Indigenous Psychology Research Articles

PERCEPTIONS OF FAMILY HURDLES AMONG EMERGING ADULTS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY ABOUT RESILIENCE IN THE INDONESIAN FAMILY

Family resilience is an essential skill for family members to deal with problems in their families. It is a condition in which a family able to adapt and successfully cope with stress, either now or in the future. Emerging adults are faced with a number of development tasks that focus on career development, independence, and building a family. The study aims to explore to what extent emerging adults in Indonesia interpret the problems in their families and describe their self-efficacies in dealing with these problems. The study participants comprised 1,010 emerging adults (aged 18-25 years old) who studied at various universities in Indonesia. They were approached using a snowball sampling technique. An indigenous psychology approach was used in the study and data were analyzed qualitatively. The results of data analysis showed that emerging adults in Indonesia positively interpreted the problems in their families. In addition, the majority of participants indicated of having self-efficacy towards problem-solving. We applied the sense of coherence concept to explain positive meanings and self-efficacy that have a positive impact on emerging adults in developing into resilient individuals in responding to the challenges of developmental tasks in the transition to adulthood.

Cross-cultural indigenous training: The South African experience

In this paper, the author explores the relevance of indigenous training from a cross-cultural perspective. We start by examining the broader context of traditional Western psychology and its relevance in a multicultural society. A brief description of the indigenous paradigm is followed by a discussion of differences between Western and indigenous psychology, and a proposal of cultural eclecticism as a potential frame for their integration. Next, we discuss the South African context in relation to comparative-cultural aspects of medical and psychological services. The author’s clinical experience informs her increased awareness of culturally inadequate service at the state hospital, developing curiosity about African indigenous healing, and subsequent encounters and collaboration with African traditional healers. Ultimately, the author develops culturally sensitive training that explores cultural biases and generates cross-cultural knowledge and competence. In conclusion, the author advocates that in the area of globalisation and multicultural societies, psychological training and clinical practice, should include dialogue and facilitate collaboration between Western and indigenous knowledge, hopefully leading to a more holistic and culturally inclusive service to a population of different backgrounds. Such collaboration and integration of Western and indigenous knowledge may be a source of professional stimulation as well as a benefit to health-care consumers.

The concept of God: From the lens of students of integrated Islamic elementary schools

Children at elementary schools have been able to develop their logical thinking and the ability to understand symbols and fundamental principles, yet still in a concrete fashion. Religion, however, introduces the concept of God, which is quite an abstract concept. Therefore, a learning method that can help children to develop their understanding of God is required. This research aimed to identify the conception of God on children enrolled in Integrated Islamic schools (SIT). The study used qualitative method with the indigenous psychology approach. The study collected data from 200 students at Grade Six from Integrated Islamic elementary schools in Pekanbaru. The data was processed using thematic analysis based on the conception of God in Islamic tradition. The results showed that the majority of the respondents (97.73%) described their conception of God with their understanding of God as the Creator ( tawhid al-rububiyya) involving the perfection of God, the willfulness of God, and the existence of God. The implementation of the understanding of God in daily life ( tawhid al-uluhiyya) is then applied through prayers, compliance to religious rules, and submission toward God’s commands. These results suggest that respondents comprehend the concept of God and implement such understanding through their daily activities

Reviewing the benefits of yoga as an approach of indigenous psychology during the covid-19 pandemic

Indigenous Psychology always studies people in natural surroundings. It gives importance to understand and study the behaviour according to the culture of native people. It examines the psychological phenomena in real and cultural circumstances. Indigenous psychology is very important for all cultural and racial groups. There is a close relationship between yoga and Indigenous psychology. Yoga is the most important branch of Indian psychology. Yoga is the union of physical, mental and spiritual aspects. The spread of Covid-19 focuses on building immunity. Yoga enhances the immunity power and quality of life. During the Covid-19 crisis, the people have a lot of spare time for themselves and yoga. So, they should do yoga in a regular basis to beat Covid-19. This paper will review how yoga (some important asanas and pranayams) would help to improve the body's immune system. Since no medicines and vaccines have discovered for Covid till today, the yoga can be beneficial to beat Corona Virus Disease- 19.

The Description of Communal Sharing on Working Wives with Work-family Conflicts (Javanese Family): Indigenous Psychology Approach

This study aims to explore the form of communal sharing in social relations between working wives who experience work-family conflicts with husbands in Javanese families based on the indigenous psychology approach. This research was conducted in the Special Region of Yogyakarta as one of the centers of Javanese culture. The characteristics of the research respondents were the wife, who identified herself as a Javanese woman having children under the age of 12 who lived with her husband and worked as professionals. Data were collected using the exploratory method in the form of a survey with open-ended questions. The data analysis shows an overview of social relations communal sharing between working wives who experience work-family conflicts with husbands in Javanese families, which is based on the indigenous psychology approach. The forms of social relationship communal sharing between wife and husband include: husband fulfilling physical and psychological needs of the wife, husband protecting wife, husband willing to help wife, husband understanding wife, wife serving husband and children, wife managing house, educating children, supporting husband works, open and maintain family communication between husbands and wives. These findings illustrate that the nature of the relationship between husband and wife can take different forms. Providing needs, protecting or guiding the wife becomes the responsibility of the husband, while serving the husband, managing household work, and educating the child to become the responsibility of the wife. Thus, this finding describes the nature of communal sharing.

Základní témata čínské původní psychologie

Základní témata čínské původní psychologie

Understanding the dynamics of friendship formation among high school adolescent: Indigenous psychology approach

How friendship between adolescent peers was formed is yet to be understood clearly. Whereas number of studies has clearly linked quality of friendship to various adaptive ability, school performance, and academic achievements. This study attempted to understand the dynamics of friendship formation in sample Javanese adolescents using indigenous psychology as its’ paradigm. Data was obtained from 120 respondents, (82 Girls, and 38 Boys) using open-ended questionnaire, which asks about how friendship between the respondent and their best friend(s) was formed. Data was analyzed using thematic analysis to identify themes and subthemes that indicates how friendship was formed. The result showed that there are two major theme that emerges in the beginning of friendship formation followed by other qualities related to it. This study reveals one more important aspect to be considered in understanding friendship formation between adolescents and their close friends

Bullying Among Javanese Ethnic Senior High School Students

This study is to find out the type of bullying that often occurs in high school of Javanese ethnic. The Javanese has a strong norm of courtesy, respect for the elder and they cannot speak frankly. In addition, the characteristics of the Javanese are also obedient (setya tuhu), not rejective and not rebellious. Javanese has also apolite language and it always humble. All of these Javanese characters are contrary to bullying which is an aggressive behavior that involves intention to harm others. In this research, the data were collected by using survey through open questionnaire. The data were collected from 7 (seven) cities in Central Java which were selected randomly. The subjects of the research were 287 high school students which were selected by purposive sampling technique. The data was analyzed by using indigenous psychology approach. The result of the study showed that there were 3 types of bullying in high school. They were verbal bullying (mocked, lied and slandered) as much as 72.13%, physical bullying (hit, groped and spit) as much as 14.63% and psychological bullying (belittled and exiled) as much as 13.24%.

Epistemic violence in psychological science: Can knowledge of, from, and for the (othered) people solve the problem?

A primary target of Indigenous psychologists and critical psychologists is the epistemic violence found in mainstream research. The epistemic violence derives from two alleged mainstream tendencies: (a) omitting concepts/conceptions of othered peoples and (b) interpreting observed group differences to be caused by inherent inferiorities of othered peoples. In seeking remedial research practice, some theoretical psychologists distinguish (a) psychological knowledge from and for the folk, which they advocate and (b) psychological “knowledge” about the folk, the alleged source of objectification of othered peoples. Though seemingly self-evident, this for/about prepositional divide may not be clear. First, mainstream epistemic violence often depends on folk notions. Second, the use in science of folk concepts/conceptions has advanced oppressive purposes, whereas some mainstream findings may serve progressive goals. I exemplify with race concepts, especially racialized essentialism and dehumanization, and I demonstrate how mainstream science sometimes reveals mechanisms of othering that may inform progressive social reform efforts.

Research on forced migration from the perspective of the psychology of religion: Opportunities and challenges

The goal of our article is to present the subject of forced migration as a very interesting and socially relevant research field that could contribute to further development of the psychology of religion. We focus on further development of the toolbox of the psychology of religion, seeking further application of Sunden’s role theory and introducing new approaches originating from indigenous and environmental psychology. After a short review of existing research, new theoretical approaches, and methodologies are presented, along with suggestions for improving the validity of qualitative research pertaining to the role of religion at all stages of the migration process.

Good and evil in Chinese culture: Personality structure and connotation

<p id="C2">The ideas of good and evil characteristics have a long history in Chinese language and culture, with these characteristics considered to be two aspects of the Chinese personality. Abundant descriptions of good and evil characteristics can be found in human nature. However, the specific structures of good and evil concepts have not yet been delineated clearly and detailed studies on these concepts are limited. A careful definition is important with regard to what comprises a good or evil personality and to understand the psychological structure of the two concepts. A lexical approach was applied to determine constitutes a good or evil personality in Chinese culture. In Study 1, a set of 3, 240 good and evil personality descriptors was selected from The Contemporary Chinese Dictionary and accompanied by daily life expressions. The list was condensed into 62 good and 65 evil items following evaluation and selection by 12 psychology graduates. In Study 2, we explored the dimensions of a good personality using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with Sample 1 (<italic>n</italic> = 313) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with Sample 2 (<italic>n</italic> = 518). Results revealed that good personality contained four dimensions: conscientiousness and integrity, altruism and dedication, benevolence and amicability, and tolerance and magnanimity. We refined the four-dimensions good personality lexical rating scale, which contained 27 items. In Study 3, we used the same method as in Study 2 to explore the structure of an evil personality (EFA: Sample 1, <italic>n</italic> = 367; CFA: Sample 2, <italic>n</italic> = 269). Results showed the evil personality contained four dimensions: atrociousness and mercilessness, mendacity and hypocrisy, calumniation and circumvention, and faithlessness and treacherousness. Thus, we employed a 28-item evil personality lexical rating scale. The internal consistency, reliability, and criterion-related validity of the two scales were verified. The study found four-factor structures of good and evil personalities using the lexical approach and psychometrics methods, which contributes to knowledge on personality. In China, Confucius regarded benevolence as the highest moral principle for a person. Therefore, good and evil traits are embedded naturally in the personality structure of Chinese people. Understanding the structure of good and evil is useful for researchers interested in Chinese culture and for studies in Chinese indigenous psychology.

Flocking Together. An Indigenous Psychology Theory of Resilience in Southern Africa

Flocking Together. An Indigenous Psychology Theory of Resilience in Southern Africa

Developing mental health services in the global south

This paper outlines the diversity of medical and healing systems indigenous to many regions of the world and their under-development and suppression during colonialism; describes briefly social and cultural changes that have taken place in the Global South after de-colonisation, resulting in varying degrees of a plurality (in terms of cultural style) of mental health systems currently available; summarizes important general principles of post-colonial development in the Global South; and, finally, points to ways of mental health and wellbeing development in the Global South by drawing on the example of Sri Lanka where the author was involved in a four-year research and capacity building project between 2007 and 2012. The paper takes a historical post-colonial approach to development on the principals of sustainability and cultural relevance and argues for a pragmatic approach in the short term while building up a body of knowledge about the countries concerned, their ground realities and their indigenous psychologies.

Second wave positive psychology’s (PP 2.0) contribution to counselling psychology

ABSTRACTSecond wave positive psychology (PP 2.0), consisting of two pillars – existential positive psychology and indigenous psychology – emerges as a complement to the limitations of positive psychology as championed by Martin Seligman. This special issue illustrates through various papers the depth and breadth PP 2.0 contributes to counselling psychology. Specifically, PP2.0 introduces the following principles and practices: (1) Accepting and confronting with courage the reality that life is full of evil and suffering; (2) sustainable wellbeing can only be achieved through overcoming suffering and the dark side of life; (3) recognizing that everything in life comes in polarities and the importance of achieving an adaptive balance through dialectics; (4) learning from indigenous psychology, such as the ancient wisdom of finding deep joy in bad situations.

"We Need to Make Action NOW, to Help Keep the Language Alive": Navigating Tensions of Engaging Indigenous Educational Values in University Education.

Despite centuries of contact and conquest, Indigenous communities persist in maintaining their cultures and psychologies. Key to this success in cultural survival is the maintenance of Indigenous languages, which contain distinct worldviews. However, Indigenous languages are at risk, with fewer and fewer fluent Elder speakers. Fortunately, there remain committed groups of community educators who carry out Indigenous language education. Current mainstream teacher education programs do not typically introduce the importance of Indigenous language education to teacher candidates, who are the next generation of K-12 teachers. We view this as highly problematic, and thus carried out a proof-of-concept project in which one U.S. university's American Indian/Alaska Native teacher candidates collaborated with, and learned from, Indigenous language educators during a two-week-long summer institute at the university. In our article, we share three main findings, based on qualitative analyses of daily-written student journals collected during the two-week pilot project: (a) Indigenous language education supports the social justice vision in the American Psychological Association's Multicultural Guidelines; (b) intergenerational educational opportunities are invaluable for affirming Indigenous psychologies; and (c) Indigenous community language educators do important survivance work. Our findings provide insight into how Indigenous language education is crucial for advancing education that honors Indigenous community psychological well-being.

Review of Indigenous healing psychology: Honoring the wisdom of the first peoples.

Review of Indigenous healing psychology: Honoring the wisdom of the first peoples.

Indigenous psychology and its moving targets.

Indigenous psychology and its moving targets.

Introduction to the special issue on “Indigenous psychology: What’s the next step?”.

Introduction to the special issue on “Indigenous psychology: What’s the next step?”.

Whither indigenous psychology?

Whither indigenous psychology?

Future prospects for indigenous psychologies.

Future prospects for indigenous psychologies.