International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation®
• International Points of View
The inaugural editor of International Perspectives in Psychology wants to feature voices from beyond North America and Europe
From Monitor on Psychology, February 2011
International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation ® is committed to publishing research that examines human behavior and experiences around the globe from a psychological perspective. It publishes intervention strategies that use psychological science to improve the lives of people around the world.
The journal promotes the use of psychological science that is contextually informed, culturally inclusive, and dedicated to serving the public interest. The world's problems are imbedded in economic, environmental, political, and social contexts. International Perspectives in Psychology incorporates empirical findings from education, medicine, political science, public health, psychology, sociology, gender and ethnic studies, and related disciplines.
The journal addresses international and global issues, including
- inter-group relations
- disaster response
- societal and national development
- environmental conservation
- emigration and immigration
- education
- social and workplace environments
- policy and decision making
- leadership
- health care
- poverty and economic justice
- the experiences and needs of disadvantaged groups
Editor
Judith L. Gibbons
Saint Louis University
Consulting Editors
Glenn Adams, PhD
University of Kansas, United States
Alfred Adegoke, PhD
University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Ramadan Ahmed, PhD
Kuwait University, Kuwait
Rubén Ardila, PhD
National University of Colombia, Colombia
Adriana Baban, PhD
Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Peter Baguma, PhD
Makerere University, Uganda
Guilherme Borges, PhD
Instituto Mexicano de Psiquiatría, Mexico City, Mexico
Stuart Carr, PhD
Massey University, New Zealand
Xinyin Chen, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, United States
Regis Chireshe, DEd
University of South Africa, South Africa
Wan Har Chong, PhD
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Patricio Cumsille, PhD
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Gillian Finchilescu, PhD
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Márta Fülöp , PhD, CSc
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Mauricio Gaborit, PhD
Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas", El Salvador
Andrea Gecková, PhD
Masaryk University, Slovak Republic
Çigdem Kagitçibasi, PhD
Koc University, Turkey
Heidi Keller, PhD
Universität Osnabrück, Germany
Brigitte Khoury, PhD
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon
Silvia Koller, PhD
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Riyadh Lafta Al-Juboori, MD
Mustansiriya University, Iraq
Anthony Marsella, PhD
University of Hawaii, United States
Elias Mpofu, PhD
The University of Sydney–Cumberland Campus, Australia
Kostas Mylonas, PhD
The University of Athens, Greece
Anu Realo, PhD
University of Tartu, Estonia
María Cristina Richaud de Minzi, PhD
Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Psicología Matemática y Experimental, Argentina
Linda M. Richter, PhD
Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
Helen Ross, PhD
The University of Queensland, Australia
David Sam, PhD
University of Bergen, Norway
T. S. Saraswathi, PhD
M. S. University of Baroda, India
Robert Serpell, PhD
University of Zambia, Zambia
Michael Stevens, PhD, DHC
Illinois State University, United States
Aurora Szentágotai, PhD
Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Junko Tanaka-Matsumi, PhD
Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Catherine Tang, PhD
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Karen van Oudenhoven-van der Zee, PhD
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Li Wang, PhD
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Colleen Ward, PhD
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Wielislawa Warzywoda-Kruszynska, PhD
University of Lodz, Poland
Danny Wedding, PhD
CSPP, Alliant International University, United States
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