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This volume is a compilation of articles that shed light on psychopathology, how the one struggling with it experiences its implications, and how it affects everyday life.
List of contents
Part 1: The Experience of Psychopathology 1. Fifty Shades of Darkness: A Socio-Cognitive Information-Processing Framework Applied to Narcissism and Psychopathy 2. Self-Stigma Is Associated with Depression and Anxiety in a Collectivistic Context: The Adaptive Cultural Function of Self-Criticism 3. Language and the Symptoms of Mental Illness Connection via Abstract Representations of the Self and the World 4. Personality Trait Interactions in Risk for and Protection against Social Anxiety Symptoms 5. Insecure Attachment and Subclinical Depression, Anxiety, and Stress: A Three-Dimensional Model of Personality Self-Regulation as a Mediator 6. Self-Criticism, Neediness, and Distress in the Prediction of Suicide Ideation: Results from Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies 7. Obsessive-Compulsive and Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Depressive Cognitive Styles 8. Faces of Shame: Implications for Self-Esteem, Emotion Regulation, Aggression, and Well-Being 9. Cognitive Alexithymia Mediates the Association Between Avoidant Attachment and Interpersonal Problems in Patients With Somatoform Disorder 10. Impact of Economic Hardship and Financial Threat on Suicide Ideation and Confusion
Part 2: The Effect of Psychopathology on Everyday Life 11. The Role of Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism in Psychological Perpetrated Abuse Within Couple Relationships: The Mediating Role of Romantic Jealousy 12. Personality Change in Middle Adulthood: With Focus on Differential Susceptibility 13. Effect of Depressive Symptoms and Sex on the Relationship Between Loneliness and Cigarette Dependence: A Moderated Mediation 14. Body Dysmorphic Symptoms, Functional Impairment, and Depression: The Role of Appearance-Based Teasing
Part 3: Coherence, Resilience and Recovery 15. Resilience and Coping as Predictors of Well-Being in Adults 16. Loneliness and Suicidal Risk in Young Adults: Does Believing in a Changeable Future Help Minimize Suicidal Risk Among the Lonely? 17. Loneliness and Negative Affective Conditions in Adults: Is There Any Room for Hope in Predicting Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms? 18. Related Changes in Personal Recovery, Benefit Finding, and Sense of Coherence among People with Chronic Mental Illness: A Two-Wave Study
About the author
Ami Rokach is clinical psychologist who has been researching and teaching about loneliness, human sexuality, and psychotherapy for the past 40 years. Ami is Executive Editor of
The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, and a clinical psychologist who combines offering individual, couple and sex therapy with teaching and research. He is member of the psychology departments at York University in Canada, and Walden University in the USA.
Summary
This volume is a compilation of articles that shed light on psychopathology, how the one struggling with it experiences its implications, and how it affects everyday life.
