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The Psychoanalytic Interview as inspiration for qualitative research
Authors: Kvale Steinar
Published: January 2023

A qualitative research wave has swept through the social sciences in the past decades. Interviews, textual analyses, and natural observations have come into widespread use as modes of inquiry. The qualitative research movement is interdisciplinary, and an opening of the social sciences to the humanities has taken place, drawing on hermeneutics as well as narrative, discursive, conversational, and linguistic forms of analysis.

The science of psychology has until recently remained outside the qualitative research movement. This is rather odd, because key modes of qualitative research, such as the interview, work through human inter-relationships, which are the subject matter of psychology. In addition, substantial areas of current psychological knowledge were initially brought forth through qualitative interviews. In particular this pertains to Freud’s psychoanalytical interview, which has also inspired subsequent interview research. Piaget’s interviews of children’s thought and Adorno and colleagues’ interviews about the authoritarian personality illustrate this point. The Hawthorne interviews with industrial workers and the consumer interviews by Dichter were also inspired by the psychoanalytical interview.

In an attempt to advance psychological interview research today, I take these historica interview inquiries as a point of departure. Rather than follow the methodological and paradigmatic direction of the qualitative research wave, I pursue a pragmatic approach, taking the significant knowledge produced by psychoanalytical and other psychological interviews as a basis for this endeavour. Pointing to the paradox that knowledge originally produced by qualitative interviews has become generally accepted but the interview method producing this knowledge has generally been rejected, I also address the methodological marginalisation of qualitative research in psychology. In the concluding section I outline two different therapeutic and academic paths of interview research by addressing questions about human interrelations and methodology, about objectivity of knowledge and ethical tensions, which arise when treating therapeutic interviews as research inquiries.
Emotion regulation: Theoretical and empirical issues
Authors: Schweiger Gallo Inge , Luis Álvaro José
Published: January 2023

The regulation of emotions represents a regular characteristic of our life. Notwithstanding, with the exception of the past few years, little research has been done on the theoretical or empirical level in the field of emotion regulation. In order to give an overview of theoretical and empirical issues in the field of emotion regulation, we will first of all define emotion regulation before we turn to differentiating between selfregulation of mood, self-regulation of emotion, and of affect. Following, two lines of theorising (i.e. one based on general self-regulatory principles, and Gross’s process model of emotion regulation), as well as the cognitive, affective and social consequences of emotion regulation, and the need to consider wider social and cultural perspectives will be outlined. Finally, we will consider individual differences in emotion regulatory processes, as well as spontaneous and instructed emotion regulatory strategies, before discussing future directions in emotion regulation psychology.
Hermeneutics and social psychology: making links between theory and practice
Authors: A. Smith Jonathan
Published: January 2023

In this paper, I will consider the relationship between experiential qualitative social psychology (EQSP) and theoretical writing in hermeneutics. I will do this by taking some ideas in hermeneutic theory, thinking about how they can be applied to EQSP and then employing them to look at some data from one of my empirical studies.

For the purposes of this paper, I am using the term EQSP as a pragmatic demarcation of some terrain. This broadly follows the distinction made by Reicher (2000) between experiential qualitative methods and discursive qualitative methods. By EQSP I am thinking of social psychological research using qualitative methodology for the examination of personal and lived experience. Among the most widely used approaches for EQSP in the UK are grounded theory (Charmaz, 2008), interpretative phenomenological analysis (Smith & Osborn, 2008) and some forms of narrative psychology (Murray, 2008).
Education for All 2010, Stonewall Conference
Authors: Hallam Jenny , Nyatanga Lovemore
Published: January 2023

Friday 2 July 2010, The British Library, London.
Word from the Chair: ‘Only Briefly’
Authors: Bleau Renée
Published: January 2023

‘The time is always right to do what is right.’

Martin Luther King
Early Career Award
Authors: Williams Amanda
Published: January 2023

The BPS Social Psychology Section Early Career Award is given in recognition of outstanding research in social psychology by an early-career scholar and is determined by the submission of a single published paper that has stemmed from the nominee’s PhD. The recipient of the Award will receive a prize and be invited to give a talk at the 2018 Section workshop.
Distinguished Contribution to Social Psychology Award
Authors: Sedikides Constantine
Published: January 2023

The BPS Social Psychology Section Distinguished Contribution to Social Psychology Award is given in recognition of a distinguished contribution to social psychology over the duration of one’s career. The recipient of the Award will receive a prize and be invited to give a talk at the 2018 Section workshop.
The over-confidence effect – a cognitive phenomenon or an experimental artefact?
Authors: Lebens Morena
Published: January 2023

The present experiment was intended to find out how the selection of certain types ofstimuli affects people’s ability to assess the accuracy of their own knowledge. Much theorizing has centred on the question of whether the over-confidence effect is a cognitiveshortcoming or merely the result of inadequate sampling of stimuli. In order to contribute to this discussion, the present experiment employed a two-alternative knowledge task. Over-confidence was defined as each participant’s mean percentage of confidence for incorrect answers. The results challenge the interpretation of over-confidenceas a bias. Inconclusion, the findings can be interpreted as supporting Gigerenzer’s theory of Probabilistic Mental Models.
An investigation on the influence of genderedness of topic on gender stereotypical behaviours in mixed-sex discussion groups
Authors: Atkinson Amanda
Published: January 2023

Research suggests that in mixed-sex discussions men show dominant and women show affiliative behaviour. If gender is socially constructed and the topic of conversation is ‘masculine’, men and women would be expected to behave according to type. However, if the topic is feminine, we would expect to see less dominant male behaviour andless affiliative female behaviour. This study sets out to test this hypothesis. The measures of dominance were ‘floor-holding’ and interrupting. The measure of affiliation was headnodding.Results confirmed overall that males demonstrated dominance and females demonstrated affiliation. The key finding was that males interrupted significantly less during the ‘female’ topic discussion, suggesting a reduction in dominant behaviour, as predicted. No other significant differences were seen between the two conditions.
Evaluating transactional models: The inconvenient truth about disturbed behaviour
Authors: Trigg Rosie
Published: January 2023

The pathway that leads a child to become psychologically disturbed is an emotive topic in psychology. As a result psychologists have been eager to pin down underlying causes for disturbed behaviour. This essay will argue that transactional models provide a more comprehensive and appropriate model of explanation than these single factor theories. After a brief explanation of transactional models I will evaluate their ability to explain concepts such as disturbed behaviour and ADHD. I will then consider the case of Williams syndrome in which a transactional model confuses a simple cause and effect relationship. Finally I will consider the value of interventions based on transactional models and argue that the pragmatism of these interventions answers the criticisms that can be made of them.
The ‘irrational’ mind of a student psychologist in the 21st century
Authors: Cochrane Charlotte
Published: January 2023

A placement year in the Health Psychology department at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH); based in the Pain Management team, and the Staff Support team.
A truly unique multicultural experience
Authors: Atayero Sarah
Published: January 2023

My week at EFPSA’s 8th European Summer School held in Vorarlberg, Austria
A night out with evolutionary psychology
Authors: Armstrong-Moore Roxanne
Published: January 2023

You know the story: you’ve had a hard week at university and a friend suggests a night out on the town… but have you ever considered the lengths that we go to on these social occasions in order to impress the opposite sex? This article will investigate the evolutionary explanations for these acts in which we feel have no real purpose other than to be a bit of fun.
Stop promising the Earth and delivering a lemon: New Year’s Resolutions – are we going about them all wrong?
Authors: Silverio Sergio A.
Published: January 2023

‘Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay, I make the goddamn rules.’

Maria Callas (1923–1977)
QUEERING PSYCHO-THERAPY
Authors: KHAN MALLIKA
Published: January 2023

PSYCHOTHERAPY HAS HISTORICALLY DRIVEN THE STEREOTYPE THAT QUEER IDENTITIES ARE ERRORS TO BE FIXED.
Letter from the Editor
Authors: ANDREU JUAN
Published: January 2023

I UNDERTOOK TO CONQUER MYSELF RATHER THAN FORTUNE, AND TO ALTER MY DESIRES RATHER THAN CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE WORLD, AND TO ACCUSTOM MYSELF TO BELIEVE THAT NOTHING IS ENTIRELY IN OUR POWER EXCEPT OUR OWN THOUGHTS… HERE, I THINK, IS THE SECRET OF THOSE ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS WHO WERE ABLE TO FREE THEMSELVES FROM THE TYRANNY OF FORTUNE, OR, DESPITE SUFFERING AND POVERTY, TO RIVAL THE GODS IN HAPPINESS(RENé DESCARTES).
MY EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATION MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER
Authors: AU JESSIE
Published: January 2023

WITHIN THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TEAMS BASED IN WEST LONDON, EDUCATION MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS.
FROM TODDLERS TO TEENAGERS – THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON YOUNG PEOPLE’S MENTAL HEALTH
Authors: KHOKHAR FATIMA
Published: January 2023

IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND FAMILIES. THEY HAVE BEEN FLOODED WITH A ROLLERCOASTER OF ABRUPT CHANGES. SPORADIC LOCKDOWNS, PROLONGED SCHOOL CLOSURES AND DRASTIC RULES WERE IMPOSED UPON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
Understanding Developmental Dyslexia Towards A Causal Model
Authors: Serna Celia Esteban
Published: January 2023

WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?

LEARNING TO READ INVOLVES CREATING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN (I) ORTHOGRAPHY AND PHONOLOGY (I.E. SPELLING AND SOUNDS) VIA THE PHONOLOGICAL ROUTE, AND (II) ORTHOGRAPHY AND SEMANTICS (I.E. SPELLING AND MEANING) VIA THE SEMANTIC ROUTE (PLAUT, MCCLELLAND & SEIDENBERG, 1996).
Letter From The Chair
Authors: Margarit Eduard Daniel
Published: January 2023

IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT I GREET ALL THE MEMBERS. 2020 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR AND STUDENTS ACROSS THE UK FACED CHANGES AND UNCERTAINTY. FOR MANY 1STYEAR STUDENTS, COMING TO UNIVERSITY FOR THE FIRST TIME TURNED FROM AN EXCITING ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE TO A STATE OF UNREST.
Letter From The Editor
Authors: Waeerkar Juhi
Published: January 2023

AT PSYCH-TALK, WE’VE ALWAYS TRIED TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR STUDENT OPINIONS ABOUT CURRENT CLIMATES TO BE HEARD. IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT ALMOST ALL SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS ISSUE HAVE FOCUSED HEAVILY ON THE CURRENT ISSUES SURROUNDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. I HOPE THESE ARTICLES STIMULATE CONVERSATION AND ILLUSTRATE THE POSSIBILITIES OF A BETTER FUTURE AS THE LOCKDOWN EASES.
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
Authors: LEUNG AIKO
Published: January 2023

AS THE NEW CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS CHANCE TO WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS AND THANK OUR EXISTING MEMBERS FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT.
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
Authors: Barrett Lisa Feldman
Published: January 2023

‘IT IS NOT RATIONALITY. NOT EMOTION. NOT IMAGINATION, OR CREATIVITY, OR EMPATHY. YOUR BRAIN’S MOST IMPORTANT JOB IS TO CONTROL YOUR BODY…’ (P.10)
The theoretical roots of NLP-based coaching
Authors: Linder-Pelz Susie , Hall L. Michael
Published: January 2023

NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) is a communication model; it is about the internal representation of experience and how people communicate with themselves as well as others. In recent years NLP has informed much coaching practice (McDermott & Jago, 2001; Dilts, 2003; McLeod, 2004). Yet ‘the relationship between NLP and academe has been tenuous and somewhat strained, influenced in part by the apparently atheoretical stance of the founders’ (Tosey, Mathison & Michelli, 2005).

This paper details the theoretical origins of the NLP model and its roots in established psychological theories. Our intent is to offer an informed view of NLP as well as to contribute to the development and validation of professional coaching practices that are grounded in established psychological theory and research (Grant, 2001; Stober, Wildflower & Drake, 2006).
Life coaching: Origins, direction and potential risk – why the contribution of psychologists is needed more than ever
Authors: Senior Jeanette
Published: January 2023

A review of life coaching was conducted using counselling and counselling psychology as a comparison to highlight potential risk of unethical practice due to inadequate research and a lack of industry regulation. The origins of life coaching and executive coaching are explored; along with current media interest which is argued may be influencing the image of life coaching. The stigma of seeking therapy is one potential driver of the current upsurge in interest in this under regulated growth industry.
Sustaining change through Emotional Intelligence
Authors: Maddocks Jo
Published: January 2023

In this article I discuss seven recommendations for making personal development sustainable through the application of emotional intelligence (EI). Our definition of EI focuses on the importance of attitudes for long-term change, therefore distinguishing EI from other approaches such as personality, IQ and competencies. The seven recommendations are based on the view that attitudes are formed and developed in the limbic brain (LeDoux, 2003), which unlike the neocortex, learns mainly through emotional experience. In summary then, to make behaviour change enduring we must change attitudes, which requires emotional learning and is best achieved through focusing on the present, being bodily aware, group interaction, linking behaviour to attitudes, habit change, focused rehearsal, varied forms of feedback and committing sufficient time.
Executive Coaching and Psychometrics: A case study evaluating the use of the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) and the Hogan Development Survey (HDS) in senior management coaching
Authors: Mansi Angela
Published: January 2023

This paper was presented at the 1st International Coaching Psychology Conference, London, December, 2006.

Individual personality differences can, at times of pressure, manifest as extreme traits so that attention to detail, for instance, can show as perfectionism. These personality differences, referred to here as ‘the dark sides’ of personality, can result in dysfunctional behaviour at work, and impact on individuals, teams and the organisation. This article will explain how two psychometric measurements: the Hogan Personality Inventory and the Hogan Development Survey were used to assess for potential dark side behaviours, and were incorporated into a developmental coaching programme for a senior manager.
The challenges of researching executive coaching
Authors: Ellam-Dyson Victoria , Palmer Stephen
Published: January 2023

With the push for evidence based practice in the coaching and coaching psychology fields, the research base of studies measuring the effects of coaching is increasing. However, despite the increase in coaching research there is still a lack of studies using randomised controlled trials (RCT). This article discusses some of the difficulties associated with researching executive coaching in applied settings and why RCTs are not numerous
Step-up imagery technique
Authors: Palmer Stephen
Published: January 2023

This article focuses on Step-up imagery which is a technique that can be used to assess anticipatory anxiety or fear.
World Café discussion
Authors: Whybrow Alison , O’Riordan Siobhain , Lancaster Haley
Published: January 2023

A report of a discussion which took place at the 1st International Congress of Coaching Psychology, City University London, on 15 December 2010.
Can Coaching Psychology help develop Authentic Leaders? Part Two
Authors: Fusco Tony , Palmer Stephen , O’Riordan Siobhain
Published: January 2023

Part One of this article introduced the emerging field of Authentic Leadership and asked if Coaching Psychology can play a part in Authentic Leadership development. As authenticity is often encapsulated by the phrase ‘to thine own self be true’ Part One briefly chartered the historical study of the Self before moving on to look at the conceptual basis of authenticity itself. This second instalment focuses on Self-Awareness coaching specific to Authentic Leadership development. As self-awareness is one of the key constructs underlying authenticity, we propose three coaching models and place each of these techniques within the GIVE model used in Authentic Leadership research, which relate to; Goals, Identity, Values and Emotions.
The anatomy of Being
Authors: Deller Heidi
Published: January 2023

The aim of the current paper is to present the concept of the whole of a being with the hope that this more concise realisation will enable further understanding of levels of consciousness and this in turn will serve to be a valuable tool in the understanding and purpose of ‘being’.
A tantalising taste of the timeless transcendent: An adaptation of the Zen tea ceremony for use with enhanced care service users within the National Health Service
Authors: Cohen Elliot
Published: January 2023

During three years (2003–2006) of working with enhanced care service users within the NHS it was noted that every session began with the boiling of water, the pouring of tea and the consumption of biscuits. Equipped with the anthropologist’s methodology of ‘making the strange familiar and the familiar strange’ (and having recently returned from a month’s stay in Kyoto, Japan) I sought to formally ritualise this act by first studying and then adapting the traditional Zen tea ceremony.

Transforming the start of sessions from a casual gathering into an intentional ritual brought a tangible quality of mindfulness and a sense of the sacred to this previously automatic, seemingly mundane activity of ‘having a cup of tea’. Following sessions the clients consistently reported experiencing reduced levels of anxiety, greater ability to focus and enhanced creativity. This was explored further in subsequent Haiku and film workshops.
Introduction from the new Chair
Authors: Slack Ingrid
Published: January 2023

This is a short letter to introduce myself as the new Chair of our Section, to let you know what’s happening, to introduce you to the Committee, and to give you the latest news.
Attitude toward religion and happiness: Exploring the link among Hindu Bunts in South India
Authors: Tiliopoulos Niko , Francis Leslie J. , Slattery Mary
Published: January 2023

Working within Christian and Jewish contexts, a series of recent studies has demonstrated a link between a positive attitude toward religion and happiness. In order to examine whether this finding also held true in a Hindu context, a sample of 100 Hindu affiliates from the Bunt caste in south India completed the Santosh-Francis Scale of Attitude towards Hinduism alongside the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. The data demonstrated a significant association between happiness and a positive attitude toward religion, after controlling for individual differences in age and sex. On the basis of this finding, it is now possible to claim empirical support for the positive link between attitude toward religion and happiness in a Hindu context, as well as in Christian and Jewish contexts.
Reflections on Vera and Tree of Life: Multi-reflexivity, meta-narrative dialogue for Transpersonal Research
Authors: Law Ho , Basil Natalie
Published: January 2023

This Paper aims to explore the possibility of understanding the meaning of ‘transpersonal’ through the reflexivity in a research process that involves peer researchers completing the work of a late researcher’s project using a mixed method of autoethnography, multi-reflexivity and narrative oriented inquiry. The transpersonal enquiry arises from the untimely death of the key researcher of the Tree of Life project which had a profound impact upon the research process and the team. It created a special (transpersonal?) layer on the co-researchers’ reflexivity when analysing the transcripts of the participants, as one had to reflect from multiple perspectives of: the participants, self and the late researcher. Furthermore the shared bereavement evoked an urge for the transpersonal quest. This formed a meta-narrative dialogue in the multi-reflexivity as a point of entry to the transpersonal realm.

(This paper is also written in preparation for the Transpersonal Research Colloquium 2016 on the theme of Research Models and Methods for Transpersonal Research in Northampton, 14-16 September, 2016)
Transpersonal in the workplace: The organisation, the transpersonal, spirituality and values
Authors: Drew John , Law Ho
Published: January 2023

This paper reviews a broad range of literature on the transpersonal and spirituality in the workplace. It aims to critically examine the organisational practice that relates to transpersonal psychology by drawing on major theories and findings in the broad area of transpersonal applications. In this paper, we argue that the values of the transpersonal are being communicated indirectly at work. They are subsumed ‘under’ or ‘by’ ‘spirituality’, which in turn is subsumed by the term ‘value’. We conclude that transpersonal psychology clearly has an important role to play in the workplace, and suggest possible ways as to how to move the discipline forward.
Do transpersonal psychologists know what they are talking about?
Authors: Rowan John , Ho Law
Published: January 2023

This paper is a critique on transpersonal psychologists in terms of their experience and practices. Rowan observed that most participants in transpersonal psychology conferences had not embodied the experience of Nondual – the highest level ofconsciousness in the realms of the transpersonal according to Wilber (2000). Rowan further pointed out that most great religious traditions made the distinction between Subtle; Causal; Nondual level of consciousness, citing Judaism, Christianity, Muslim, Hinduism and Yoga as examples. The paper further claims that all spiritual experiences come from the Subtle level, which is often confused with the Causal and Nondual level of consciousness. In conclusion, Rowan argued that psychologists should be engaged with their own experience and practice in terms of the three levels of consciousness if they were to be transpersonal psychologists and claimed that they know what transpersonal psychology is about.Keywords:Subtle; Causal; Nondual; consciousness; religions; transpersonal.
The dark side of the transpersonal
Authors: Whomsley Stuart
Published: January 2023

Religious traditions acknowledge that the transpersonal has a dark side. Contact with the transpersonal can be destabilising and dangerous for individuals and groups as well as enriching and life enhancing. The sense of power, numinosity and certainty generated by the encounter with the transpersonal can be abused as well as used for transformation and growth. This paper aims to explore the concept of the dark side of the transpersonal, to consider what shadow selves are, and how an understanding of these can be beneficial to individuals and to groups ranging from organisations to nation states. It will then consider how the concept of the dark side of the transpersonal can explain negative group process and how the charismatic leader can use these processes to manipulate individuals, groups and nations. It will consider how people working in healthcare need to be aware of the dark side and of shadows. The implications for healthcare, public awareness of the communications industries and politics are discussed.
Two different spiritual states of consciousness – A response to John Rowan, ‘Do transpersonal psychologists know what they are talking about?’
Authors: Guest Hazel
Published: January 2023

This is a response to John Rowan’s (2019a) paper ‘Do transpersonal psychologists know what they are talking about?’. Two different meditation practices can lead to two different altered states of consciousness, samadhi and satori, the latter being associated with psychotherapeutic insights. Rowan’s article is about samadhi so this paper concentrates on satori, comparing and contrasting the two, which are often confused with each other, in particular their galvanic skin response (GSR) correlates are different. Some personal experiences of satori are described.
Introduction to mentoring and mentoring programme in psychology
Authors: Ho Law
Published: January 2023

This article provides the result of a pilot mentoring programme in the East of England. It defines mentoring as a process of developing individuals psychologically, socially and professionally, which results in action. It has a well defined process. The evaluation of the programme shows that it has a positive outcome and benefits the mentee for their career progression in higher education and training. It recommends that future programmes should be supported by the British Psychological Society (BPS) maximise its impact.
A study on the impact of coaching in enhancing the potential of young adults with diagnosis of autism to better manage life transitions
Authors: O’Grady Mary
Published: January 2023

This article explores the effectiveness of psychologically minded coaching, as a developmental intervention to enhance the potential of students with a diagnosis of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to manage life transitions. Transition to adulthood is often a challenging time for many young people and this is especially true for this student cohort due to the triad of impairments often characterised by the diagnosis. There is currently limited research into the use of coaching, as a developmental tool in the empowerment of young people with autism in Ireland. This article captures the outcome of a small research study conducted by the author to explore how four individual coaching sessions could enhance self- awareness, self-perception and goal attainment skills amongst this student category, to better manage better transition to college and engagement in college life.
Representing the case for regenerative coaching
Authors: Whybrow Alison C.
Published: January 2023

This article is designed to scope a possible frame for coaching in response to the emerging and present climate crisis. Drawing on recent and continuous publications about the state of our climate and earth, indigenous wisdom, systems thinking and progressive perspectives, the paper brings together a wide swathe of context and poses explores how coaches and coaching psychologists might respond. A broad framework is outlined for regenerative coaching with examples given from coaching practice with both individuals and teams. The paper closes with a set of curious questions designed to open up the space of regenerative coaching as a framework that enables individuals and the profession as a whole to take an active role in responding to the greatest crisis facing our shared home at this point in time.

*(To celebrate and honour the life of Dr Alison Clare Whybrow, This paper is written by the second author based on her presentation at the 9th International Congress of Coaching Psychology 2019 – Positive and Coaching Psychology: Wellbeing, Sustainability and Achieving Balance, at NCVO, Regents Wharf, London on 11 October 2019. As such, the subject ‘t’ is used to keep the authenticity of the presenter as the first author. Any typos/errors were made by the second author/editor.)
Transpersonal psychology as critical/radical psychology
Authors: Cohen Elliot
Published: January 2023

Editor’s note: this article is a summary of the Keynote at the Section Annual Conference Transpersonal Activism on 12 September 2021.

Despite its designation as the ‘Fourth Force,’ Transpersonal Psychology often occupies a peripheral and precarious place within mainstream Psychological approaches. Its historic focus on mystical/spiritual and non-ordinary states of consciousness, coupled with its continued emphasis on subjective and experiential inquiry, have often led to it being excluded in favour of more materialist, positivistic paradigms that currently dominate the discipline. Rather than attempt to simply adapt and assimilate into more mainstream, conventional forms of Psychology, Transpersonal Psychology has a unique opportunity to actively embrace its otherness and outsider status; to pursue authentic interdisciplinary encounters and pioneer more inclusive and radical approaches to research methods. In contemporary Humanistic and Engaged expressions of Eastern Wisdom Traditions (specifically Hinduism, Buddhism and Daoism) one may observe the increasing emphasis on ecological awareness, recovery of the Divine Feminine and more spiritually informed approaches to social justice. To avoid accusations of remoteness, solipsism and spiritual bypassing, Transpersonal Psychologists also need to better attend and creatively respond to prevailing political and socioeconomic conditions. In this keynote I will demonstrate how Transpersonal Psychology has at its heart, always constituted a critical/radical approach to Psychology and still retains the capacity to reinvigorate, re-enchant, transform and transcend.
Individual Differences in Children’s Reading Development: Sound and Meaning in Learning to Read
Authors: Snowling Margaret J.
Published: January 2023

The ‘Triangle’ model of reading of Plaut and colleagues (Plaut, McClelland, Seidenberg & Patterson, 1996) is used a framework for considering individual differences in children’s reading development. In the early stages of learning to read, resources are devoted to establishing a system for mapping letters on to sounds as a foundation for decoding skills. At this early stage, individual differences in letter knowledge and phoneme awareness predict reading achievement even when differences in IQ are controlled. Later in development, however, semantic as well as phonological skills are independent predictors of reading fluency. With these findings as a back-drop, the paper considers the developmental dissociation between dyslexia (poor decoding skills) and poor reading comprehension (poor word recognition and reading comprehension in the face of normal phonological skills). However, such pure dissociations are rare in development. The framework is also productive for considering how semantic skills can act to exacerbate reading problems in children with general language delay, or as protective factors to allow compensation for decoding difficulties in children with a genetic disposition for dyslexia. The implications for reading interventions are also considered.
The Changing Role of Psychology in Educational Practice
Authors: Biggs John
Published: January 2023

In the last 50 years or so, the relationship between psychological theory and educational practice has changed from an hierarchical to a metaphoric one. In the 50s and 60s, psychologists dreamt of creating all-inclusive theories that could be applied to education, but examples of resulting enhanced teaching and learning are hard to find. More recently, educationally relevant theory has been derived, not from applying psychology top down, but by studying students learning in context, as in student learning theory (SLT). SLT readily generates hypotheses for good educational practice, as, for example, in the model of constructive alignment. Unfortunately, top down theorising from individual differences psychology still drives much thinking and practice in the assessment of student learning, with detrimental backwash effects on teaching and learning.
School as an Epistemic Apprenticeship: The Case of Building Learning Power
Authors: Claxton Guy
Published: January 2023

What [students] should learn first is not the subjects ordinarily taught, however important they may be; they should be given lessons of will, of attention, of discipline; before exercises in grammar, they need to be exercised in mental orthopaedics; in a word, they must learn how to learn.
Can educators reduce students’ cognitive load and boost motivation and engagement? Integrating explicit instruction and discovery learning through Load Reduction Instruction (LRI)
Authors: Martin Andrew J.
Published: January 2023

Load Reduction Instruction (LRI) is an umbrella term referring to instructional approaches that seek to reduce cognitive load in order to optimise students’ learning and achievement. LRI typically encompasses explicit and direct instruction, and under particular conditions can also encompass less structured approaches such as guided discovery-, problem-, and inquiry-based learning. Theory and research support the role of LRI in students’ academic learning and achievement. Relatively less attention has been given to the role of LRI in students’ academic motivation and engagement. This review examines key dimensions of motivation and engagement and explores the extent to which specific approaches and strategies under LRI may promote them. A major tenet of the review is that students are at first novices with respect to academic skill and subject matter and that a structured and somewhat directional approach to instruction that reduces cognitive load is important for achievement, motivation, and engagement in the early stages of learning. LRI helps build the content of long-term memory and develops a level of fluency and automaticity that frees up working memory to apply to a given task or problem. As discussed, this fluency and automaticity has implications for students’ motivation and engagement. Importantly, as core skill, knowledge and automaticity further develop, LRI emphasises the centrality of guided discovery-, problem-, and inquiry-based learning. Introduced at the appropriate point in the learning process, these scaffolded exploratory approaches can also be a means to manage cognitive load, generate autonomous learning, and provide a further basis for students’ motivation and engagement. The review concludes by showing how these instructional practices that unambiguously emphasise the role of the teacher are in fact predominantly student-centered and student-salient. Taken together, it is considered important to recognise the motivating and engaging properties of clear, structured and well guided instruction, and the implications this has for students’ learning and achievement outcomes.
The Complex of Problems, Inertia of Thought, and the Evil of Vulgarity
Authors: Nikfar Mohammadreza
Published: January 2023

There is general agreement about the multitude of problems that have accumulated in Iran. The problems are intertwined and have formed a complex entanglement. In this situation, the main routine in the academy is business as usual. The discussion has moved to social networks and TV talk shows in a vulgar way. What is this situation? The purpose is to invite you to engage with this question.
Iran’s Women Enduring ‘Coercive Control’ During COVID-19
Authors: Saberi Hamideh
Published: January 2023

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, domestic violence, as the most common type of violence against women, had been raised globally. Lockdown, as a security measure taken during the pandemic, has forced women to stay at home with the people who are the perpetrators of violence against them. In this predicament, it seems that the number of victims in countries like Iran, in which women have no support from civic society and the legal authorities, is higher than in other communities. Likewise, this research aims to assess the prevalence of domestic violence against Iranian women during the pandemic, based on some scattered reports, recent interviews, and field studies. Accordingly, “coercive control” is used as a tool to analyze the data collected in this study.
Women’s Perceptions of Overall Health and Unsafety in Urban Spaces: A Qualitative and Case Study-Based Analysis of Tehran’s Urban Areas
Authors: Rajabi Zohreh
Published: January 2023

Women all over the world may, at some point, have had unpleasant experiences which might have caused them physical or mental harm. This study has investigated such experiences, particularly in the city of Tehran, and explored the relationship between unsafe urban spaces and the overall health and well-being of women. Urbanization, while being one of the leading global trends of the 21st century, seems to be having a significant impact on the overall health of people. Due to the changes and modernization in Iran, there is an increasing presence of urban spaces in cities. Tehran, the capital of Iran, is the biggest city in the country and the main destination of migrants because of its several modernistic urban attractions. This phenomenon has many adverse effects on different aspects of the city, such as the loss of green environments, agricultural lands, orchards, increasing air pollution, increasing socioeconomic inequality, and so on. [1] Women, according to the gender equity perspective, should have equal rights for presence in and use of urban public spaces. Various factors and obstacles decrease women’s participation in urban public spaces, for instance, they suffer from harassment and insecurity in a city on a regular basis and confront it in various situations. [2] [1] Ahmad Pourahmad et.al. “The Impact of Urban Sprawl up on Air Pollution”.252-257. [2] Mohammad Reza Bemaniyan te.al. “Assessment of Factors Affecting the Promotion of Women’s Safety in Urban Environments”.
Membangun Education Self-Awareness Masyarakat Melalui Penerapan Metode Growth Mindset dan Fixed Mindset di Desa Sukamulya, Kecamatan Kutawaringin, Kabupaten Bandung
Authors: Fadhli Rahmat , Salsabila Jayla , Lestari Vivi Fuji
Published: January 2023

Pendidikan merupakan tools utama menuju bangsa yang berdaya. Hanya saja, tidak semua sadar akan hal itu. Khusus di desa-desa, partisipasi masyarakat untuk meningkatkan SDM mereka melalui jalur pendidikan masih sangat rendah. Potret ini juga terjadi di Desa Sukamulya, Kecamatan Kutawaringin Kabupaten Bandung. Kesadaran yang timbul dari diri tentang pentingnya pendidikan (education self-awareness) bagi mereka masih sangat kurang. Hasil temuan selama pelaksanaan program pengabdian pada masyarakat (dari tanggal 06 Agustus sampai tanggal 06 September) terungkap bahwa pendidikan terakhir mayoritas penduduk di Desa Sukamulya berada pada tingkat MTs. Selain itu, partisipasi anak yang bersekolah juga belum optimal. Perlu upaya massif dan struktural untuk mengentaskan masalah krusial ini.  Solusi yang ditawarkan adalah dengan penerapan metode growth mindset dan fixed mindset kepada masyarakat untuk meningkatkan partisipasi mereka dalam menuntut ilmu di bangku sekolah. Beberapa bentuk implementasi metode growth mindset dan fixed mindset untuk menumbuhkan self-awareness masyarakat dalam bidang pendidikan di antaranya telah diejawantahkan dalam beberapa program seperti diskusi, seminar pendidikan membangun masa depan bersama keluarga, KKN mengajar, maghrib mengaji, dan program peer to peer teaching.
Sosialisasi Gambaran Pola Makan Anak Berdasarkan Sugar Clock Sebagai Upaya Pencegahan Karies Gigi Anak di SD Saim Surabaya Kelas 1-3
Authors: Nuraini Prawati , Nelwan Sindy Cornelia , Pradopo Seno , Permana Achmad Nadian , Ardiwirastuti Ilvana , Ayuningtyas Puspita , Maulani Brian , Sucipto Felita Putri , Pramudita Regina Ayu , Wimarizky Amalia
Published: January 2023

Karies gigi merupakan penyakit jaringan gigi yang ditandai dengan kerusakan jaringan yang dimulai dari email sampai ke dentin hingga meluas ke pulpa. Upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk pencegahan bidang kesehatan gigi adalah dengan mengatur pola makan pada anak sesuai dengan Sugar Clock. Sugar clock adalah pengaturan jam dan jenis makanan yang dikonsumsi. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah untuk mengetahui gambaran pola makan pada anak agar terhindar dari resiko karies. Metode yang digunakan adalah dengan cara pencatatan pola makan yang dikonsumsi (diet sheet) dan idikan serta pendpenyuluhan tentang sugar clock. Hasil yang diperoleh yaitu siswa SD SAIM kelas 1-3 sebanyak lebih dari 50% mengkonsumsi diet seimbang berupa nasi, sayur, lauk pauk dan susu pada jam makan pagi, siang dan malam, dan sebanyak lebih dari 50% mengkonsumsi makanan dan minuman manis diantara jam makan pagi-siang maupun diantara jam makan siang-sore.
Strategi Digitalisasi UMKM Kota Ternate dalam Menghadapi Pandemi COVID-19
Authors: Yetty Yetty , Senuk Abdurrahman , Pratama Rheza
Published: January 2023

Hampir diseluruh wilayah Indonesia situasi pandemi COVID-19 bahkan berdampak pada penutupan sementara atau penundaan layanan kesehatan dan publik. Pandemi COVID-19 juga memberi dampak besar bagi perekonomian di seluruh Indonesia termasuk di Kota Ternate Provinsi Maluku Utara. Permasalahan ditemukan dua masalah utama yang dihadapi Mitra, yaitu proses digitalisasi bisnis yang belum optimal. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan PKM ini adalah metode partisipatif. keikutsertaan, peran serta atau keterlibatan yang berkitan dengan keadaaan lahiriahnya Pengertian prinsip partisipasi adalah masyarakat berperan secara aktif dalam tahapan program dan pengawasannya, mulai dari tahap sosialisasi, perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan pelestarian kegiatan dengan memberikan sumbangan tenaga, pikiran, atau dalam bentuk materil. Program ini punya dampak dan solusi dari Digitalisasi UMKM pada masa pandemi COVID-19 di Kota Ternate adalah Banyak UMKM yang mengalami berbagai permasalahan seperti penurunan penjualan, permodalan, distribusi terhambat, kesulitan bahan baku, produksi menurun dan terjadinya banyak pemutusan hubungan kerja untuk pekerja dan buruh yang kemudian menjadi ancaman bagi perekonomian Daerah. Berdasarkan pada hasil post-test yang dilakukan oleh Tim PKM ada terdapat peningkatan yang signifikan sebelum dan sesudah pelatihan ini dilaksanakan. Nilai tertinggi adalah 100% dan terendah adalah 27%. Sehingga dapat digambarkan bahwa pelatihan yang telah diberikan mampu memberikan tambahan pengetahuan tentang digital marketing untuk para peserta.
Peningkatan Kemampuan dan Pemahaman Metode Kualitatif dan Kuantitatif pada Dosen IAIS Lumajang
Authors: Fauziyyah Salma , Suroso Imam , Priyono Agus
Published: January 2023

Peranan teknologi yang semakin berkembang, menjadi salah satu penunjang dalam sebuah penelitian. Sehingga pengetahuan akan metode kualitatif dan kuantitatif harus lebih didalami agar dapat bersinergi dengan perkembangan teknologi yang diterapkan. Hal tersebut bisa dicapai dengan pengenalan program paket metode kualitatif dan kuantitatif yang digunakan seorang dosen untuk membimbing mahasiswa dalam menyelesaikan skripsinya. Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah memberikan pemahaman dan pengetahuan pada dosen dalam penerapan paket metode kualitatif dan kuantitatif serta dapat mengapliksikan model-model kualitatif dan kuantitatif dalam rangka membimbing mahasiswa dalam menyelesaikan tugas akhir. Para masyarakat akademisi (dosen) Institut Agama Islam Syarifudin (IAIS) Lumajang mengikuti dan mendengarkan materi dengan baik dan tertib. Secara umum kegiatan penyuluhan dan sosialisasi ini berjalan lancar dan mendapat dukungan dari pihak pengelola sehingga kegiatan ini berhasil dilaksanakan tanpa kendala yang berarti.
Optimalisasi Aplikasi Point of Sales (POS) untuk Meningkatkan Proses Bisnis pada Usaha Mikro Kecil Menengah (UMKM) Warung Inyong (Nyong Group)
Authors: Chandra Albert Yakobus , Fadli Ahmad Iwan , Pratama Irfan , Prasetyaningrum Putri Taqwa
Published: January 2023

Warung Inyong adalah salah satu dari usaha mikro kecil menengah (UMKM) yang berada di Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Warung Inyong sendiri merupakan salah satu unit usaha dari Nyong Group dimana fokus dari unit usaha ini sendiri adalah penjualan berbagai jenis makanan seperti donat, makanan, snack dan saos sambal. Permasalahan yang terjadi pada warung inyong sendiri adalah proses pencatatan penjualan yang masing secara manual. Hal ini mengakibatkan kesulitan bagi unit usaha ini dalam menghitung total item terjual setiap harinya, bulan dan tahunan. Selain itu rentan terjadi kesalahan dalam perhitungan pelaporan karena masih dilakukan secara manual, selain itu dengan masih secara manual dilakukan perhitungan maka akan berpengaruh ke pencatatan untuk mempersiapkan stok bahan baku yang harus disediakan, seringkali terjadi kesalahan pembelian stok bahan baku karena tidak mengetahui berapa jumlah item yang sudah terjual untuk segera dilakukan re-stock bahan baku. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat kali ini adalah yang pertama: merancang dan membangun aplikasi point of sales (POS) dan yang kedua adalah memberikan pelatihan kepada para stakeholders di warung inyong untuk dapat menggunakan aplikasi point of sales tersebut. Dengan pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini dapat membantu warung inyong dalam mengatasi berbagai permasalahan yang ada sebelumnya.
Pelatihan Pemanfaatan Maggot Black Soldier Fly (BSF) untuk Pengolahan Sampah Organik sebagai Alternatif Pakan Ternak pada Santri Pondok Pesantren Syekh Burhanuddin Kuntu, Kab. Kampar, Prov. Riau
Authors: Andrio David , Elystia Shinta , Priyambada Gunadi , Reza M. , Sasmita Aryo , Asmura Jecky
Published: January 2023

Pondok Pesantren Syekh Burhanuddin berada di Desa Kuntu Kabupaten Kampar. Dengan bertambah jumlah santri setiap tahunnya menyebabkan semakin banyak sampah di lingkungan pesantren. Pengelolaan sampah dipesantren belum baik, sampah hanya dikumpulkan di satu tempat lalu dibakar. Pembakaran dapat menyebabkan pencemaran udara dan akan berdampak pada lingkungan sekitar pesantren. Sesuai Motto yang telah digariskan oleh pendiri Pesantren adalah Tafaqquh Fiddin (mendalami ilmu agama) disamping penguasaan ilmu pengetahuan, juga diperlukan keterampilan. Pondok pesantren mengadakan inovasi/terobosan baru dalam mengembangkan ilmu dan keterampilan yang Tafaqquh Fiddin dengan beberapa program keterampilan life skill. Salah satu keterampilan life skill yang bisa dilakukan yaitu inovasi pengolahan sampah organik sebagai media budidaya Maggot Black Soldier Fly (BSF). Hal tersebut dimulai dari identifikasi masalah bersama dengan para santri, diskusi dan pemberian solusi serta pelatihan budidaya maggot dengan secara interaktif dengan melibatkan teori dan praktek bersamaan agar lebih mudah difahami. Kegiatan pengabdian secara keseluruhan dapat dikatakan baik dan berhasil, dilihat dari ketercapaian tujuan pelatihan (85%), ketercapaian target materi yang telah direncanakan (100%), dan kemampuan peserta dalam penguasaan materi (75%). Tujuan utama dari kegiatan ini sudah tercapai yaitu pengolahan sampah organik untuk mengurangi jumlah sampah di sekitar lingkungan sebagai pakan larva lalat BSF. Selain itu dapat juga memberikan tambahan pendapatan para santri.