Preface: A new model for the practice of law.

In this Preface, the guest editors of this special theme issue describe the new therapeutic jurisprudence–preventive law model that the issue illustrates and analyzes. They also discuss the organization of the special issue and summarize its contents. Finally, they discuss the significance of the special issue to lawyers, legal educators, and psychologists and other social scientists. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

A Time and Place for Qualitative and Mixed Methods in Counseling Psychology Research.

The authors are pleased to present this special issue of the Journal of Counseling Psychology (JCP) on qualitative and mixed methods research. The major goal of the special issue is to introduce a variety of qualitative and mixed methods approaches to counseling psychologists and to encourage their increased application in research. This special issue of JCP is a call to counseling researchers to increase their dialogue over philosophy of science, research paradigms, and methodological diversity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Special issue on women, psychoanalysis, and gender: Editors' introduction.

Introduces this special issue of Psychoanalytic Psychology. This special issue on Women, Psychoanalysis, and Gender is a commemoration of the capability, influence, acceptance, and authority of women in the community of psychoanalysis. In this issue, we turn to both new and more established voices in an expanded arena of gender, culture, and psychoanalysis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction to the Special Issue on Gossip.

This article represents the introduction to a special issue of the Review of General Psychology on gossip. All of the articles in this special issue argue that gossip is purposeful and important to social functioning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The relevance of Sigmund Freud for the 21st century.

This special issue of Psychoanalytic Psychology celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud on May 6, 1856. The 15 papers and one book review in different ways address the question of Freud's continued relevance. The contributors to this special issue approach the topic in multiple ways. Some authors stay close to the question, while other authors write on topics dear to them. All are, nonetheless, distinguished contributors to contemporary psychoanalysis and most need no introduction to the readership of this journal. Individual contributions to the special issue are summarized. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Group-based interventions for trauma survivors: Introduction to the special issue.

This special issue of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice is dedicated to group-based interventions for trauma survivors. Given the severely traumatic and widespread nature of the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001, it is hoped that this special issue will play a timely and illustrative role in facilitating the design and implementation of effective postdisaster interventions. More generally, as illustrated by the breadth of treatments contained in this special issue, group-based interventions constitute a promising modality for providing efficient and efficacious postdisaster intervention to a wide variety of trauma-exposed populations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Les femmes et la psychologie : D'hier à demain.

The articles featured in the current issue of Canadian Psychology present the framework of this special issue, which also has a special section on women and psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Music cognition and performance: An introduction.

Introduces this issue of the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology as focusing on musical cognition and performance. There are a series of articles reporting on explorations of various aspects of the cognitive processing of music. Other articles focus on different aspects of the perceptual and cognitive processing of music. Also represented in this special issue is work looking at the emotional aspect of musical behaviour. Finally, this special issue contains two series of experiments related to musical performance, each, interestingly enough, with a developmental slant. Overall, the articles in this special issue provide insight into how it is that people perceive and produce complex auditory information, and are suggestive about what research in musical cognition can say about psychological processing in general. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction to the special issue.

Provides an introduction to the special issue of the American Psychologist, which is one of several publications prepared for the celebration of the centenary of the American Psychological Association (APA). The 25 invited articles in this special issue constitute a unique collection portraying the founding and development of the "new" psychology in America. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of APA, this special issue showcases the work of many of the leading scholars writing in the history of psychology today—individuals trained in psychology and history. There is great diversity in this collection of articles that tells the story of American psychologists involved in the advancement of psychology as a science, a profession, and a means of promoting human welfare. The author concludes by briefly describing the founding of history as a specialty area within the discipline of psychology by Robert Watson, and this special issue is dedicated to his memory. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Toward a focus on positive psychology in school psychology.

Introduces this special issue of School Psychology Quarterly and summarizes the articles contained in this issue. The major purposes of this special issue are twofold. One purpose is to illustrate that some of the various threads of positive psychology research related to children and youth, particularly focusing on the area of positive subjective experience (or subjective well-being: SWB). The second purpose is to underscore the importance of understanding the interrelationships of SWB of children and youth, and their various environmental contexts. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Jury instructions: Past, present, and future.

This introduction provides an overview of the relevant issues addressed in this special theme issue of Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, which is devoted to the topic of jury instructions. It begins with a brief history of jury instruction research. This is followed by a summary of the articles represented in this issue. Next, the strengths and weaknesses of the typical methodology used in jury instruction research are considered. Finally, the specific goals of this special issue are addressed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction to the special issue on methodological issues in psychological assessment research.

Our primary goal in this special issue on research methodology is to explore methodological issues across a broad range of psychological assessment research and to highlight pitfalls and problems that often plague researchers engaged in this pursuit. We believe that the methodological articles in this special issue will serve as an important resource for future research in the field of personality assessment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction.

The current article introduces the special issue of Rehabilitaion Psychology. This issue is designed to explore a few of the many issues that have arisen in recent years. Several of the papers included are based upon an ethics symposium presented at the 1993 American Psychological Association annual convention, from which the impetus for this special issue arose. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Implicit memory research in 1996: Introductory remarks.

This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology is titled "Implicit Memory Research in 1996." Implicit memory now occupies centre stage in the study of memory, and as such, the editor of the journal saw the need for a special issue. In this special issue, several articles investigate priming on perceptually-cued tests and contribute to our understanding of the nature of implicit retrieval on perceptually-cued tests. The study of priming has been dominated by the use of verbal tasks, like the tasks used in the previous articles. However, priming can be revealed in many ways, and it is important that researchers explore the nature of priming in a variety of experimental situations so as to broaden our knowledge and understanding of implicit memory. Several articles in this special issue do this. Each article stands on it own and makes a novel and important contribution. At the same time, the articles share similarities which also helped to determine the order of presentation of the articles in the issue. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Guest editor's introduction: Current issues in the assessment of marital and family systems.

Introduces the articles appearing in this issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, (1989[Dec], Vol 3[2]). This special issue on marital and family assessment grew out of a symposium presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Society for Research on Human Development, held in New Orleans in March, 1988. Because many members of this interdisciplinary organization were exploring new approaches to understanding the family, the focus of the symposium was on several assessment-related issues facing both researchers and clinicians. Participants were selected because of their special expertise concerning designated substantive issues in family measurement. Each panel member was asked to discuss the issue from a conceptual vantage point and to illustrate the discussion with data from his or her research program. The conference papers served as the starting point for this volume; subsequently, papers were exchanged among subsets of symposium participants and were refined for inclusion in this special issue. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Making a clearing: Qualitative research in anglophone Canadian psychology.

Qualitative research (QR) occupies a middle ground between the sciences and the humanities, which goes against established research practice in psychology and most related social and health science disciplines. At present, QR in Canadian psychology is beginning to take root in some universities and research organizations. Most of the contributors to this special issue reflect this development in Anglophone Canadian psychology. This article briefly introduces the contributions to this special issue. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Is positive psychology only White psychology?

Comments on the special issue of the American Psychologist (2000[Jan], Vol 55[1]) on positive psychology. The author points out that in this special issue the perspectives of psychologists of color were not represented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Introduction to the special issue on the self and social identity.

This article describes the special issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP), which is the result of a joint undertaking by the three sections of JPSP. This makes it different from previous special sections or issues of the journal in that rather than relying on the generous services of a guest editor, the same editorial team that handles the regular journal issues has originated this special issue, as well, thus conveying a sense of "business as usual." Our major reason for the present initiative was to highlight the essential unity of personality and social psychology as a field of science. The topic choice for the present special issue was dictated by its relevance and interest to the field of personality and social psychology as a whole, across its various partitions and subdivisions. The articles in the special issue amply reflect the naturalness with which the self and social identity theme transcends the boundaries of JPSP sections. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

From the Editors.

We could not imagine a more appropriate inauguration of the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (PACA) going to four issues per year than with a special issue honoring the life and work of the great aesthetician and psychologist, Rudolf Arnheim. PACA is off to a great start. With this move to four issues per year, we are restarting our numbering system, so this special issue is Volume 1, Issue 1. As you read the articles in this issue, we hope that you enjoy reflecting on how much Rudolf Arnheim has contributed to the field of psychology of aesthetics. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)