basis for adopting and applying an integrative cognitive social-learning approach to group therapy. To clarify theory and technique, transcribed excerpts from an actual therapy group are included, and the author's comments about the communications, interactions, processes, and behaviors that occur in the group sessions explain theory and techniques. The book will be useful for professionals as well as graduate students in education and mental health. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Sleep: Physiology, Investigations and Medicine

Michel Billiard and Jonathan Bruce Santo

Chapter 40: Circadian rhythm sleep disorders related to an abnormal escape of the sleep-wake cycle, co-authored by Jonathan Bruce Santo, UNO faculty member.

Sleep medicine is a recent discipline but its field of knowledge is already extensive. This results from the progress made in understanding sleep-wake mechanisms, the development of reliable means of investigation, and advances in our knowledge of the nosology of the disorders of sleep and wakefulness.

This volume comprises five sections: the first looks at the semiotics of normal sleep in adults and children, sleep mechanisms and the major physiological functions and mental activity during sleep. The second section is a review of the different means of investigating sleep and wakefulness and the methods of analysis currently available. The third section deals with the disorders of sleep and wakefulness, insomnias, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders and parasomnias. The fourth section describes a number of medical disorders which are either sleep-related or simply exacerbated by sleep: snoring, chronic obstructive lung diseases, restless legs syndrome or periodic limb movement disorder, sleep epilepsies, etc. The final section encompasses disorders which are not sleep-dependent but to which sleep investigations may add further insight, such as mood disorders, certain neurological pathologies, dysautonomias, and again, epilepsy. The appendix contains questionnaires, indexes, and assessment scales designed to assist the clinician in evaluating the different disorders. The present edition, written in English is a complete revision of the two preceding French editions. It represents the work of European and North and South American specialists.
The psychology of group perception: Contributions to the study of homogeneity, entitativity, and essentialism

Vincent Yzerbyt, Charles M. Judd, Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research, and Carey S. Ryan

Chapter 15: The Psychology of Group Gerception: Contributions to the Study of Homogeneity, Entitativity, and Essentialism, co-authored by Carey S. Ryan, UNO faculty member.
Best practices in crisis prevention and intervention in the schools

Stephen E. Brock, Philip J. Lazarus, Shane R. Jimerson, and Brian McKevitt

Chapter 8: Promoting Social Skills and Development of Socially Supportive Learning Environments, co-authored by Brian McKevitt, UNO faculty member.

Does your school have a crisis plan? Is it collecting dust?

Best Practices in School Crisis Prevention and Intervention offers educators, mental health professionals, and relevant community service providers the latest in theory and practice across the spectrum of issues involved in crisis management. Leading national and international experts contributed to 37 chapters that cover topics ranging from promoting school safety, identifying troubled youth, and community crisis response teams to natural disasters, school and war, and children’s grief. The book’s overriding message is that, if managed properly, crisis can be transformed into an opportunity to foster hope and resiliency as an antidote to violence.
European Review of Social Psychology - Volume 13

Wolfgang Stroebe, Miles Hewstone, and Carey S. Ryan

Chapter: Stereotype accuracy, authored by Carey S. Ryan, UNO faculty member.

The European Review of Social Psychology is an annual series that reflects the dynamism of social psychology in Europe and has been widely accepted as one of the major international series in social psychology. The series is open to authors from all nations and its major purpose is to further the international exchange of ideas by providing an outlet for substantial accounts of theoretical and empirical work. However, even though the series is worldwide in terms of the nationality of the authors, it is European in terms of the nationality of the editors who select the contributions and shape the editorial policies. With the help of an editorial board consisting of senior scholars from various European countries, Australasia, and North America, the editors invite outstanding researchers to contribute to these volumes. Invitations are based either on suggestions from editorial board members or made in response to proposals submitted to the editors. The emphasis of these contributions is on critical assessment of major areas of research and of substantial individual programmes of research as well as on topics and initiatives of contemporary interest and originality.
Best Practices in School Psychology IV

Alex Thomas, Jeff Grimes, and Brian McKevitt

Chapter 66: Best Practices in Preschool Social Skills Training, co-authored by Brian McKevitt, UNO faculty member.

Chapter 97: Best Practices Working with Students Using Assistive Technology, co-authored by Brian McKevitt, UNO faculty member.

For nearly two decades, NASP's Best Practices in School Psychology volumes have served as the profession's primary reference on the core body of knowledge regarding children's healthy learning and development. This latest two-volume edition, Best Practices in School Psychology IV, brings that expertise into the 21st Century to help school psychologists successfully manage today's complex challenges in service to students, families, and schools. BPIV updates and expands on BPIIIto reflect changes in:

-Theory, research, and practice
-Expectations and role within schools
-Needs and diversity of students, families, and educators
-Collaboration and communication with other stakeholders
-Assessment and intervention strategies
-Laws, funding, and public policy
-Mental health and education systems
-Training and professional standards

As earlier Best Practices editions did, BPIV melds theory, research, and practice to provide a thorough yet concise discussion of a broad range of relevant issues. Well over 100 leading experts contributed to the 101 new or revised chapters, organized in a functional two-volume set. Each chapter delivers an overview of an important topic, puts it into a professional context, offers practical strategies, and recommends additional resources. No other single resource enables you to quickly place so many topics into perspective and competently integrate them into your daily work.
Peer Harassment in School: The Plight of the Vulnerable and the Victimized

Jaana Juvonen, Sandra Graham, and Juan F. Casas

Chapter 8: Relationalj Victimization in Childhood and Adolescence: I Hurt You through the Grapevine, co-authored by Juan F. Casas, UNO faculty member.

Many youngsters are targets of verbal and physical abuse or social ostracism at some point during their school careers, and a minority are repeatedly victimized by their peers. Which students become the targets of aggressive behavior, and why? What are the psychological and health consequences of victimization? Of crucial importance, what can school professionals do to help? This volume brings together leading investigators to present the latest psychological research on chronically victimized children and adolescents. Chapters review conceptual and methodological issues, identify developmental differences in types of harassment, and explore various reaction patterns associated with victimization. Findings are presented on the correlates and consequences of harassment, from peer rejection to compromised mental and physical health, as well as its role in peer group dynamics. Highlighting the practical implications of current research, the volume discusses a number of school- based prevention and intervention approaches.
Psychological Information: Protecting the Right of Privacy

Robert Henley Woody

The right to privacy and confidentiality between mental health practitioners and their clients is now under attack from business and both federal and state governments. What are your constitutional rights? How can you protect yourself from crippling lawsuits? Who possesses the right to confidentiality and privileged communications? And how do you build a supportive relationship with your clients that will reclaim the right to privacy? These important questions and many more are answered in this guidebook created by an expert in both psychology and the law. This is essential reading for psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists--every professional who is privy to another person's mental condition. Psychological Information provides working guidelines on handling demands for information while minimizing the risk of legal actions.
Ethics in Marriage and Family Therapy

Robert Henley Woody and Jane D. Woody

Edited by Robert Henley Woody and Jane D. Woody

Chapter1: Ethics, Professionalism, and Decision Making, co-authored by Robert Henley Woody and Jane D. Woody

Chapter 2: Protecting and Benefitting the Client: The Therapeutic Alliance, Informed Consent, and Confidentiality, co-authored by Robert Henley Woody and Jane D. Woody

Chapter 6: Children in Family Therapy, co-authored by Robert Henley Woody and Jane D. Woody

Chapter 10: The Future of Marriage and Family Therapy, co-authored by Robert Henley Woody and Jane D. Woody

This new resource explores contemporary ethical issues such as multiple relationships; violence; abuse and neglect; integrating ethics into business; and morality, spirituality, and sexuality. The importance of ethics cannot be overstated, and in this constantly changing world, therapists must continually re-examine these issues.
The Encyclopedia of Psychology

Alan E. Kazin and Michael J. Cortese

"Theories in cognitive psychology," co-authored by Michael J. Cortese, UNO faculty member.

After more than a century of extraordinary growth and development, the science of psychology at last has a reference source that defines the study of mind and behavior. Here in eight superbly organized volumes is the definitive guide to every area of psychological theory, research, and practice. The product of a unique collaboration between APA and Oxford University Press, the Encylopedia of Psychology is a state-of-the-art synthesis of classic and contemporary knowledge.

International in scope, the Encyclopedia of Psychology will be the first place to turn to for authoritative information on every area of the field — and for answers to literally thousands of questions about concepts, methods, theories, findings, major figures, schools of thought, and emerging areas of interest. Organized alphabetically, the articles range from 500 to 7,000 words in length. Multi-article entries cover major topics in depth, and the 400 biographies constitute a mini-encyclopedia in itself. An extensive system of cross-references and blind entries facilitate research from article to article and clarify links within the field. An exhaustive index makes topic location quick and easy.

The Encyclopedia of Psychology serves a remarkable variety of readers: students and their teachers in every area of psychology as well as in such related fields as sociology, social work, nursing, and allied health; researchers in the cognitive sciences and neurosciences; and clinicians and other mental health and human service professionals. It will be the definitive information, research, and reference source for many years to come.
Child Custody: Practice Standards, Ethical Issues, & Legal Safeguards for Mental Health Professionals

Robert Henley Woody

Essential reading if you are currently involved in custody cases or are considering work in the family law arena. Also a valuable resource for judges and attorneys who must evaluate the extent to which testimony by mental health practitioners is ethical, appropriate, and consistent with accepted practice standards.

The author, a psychologist and attorney, uses his unique perspective to delineate standards for practice when providing services to children and families where there are custody disputes.

Ethical issues, legal risks, and appropriate safeguards for providing services in child custody cases are described. Core areas for custody evaluations are defined, including: child development, family relations, parenting skills, psychopathology, family systems and dysfunction, and the ruling-out of child abuse. The importance of clarifying professional roles and functions is stressed. Specialized intervention and assessment strategies are presented as well as management issues, legal concerns, and guidelines for testimony. Also includes over 100 valuable summary guidelines and cautions.
Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1997, Volume 45: Gender and Motivation

Dan Bernstein, Nikki R. Crick, Nichole E. Werner, Juan F. Casas, Kathryn M. O'Brien, David A. Nelson, Jennifer K. Grotpeter, and Kristian Markon

Chapter: Childhood aggression and gender: A new look at an old problem, co-authored by Juan Casas, UNO faculty member.

Does knowing a person’s gender give us a reliable sense of how aggressive, competitive, or emotional he or she is? In this volume leading scholars examine different aspects of this issue. Carol Tavris discusses the state of gender research and the reasons for the continuing popularity of essentialist theories of gender opposition. Nicki Crick and a team of researchers reassess stereotyped assumptions about gender and aggression, employing a more comprehensive definition of aggression as damaging relations rather than only bodies. Diane Gill looks at the relationship between gender and sports competition, explicating how the unique social context of sports affects gender perceptions and performances. Reed Larson and Joseph Pleck question the popular conception of men as less emotional than women, studying gender differences in “felt” rather than “expressed” emotions in daily life. Leonore Tiefer considers the ways in which gender roles in sexuality are socially rather than biologically constructed.
Legally Safe Mental Health Practice

Robert H. Woody

Here's an essential work of reference that belongs on the desk of every mental health professional, whether employer or employee. In a question-and-answer format, the psychologist-lawyer author discusses the fundamental legal issues that arise in a mental health practice. The answers to these and many other questions are followed by a list of recommended readings that may be used to study particular points in greater depth.
A Career in Clinical Psychology: From Training to Employment

Robert Henley Woody and Malcolm Higgins Robertson

Co-authored by Robert Henley Woody, UNO faculty member.

This book, A Career in Clinical Psychology: From Training to Employment, is a companion volume to Theories and Methods for Practice of Clinical Psychology by Robertson and Woody. When combined, the two-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of clinical psychology, including history, training, employment opportunities, roles and functions, as well as concepts of normality and psychopathology and theories and strategies of psychological assessment, psychotherapy, and behavioral change. Contemporary "clinical psychology" is wide ranging and its concepts applicable to a number of fields. The concepts of this book are directed particularly to students and practitioners in the specialties of clinical, counseling, and school psychology, but professionals in mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, pastoral counseling, rehabilitation counseling, social work, psychiatric nursing, and medicine will also benefit from a careful reading of the text.
Theories and Methods for Practice of Clinical Psychology

Robert Henley Woody and Mal Higgins Robertson

Co-authored by Robert Henley Woody, UNO faculty member.

Theories and Methods for Practice of Clinical Psychology is a valuable source of knowledge for advanced undergraduate students who want to explore career options in professional psychology. For graduate students in professional psychology, the book provides an informed understanding of how clinical psychologists currently practice in today's world of healthcare services. Finally, the volume is substantive enough to benefit new and established practitioners. The authors present recent and current developments in the application of the profession's theories and methods against a backdrop of changing social, economic, and political priorities, together with the emergence of new professional roles and expanded healthcare practices.