International Union Of Psychological Science Research Articles

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].

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.

Reflections on South African psychology with Saths Cooper

Saths Cooper, PhD, is an important figure in both South African and international psychology. Based on a two hour interview with Cooper, this article focuses on his experiences with Apartheid-era psychologists, his views on the abuses of psychology past and present, and his views of psychology as president of the International Union of Psychological Science. While we have much to celebrate about the 20 years of Psychological Society of South Africa’s existence, Cooper’s experiences are a stark reminder of the complicity of the discipline with the Apartheid state machinery. Psychology needs to remain attentive to how it is organized and applied to contemporary societal issues. It is hoped that this article will stimulate further reflections about the development of the discipline in South Africa and beyond.

Proposals for ICD-11: a report for WPA membership.

Proposals for ICD-11: a report for WPA membership.

The first International Congress of Physiological Psychology (Paris, August 1889): the birth of the International Union of Psychological Science.

The first International Congress of Physiological Psychology (Paris, August 1889): the birth of the International Union of Psychological Science.

Sathasivan ("Saths") Cooper: Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

The Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology is given to individuals who have made sustained and enduring contributions to international cooperation and the advancement of knowledge in psychology. The 2014 recipient is Sathasivan ("Saths") Cooper. Cooper is active in global cooperation in psychology for the public and the discipline's benefit so that psychology can truly serve all of humanity. The first psychologist from outside the West to lead the International Union of Psychological Science, he is the driving force behind the Pan-African Psychology Union and continues to ensure that less-developed psychology dispensations play meaningful roles in international psychology." Cooper's award citation, biography, and a selected bibliography are presented here.

Teaching of psychology in countries with advanced versus developing economies

We compare structures and contents of psychology programmes from countries with developing and advanced economies. Respondents from 49 countries completed a survey of the International Union of Psychological Science on psychology education and training. In general, there are more similarities than differences between countries with developing and advanced economies. Nonetheless, large differences emerge with regard to the availability of international teaching resources. The transition rate from the lowest academic degree to programmes at the next level is much lower in countries with developing economies than in countries with advanced economies (25 per cent vs. 70 per cent). In addition, programmes from the former countries have higher student–faculty ratios and use lab sessions, seminars and tutorials less often. Differential and biological psychology/neuropsychology is less often taught in the former countries. In addition, there is larger variability of the quality of programmes within countries with developing economies. Conclusions are drawn for improving psychology education and training.

Annual Report of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)

Annual Report of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)

Annual Report of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)

Annual Report of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)

Regional conferences—A capacity‐building mandate: Report on CRCP2011—Building Bridges and Building a Regional Structure

The Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology was held in Nassau, The Bahamas, from 15 to 18 November 2011, under the auspices of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), and the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP). The conference was hosted by the Bahamas Psychological Association, and organized by a committee chaired by Dr Ava Thompson, College of the Bahamas. The CRCP2011 attracted over 400 participants from 37 countries, including 20 nations/territories in the Caribbean. A broad scientific program, organized around six conference themes, addressed strengths and challenges to psychology in the region; the current state of psychological research, assessment, and intervention; historical, cultural, and language influences; and links between Caribbean and global models. Conference outcomes included planning for a series of publications to expand on conference themes and presentations, as well as establishment of a steering group to launch a regional organization to support the science and practice of psychology in the Caribbean.

Psychologists' perspectives on the diagnostic classification of mental disorders: Results from the WHO‐IUPsyS Global Survey

This study examined psychologists’ views and practices regarding diagnostic classification systems for mental and behavioral disorders so as to inform the development of the ICD-11 by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO and the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) conducted a multilingual survey of 2155 psychologists from 23 countries, recruited through their national psychological associations. Sixty percent of global psychologists routinely used a formal classification system, with ICD-10 used most frequently by 51% and DSM-IV by 44%. Psychologists viewed informing treatment decisions and facilitating communication as the most important purposes of classification, and preferred flexible diagnostic guidelines to strict criteria. Clinicians favorably evaluated most diagnostic categories, but identified a number of problematic diagnoses. Substantial percentages reported problems with crosscultural applicability and cultural bias, especially among psychologists outside the USA and Europe. Findings underscore the priority of clinical utility and professional and cultural differences in international psychology. Implications for ICD-11 development and dissemination are discussed.

Achieving a global psychology.

AbstractPsychology has a long history in only a few countries of world. Initially developed in Europe and United States, it necessarily has close ties cultural traditions of those particular societies. As a result, discipline and practice of psychology are largely culture-bound, limited in its origins, concepts, and empirical findings only this small portion of world. The discipline is also culture-blind, largely ignoring influence of role of culture in shaping development and display of human behaviour. This article draws concepts and strategies in psychology (particularly cross-cultural and intercultural psychology) propose some remedies these problems. It is based a universalist vision for discipline; this view asserts that basic psychological processes are common our species, while their development and expression are culturally shaped. The eventual goal is achieve a global psychology that incorporates concepts and findings from societies and cultures from all parts of world.Keywords: acculturation strategies, culture-blind, culture-bound, dominance, emic, etic, global psychology, indigenous psychology, prevention, universalismThe discipline and practice of psychology have long histories in only a few countries of world. Initially developed in Europe, then further in United States, it has close ties cultural traditions of those particular societies. Although more and more taught, studied and practiced in other parts of world, psychology remains largely culture-bound (Berry, Poortinga, Segali & Dasen, 1992; Henrich, Heine & Norenzayan, 2010), being limited in its origins, concepts, and empirical findings only a small portion of world. And although concept of culture has been recognised as a core variable in psychology in a book that documents origin and development of 15 key psychological concepts (Berry & Triandis, 2006), discipline has also been culture-blind, largely ignoring influence of role of culture in shaping development and display of human behaviour.As a result of these limitations, missing from international scene are insights, and knowledge of psychology from largest, most complex and in many ways earliest-developed societies of world. In particular, psychological contributions from China, India, and Arab world are largely unknown Western psychology. Similarly missing are those from societies in Africa, and indigenous peoples in North and South America, and Pacific region.If human beings are all one people, belonging one species, how can a discipline that thinks of itself as the science of human behaviour not be based all human experience and knowledge? Answers this rhetorical question serve a basis for my approach development of a global psychology. In this article, I argue that discipline and profession of psychology are overwhelmingly rooted in and practiced in Western Euroamerican societies (Pawlik & Rosenzweig, 2000). The rest of world has often assumed roles of consumers or subjects; psychology is sold to or tried out on other peoples. The evidence for this state of affairs has been clearly presented by Adair, Coehlo and Luna, (2002); Adair and Kagitcibasi (1995); Allwood and Berry (2006); and Cole (2006). For example, Cole (2006, p. 905) has noted that leadership of international psychology, particularly International Union of Psychological Science has remained firmly in Euro American hands. These countries dominate participation and management of congress this day, despite fact that psychologists from approximately 100 countries currently participate (Rosenzweig, Holtzman, Sabourin, & Belanger, 2000).To deal with these limitations, I argue that human behavioural diversity needs be fully sampled and examined in all its variety, as a basis for discerning what may be common all human behaviour. …

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).

Интервью с президентом Международного союза психологической науки при ЮНЕСКО (IUPsyS) доктором Сазасивэном Купером

Интервью с президентом Международного союза психологической науки при ЮНЕСКО (IUPsyS) доктором Сазасивэном Купером

Challenges to psychology from an international perspective: Activities of the International Union of Psychological Science

This paper provides an overview of challenges to clinical psychology at the international level, and of activities of the International Union of Psychological Science that support the development of clinical and professional psychology and the development of global consensus about central professional constructs.

A conceptual framework for the revision of the ICD‐10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders

A conceptual framework for the revision of the ICD‐10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders

South‐East European Regional Conference of Psychology, 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria

The first South‐East European Regional Conference of Psychology was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 30 October to 1 November 2009, under the Patronage of the President of Bulgaria and the auspices of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), and the International Association for Cross‐Cultural Psychology (IACCP), with further financial support provided by the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA) and the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS). The conference was hosted by the Bulgarian Psychological Society under the Conference Presidency of Dr Plamen Dimitrov, who was supported by Professor Sava Djonev as Chair of the Scientific Program Committee. It attracted over 350 participants from 25 countries, including 14 countries from the SEE region and its immediate neighbours. The Scientific Program explored ways and means to promote the role of psychology individually and institutionally at regional and international levels. Planning is already under way to organize a second regional conference in three years’ time.

Annual Report of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)

This report covers the period January to December 2011.The International Union of Psychological Science is an organization composed of National Member organizations (national societies, association...

Ethical and Legal Considerations for Internet-Based Psychotherapy

The provision of mental health services over the Internet is becoming increasingly commonplace as new technologies continue to develop. Evidence in support of the efficacy of many such interventions is accumulating. Given the potential global reach of Internet-based psychological services, the authors examine ethical issues relating to this growing area of practice through the lens of the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists (International Union of Psychological Science, 2008). They also raise issues relating to potential liability risks and offer recommendations intended to guide mental health practitioners who are considering involvement in the provision of Internet-based services.

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.