Feminist Psychology - History, Practice, Research, and the Future

Detailing the field of feminist psychology since its origins, this book assesses its early figures, theory, and research as well as current and emerging theory and research and its associations with general feminist beliefs.
Feminist psychology developed as a reaction to historical psychological thought initiated by men who controlled the theory and research of the field. By holding all of society to "norms" based in male behavior, this so-called "masculine psychology" effectively assigned women lower societal status than men and had disturbing effects on women's health and self-esteem.

Feminist Psychology focuses on gender differences, social structure, and the values and principles of women's rights within the world's individual, social, and political spheres. Contrary to popular notion, feminist psychology does not involve man-hating, but instead focuses on loving the concept that women have equal potential to set and achieve goals and to contribute to society. In this volume, psychologist Vera Maass explains the history, theory, research, and current state of this growing field, which is becoming increasingly popular as colleges offer majors or concentrations in feminist psychology, and argues that women are both different from and equal to men.

List of contents

Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Overview
Chapter 1
History and Impetus
Chapter 2
Perspectives
Chapter 3
Theories
Chapter 4
Relationship to Other Fields
Chapter 5
Profiles in the Field
Part Two: Practice
Chapter 6
Applications in Therapy
Chapter 7
Applications in Education
Chapter 8
Applications in Politics
Chapter 9
Case Studies Individual to Individual
Chapter 10
Core Obstacles and Controversies
Part Three: Research and Looking Ahead
Chapter 11
Classic Research
Chapter 12
New and Emerging Research
Chapter 13
The Future
Glossary
Resources
Further Reading
Index
About the Author

About the author

Vera Sonja Maass, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, marriage and family therapist, and mental health counselor in private practice. Her teaching experience includes terms at the University of Indianapolis and Ivy Tech Community College.

Product details

• Authors: Vera Maass, Maass Vera Sonja
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2021
• EAN: 9781440870156
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-7015-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 238 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 560 g
• Series: Essentials of Psychology and Health
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, Women's health, Women’s health, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Gender studies: women, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Gender studies: women and girls, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls