International Congress Of Psychology Research Articles

Romanian Version of the Frustration Discomfort Scale (FDS): A Preliminary Validation on a Non-clinical Sample

Low frustration tolerance is one of the key concepts in rational emotional behavior therapy (REBT). The purpose of this study is to explore the factorial structure, reliability, and validity of the Romanian version of the Frustration Discomfort Scale (FDS), developed by Harrington (Clin Psychol Psychother 12(5):374–387, 2005b. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.465), within a non-clinical sample (N = 308) of Romanian teachers. For validation purposes, participants also completed several measures such as the Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (USAQ) (Chamberlain and Haaga in J Ration Emot Cogn Behav Ther 19(3):163–176, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011189416600), Attitudes and Belief Scale 2 (ABS2) (DiGiuseppe et al. J Ration Emot Cogn Behav Ther 36(1):47–79, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-017-0273-3), Teacher Irrational Belief Scale (TIBS) (Bernard Teacher irrationality and teacher stress, 24th international congress of psychology, Sydney, Australia, 1988), and Pupil Control Ideology Scale (PCI) (Willower et al. The school and pupil control, The Pennsylvania State University, 1967). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) suggests that the initial four-factor solution from the scale development study received similar support to the one-factor solution found in some previous studies. Patterns of correlations linking the FDS total sum score versus the FDS 4-factor scale scores with other variables provide some support for the one-factor solution, mainly because it is a more parsimonious solution. Differentiating between several subcomponents of FDS does not bring discriminant validity in our non-clinical sample. Based on current preliminary validation, the FDS is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing frustration discomfort in a Romanian-speaking population as a single-factor construct. Our results do not exclude the possibility that future discriminant validity endeavors could support the utility of treating low frustration tolerance as a multidimensional construct since using a non-clinical sample is likely to impact the factorial structure of the FDS.

Ohlédnutí za Mezinárodním kongresem psychologie ICP 2020+

In July 2021, one of the most important professional events took place, organized by the Czech psychological community, respectively the Czech-Moravian Psychological Society, together with other partners, especially Computer System Group a.s. as the PCO, and with universities and research institutes in the Czech Republic. The International Congress of Psychology under the auspices of the International Union of Psychological Science was postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, even in 2021, the situation did not allow organizing such a large international event in the usual way. ICP 2020+ was therefore held online with a virtually seamless implementation, for which the CSG technology team is truly grateful. [Congress report].

The 32-th International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2020+)

The results of the work of The 32-th International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2020+), which took place on July 18−23, 2021 in Prague (Czech Republic), are presented. More than 9000 speakers from 87 countries took part in the congress. Reports were presented on various areas of psychology and related specialties (medicine, pedagogy, etc.). A brief summary of key interviews and lectures by D. Kahneman, F. Zimbardo, K. Maslak, R. Ptacek, E. Loftus, Y. Moytsa, S. McFarland, as well as individual symposia and short reports is described.

УЧЕНИЕ П.Я. ГАЛЬПЕРИНА ОБ ОРИЕНТИРОВКЕ И МЕТОДЫ ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ

The relevance of the study. The paper raises the problem of methods of psychological research, this problem is reflected in written and oral speeches of P. Ya. Galperin. The scientific significance of this problem is due to the fact that using the forming method allows us to obtain data concerning the laws of the formation of a new action in the conditions of not only controlled, but also its spontaneous formation. The purpose of the study is to obtain scientific psychological information concerning the forming method. The key concept of the theory of P. Ya. Galperin is the concept of orientation, which determines the success of the action. Polemizing with J. Piaget on the question of age capabilities of the child, P. Ya. Galperin experimentally showed that in the conditions of forming method “real mental actions and concepts” are formed much earlier than in the traditional spontaneous formation. If in the first case the process of formation becomes generally controllable, in the second it is only directed. The transition to the method of formation by stages, stressed P. Ya. Galperin, creates a basic for an appreciable improvement of the methods of instruction and means a radical change in the methods of psychological research. Methods — historical and psychological analysis, comparative analysis. The results. The publication consists of three parts. The main part (the middle one) is P.Ya. Galperin’s article «The cross-sectional method and the method of formation by stages». It is published on the materials of the personal archive of P. Ya. Galperin. The article, written by P. Ya. Galperin on the results of his speech at the International psychological Congress in Moscow in 1966, was previously published in the journal “Voprosy psyikhologii”, in this form article is a corrected version by P. Ya. Galperin. The first part of the paper is a short introduction providing a general characteristic of the Piaget and Galperin discussion on Psychological Congress. In conclusion (the third part) an attempt is made to identify the main lines on which it is possible to compare the views of P. Ya. Halperin and J. Piaget. The conclusion. The reference to the materials of Piaget and Galperin discussion is not only of historical and theoretical importance, but also allows us to outline the prospects of current scientific research in the field of genetic psychology.

Celebrating Psi Chi at Yale University

Psi Chi was founded at Yale University on 4 September 1929, during the historic Ninth International Congress of Psychology - the first congress on U.S. soil. This report recounts how Yale University has been partnering with leaders of Psi Chi to host four joyous Anniversary Convocations to date, to salute international psychology, Psi Chi and student excellence in psychology - in 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2019.

How Psi Chi Became the International Honor Society in Psychology

Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, was founded in 1929 during the Ninth International Congress of Psychology at Yale University, the first convened in the United States. Eighty years later, in 2009, Psi Chi officially became the International Honor Society in Psychology. Now, on the tenth anniversary of that change, it seems fitting to tell the story of how Psi Chi became the International Honor Society in Psychology. Several former leaders contributed significantly to this international expansion. My involvement began when I was elected to the position of Vice-President for the Southwestern Region. During my two terms as VP, I advocated for an international perspective whenever possible. After completing my second term as VP, I was elected to the position of PresidentElect and began writing short articles for Eye on Psi Chi that suggested a more international perspective. As President, I continued the effort to encourage Psi Chi to become international. I developed ten proposed amendments to the Psi Chi Constitution that, if approved, would transition Psi Chi from a national to an international society. During the last business meeting of my term as Past-President in August 2008, the Council approved all ten amendments. The final step, a national vote by the Psi Chi chapters in April of 2009, also approved all ten amendments and made the changes official. Now, in 2019, Psi Chi celebrates the tenth anniversary of the transition from a national to an international society with 23 chapters in 15 countries or U.S. territories.

Meeting Calendar

Free AccessMeeting CalendarPublished Online:November 12, 2019https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000389PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit SectionsMoreNovember 7–9, 2019Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental HealthAustin, TX, USAContact: University of Maryland, E-mail ncsmh@som.umaryland.edu, Web http://csmh.umaryland.edu/Conferences/Annual-Conference-on-Advancing-School-Mental-Health/January 9–10, 2020DECP Annual ConferenceNorthampton, UKContact: BPS Conferences, https://www.bps.org.uk/events/decp-annual-conference-2020April 28–29, 2020Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities – Annual ConferenceLondon, UKContact: BPS Conferences, https://www.bps.org.uk/events/faculty-people-intellectual-disabilities-annual-conference-2020May 21–24, 202032nd APS Annual ConventionChicago, IL, USAContact: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/annualJuly 19–24, 202032nd International Congress of Psychology (ICP)Prague, Czech RepublicContact: Congress Secretariat, Computer System Group a.s., 5. Kvetna 65, 140 21 Prague, Czech Republic, E-mail secretariat@icp2020.com, Web http://www.icp2020.com/August 6–9, 2020128th Annual Convention of the American Psychological AssociationWashington, DC, USAContact: http://www.apa.org/conventionMarch 25–27, 2021International Convention of Psychological ScienceBrussels, BelgiumContact: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/icpsSeptember 202117th European Congress of Psychology (ECP2021)Ljubljana, SloveniaContact: Slovenian Psychological Association, Web https://www.slovenia-convention.com/europeancongress-psychology-2021-heldljubljana/, and European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations, E-mail headoffice@efpa.eu.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 24Issue 4October 2019ISSN: 1016-9040eISSN: 1878-531X InformationEuropean Psychologist (2019), 24, pp. 375-375 https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000389.© 2019Hogrefe PublishingPDF download

Before the deluge: The 1932 International Congress of Psychology in Copenhagen.

The Tenth International Congress of Psychology, held in Copenhagen in late August of 1932, was the last International Congress held before events leading up to World War II came to interfere with the course of the congresses. Despite the difficult times, primarily because of the Great Depression and the fragile political situation, the congress nevertheless managed to bring together participants from many countries, thus emphasizing the international profile of psychology. The 1932 congress was characterized by the wide range of topics presented and discussed. A book of proceedings, containing all the papers delivered, was planned but never appeared, as the organizers of the congress were unable to obtain funds required for the publication. Therefore, relatively little has been written about the congress. The congress, however, aroused great interest in the Danish newspapers. Many participants took part in interviews, casting an interesting light on their approaches to psychology. The newspaper reports, along with archival sources, make it possible to describe the course of the conference. It clearly emerges that psychology had, by this time, shed the narrow experimental focus of its earliest decades. The gathering clouds of international unrest had some effects on the course of the congress. Shortly after the congress, the careers and even the lives of many of the participants faced serious challenges. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

El sentido de la vida. Un ejemplo de intervención

Desde el origen de los tiempos el ser humano se ha cuestionado el significado de la vida. Grandes pensadores y filósofos han planteado en innumerables ocasiones cuál es el sentido de la vida. La Psicoterapia Integradora Humanista, a través de sus planteamientos teóricos y metateóricos, junto con la sabiduría de la Psicología Existencial, recoge el tema y lo plantea como algo concreto a trabajar en la sala de terapia. El presente artículo está basado en el taller realizado en el I Congreso Internacional de Psicología y Psicoterapias Humanistas que se celebró en Barcelona en noviembre de 2015. Como el taller, el artículo se plantea en dos partes. Una primera en la que hay una revisión teórica de la cuestión existencial, basada principalmente en la temática de Irvin Yalom (la muerte, la libertad, el aislamiento y el sentido de la vida). En la segunda parte, se plantea una posible intervención para trabajar en psicoterapia el sentido de la vida, junto con la reflexión final sobre los aspectos genéricos a tener en cuenta a la hora de enfocar este tema en terapia.

Japanese Participants at International Congress of Psychology Pre‐WWII

AbstractIn the present paper, the early contribution of Japanese psychologists at the International Congress of Psychology (ICP) was evaluated after scrutinizing every formal ICP report. From the 11 ICPs held prior to WWII, 25 Japanese names were registered. Among them, 18 Japanese participated, though only six presented. The first two participants, while not degreed psychologists, did present, and this suggests that by the end of the 19th century, Japanese scholars were academically ready for international exchange. Despite only a small number of Japanese scholars having participated by the 1940s, their constant involvement at ICPs led Japan to becoming a charter member of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) in 1951.

Psychology in Japan.

The purpose of this article is to provide information about Japan and its psychology in advance of the 31st International Congress of Psychology (ICP), to be held in Yokohama, Japan, in 2016. The article begins with the introduction of the Japanese Psychological Association (JPA), the hosting organization of the ICP 2016, and the Japanese Union of Psychological Associations consisting of 51 associations/societies, of which the JPA is a member. This is followed by a brief description of a history of psychology of Japan, with emphasis on the variation in our approach to psychology in three different periods, that is, the pre- and post-Pacific War periods, and the post-1960 period. Next, the international contributions of Japanese psychology/psychologists are discussed from the point of view of their visibility. Education and training in psychology in Japanese universities is discussed with a final positive remark about the long-awaited enactment of the Accredited Psychologist Law in September, 2015.

Editorial: The Construction of Culture‐Inclusive Approaches in Psychology

Editorial: The Construction of Culture‐Inclusive Approaches in Psychology

Making up intelligence scales: De Sanctis’s and Binet’s tests, 1905 and after.

Sante De Sanctis (1862-1935) and Alfred Binet (1857-1911), the latter in collaboration with Théodore Simon (1873-1960), introduced their intelligence tests to the scientific community at the Fifth International Congress of Psychology, held in Rome in 1905 on April 26-30. The cultural and political contexts within which De Sanctis and Binet developed their respective intelligence tests showed certain similarities. Nevertheless, De Sanctis's intelligence test and Binet's test did differ in certain respects. The objective of this article is to understand the differences and similarities between the Parisian and the Roman contexts in relation to mental testing, and to investigate the theoretical-methodological contributions of each. In addition, the article analyzes the "diversity" of De Sanctis's context and test, which did not influence the international psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).

Global psychology

The study of psychology has been largely developed in Europe and the United States. It thus has close ties to the cultural traditions of those particular societies. As a result, the discipline and practice of psychology are largely culture-bound, limited in its origins, concepts, and empirical findings to only this small portion of the world. The discipline is also culture-blind, largely ignoring the influence of the role of culture in shaping the development and display of human behaviour. The result has been the dominating position of a Western Academic Scientific Psychology in relation to other cultural perspectives. Challenges to, and some possible solutions for, these problems have come from some recent regional and national conferences. In particular, the Nassau Declaration from the Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology in 2011 and the Capetown Declaration from the International Congress of Psychology in 2012 have highlighted widespread concern for this continuing imbalance in international psychology. This article draws on concepts and strategies in psychology (particularly cross-cultural and intercultural psychology) to propose some remedies to these problems. It is based on a universalist vision for the discipline; this view asserts that basic psychological processes are common to our human species, while their development and expression are culturally shaped. The eventual goal is to achieve a global psychology that incorporates concepts and findings from societies and cultures from all parts of the world.

Science in a communist country: The case of the XXIInd International Congress of Psychology in Leipzig (1980).

The XXIInd International Congress of Psychology (ICP) in Leipzig in 1980 is a case that illustrates the mutual relationship between science and politics, specifically of the role of science in a communist state. We focus first on the situation of the discipline of psychology within the (East) German Democratic Republic (GDR). Second, we provide a detailed description of the interactions between the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPS) and the communist regime of the GDR. The Psychological Association of the GDR was commissioned by the IUPS to organize the congress. The Communist Party, being an omnipresent authority in the state, both supported and tried to manipulate the Leipzig conference for its political goals. Based on archival materials and on recent reports, we reconstruct three positions: From their ideological position, the GDR expected the conference to improve their standing in international politics and to serve as a platform for promoting communist doctrines; from a pragmatic position, the IUPS sought to guarantee free access to the conference and political neutrality of the scientific program; from a humanistic position, no support should be given to a totalitarian system accused of human rights violations. We compare the formal organization as implemented by the Communist Party for ideological purposes with the informal organizational structure, which operated toward pragmatic solutions. Finally, we discuss the compromises between the IUPS and the communist authorities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).

Jing Qicheng's Thoughts and Practice of International Psychology

Jing Qicheng is a well-known psychologist in contemporary China,and also the representative of Chinese psychologists in international world after the open and reform policy was carried out in China. He is both a remarkable experimental psychologist and a theoretical psychologist who has a very solid foundation. The paper doesn't mention the contributions he made in cognitive and developmental psychology,it just analyzes his international psychological thoughts and practices theoretically to search for his basic attitude and values in psychology. Having got the developmental clues of psychology macroscopically,Jing divides the present Psychology into "two groups of Psychology". One is the "mechanical group" ,in which human beings are the passive mechanics; another is the "Humanistic Psychology Group" ,which emphasizes men's active function. Considering the physiological function of Psychology to be its main research objective,the mechanical group follows the behaviorists' route and accepts the experimental method as its main research approach,which origins from the old philosophy of associationism. "Humanistic Psychology Group" includes psychologists from the social,clinical,and consulting fields. Their work is connected with the nature of human beings. They construct their theories by means of researching,observing,and experimenting,but their opinions differ from each other,thus it is a loose group with a lot of members. Knowing the present situation of modern psychology,he analyzed the developmental trend of Psychology,and believed that future of Psychology will be a kind of international psychology. He holds the opinion that consciousness and behavior are to be mingled and converged into a real international psychology regardless of the school,nation,culture and history. In his opinion,the cultural characteristics of psychology do exist,but the international features play a more important part. Experimental,theoretical and practical psychologies are all the necessities of psychology and members of the big psychology family. Among psychology and other disciplines,among the internal members of psychology,and among the psychologies of different nations,active exchanges are beneficial to all aspects. To realize his academic dream as early as possible,Jing Qicheng had tried his best to pursue it all his life. Jing not only introduced the outside psychology into China and spread the Chinese psychology to the international world,but also actively participated in the international psychological organizations. He was a leader of the International Union of Psychological Science,organized and hosted the 28th International Congress of Psychology. All his life,Jing had made great contributions in highlighting the international aspect of Psychology,promoting the exchange of international Psychology,and pushing the Chinese psychology into the world stage.

Health Psychology at the International Congress of Psychology in Berlin, Germany, 2008

Abstract. The worldwide increasing popularity of health psychology is illustrated by an analysis of data gathered at the International Congress of Psychology (ICP) in Berlin, 2008. The first analysis deals with the topics of interest that participants had stated when registering online for the congress. Out of 26 topics, health psychology obtained rank 9. The second analysis deals with the primary category in which abstracts were classified. Out of 6,252 abstracts, 10.65% were assigned to health psychology as the primary domain of research. These congress-based data may complement previous bibliometric data that attest to the increasing importance of health psychology.

29th International Congress of Psychology

The 29th International Congress of Psychology was held in Berlin, Germany from 20 to 25 July 2007. This major scientific event in international psychology was hosted by the German Federation of Psychologists' Associations, under the auspices of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS). The general purpose of the congress was to contribute to the advancement of psychology through the exchange of ideas in all areas of psychology. In particular, the congress provided the opportunity for reflection on the discipline's accomplishments over the past century and its potential development in the future.

The congress that never was: The Madrid International Congress of Psychology (1936).

The 11th International Congress of Psychology did not take place in Madrid in September 1936, as initially planned. Instead, it was held in Paris in July of the following year. The finding of a so-far unpublished correspondence between the main organizers of the event, the Spanish psychologists José Germain and Emilio Mira, and the Swiss psychologist Edouard Claparède, makes it possible to gain new insight into the circumstances preventing its celebration in Madrid. This paper aims at shedding some light on such circumstances by unraveling the social and political context alluded to in these letters, and connecting their contents with other significant events and documents on the various organizational aspects of the congress.

Obituary

Obituary