Applying Psychological Research to Understand and Promote the

Well-being of Clinical and Non-clinical Populations

Edited by Kostas Andrea Fanti

ISBN: 978-960-6672-55-2, 350 pages

First published in 2009 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

List of Contributors
1.	Introduction Kostas Andrea Fanti	1
Part 1: Understanding Human Behavior, Abilities, and Emotions
2.	Unconscious Determination of Human Action: Adding Behavior Analysis to the Emerging Convergence Harold L. Miller, Jr.	9
3.	Indicators of Aggression in Draw-A-Man Test in 9 years Boys Ali Farhadi and Hamid-Reza Pouretmad	19
4.	Decoding Behaviour and Connectivity Mental System in Second Language Context: Critical Period and the Lateralization of Language Function Sandra Andrade de Bastos Figueiredo and Carlos Fernandes da Silva	29
5.	Color Preferences and Symbolism Asja Nina Kovacev	41
6.	Gender Differences in Adolescents Problem Behaviors from the Power-control Theory Perspective Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn	57
7.	The Relationship between Fear of Failure and Academic Procrastination: The Mediating Effects of Avoidance Goal and Cognitive Volition Control, and the Moderating Effects of Parental Psychological Control and Parental Achievement Pressure Sang Youp Choo and Sung Moon Lim	75
8.	Fear of Flying Christos Papalekas	89
9.	Qualitative Analysis on the Concept of Assertiveness Paula Vagos and Anabela Pereira	99
10.	Sexual Strategies Theory and Emotion Management Paula W. Potter	113
11.	Teachers’ Social Representations between Well Being and Burnout at School Roberto Bonetto and Alberta Contarello	117
12.	Subjective Well-being of Teacher Candidates Zafer Bekirogullari, Aylin Mentesogullari and Arzu Somay	139
13.	Training and Knowledge Management in Organisations. A New Sense to Human Resources Management Leonor Cardoso and Samuel Monteiro	149
14.	Knowledge Management and Total Quality Elisabete Brito and Leonor Cardoso	161
15.	Different Types of Organization, Different Cultural Orientations towards Learning: What Factors explain this? Teresa Rebelo and Adelino Duarte Gomes	175
16.	The Relation between Professional Training and Knowledge Management Moderated by Socio-demographic Variables Andreia Meireles and Leonor Cardoso	187
Part 2: Interventions and Therapy
17.	Cognitive Aspects in One-year Follow-up of Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Clients Nara Lucia Poli Botelho, Maria Luiza de Mattos Fiore and Latife Yazigi	203
18.	Preliminary Investigation of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Obesity in African American College Students Denise M. Gaither-Hardy and Delroy Louden	211
19.	Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Women with Chronic Pain: A Prospective Case Study Research Norma Lottenberg Semer, Roberta Katz Abela, Terezinha de Carvalho Amaro, Simone Godinho, Kátia Semeraro Jordy, Luciana Sobirai Diaz and Salua Salama	225
20.	HIV/AIDS Among Women: A International Profile Sarla Sharma	233
21.	Personality Aspects of Adult Psychotherapy Clients of a Public University Psychological Clinic in São Paulo, Brazil Terezinha de Carvalho Amaro, Latife Yazigi, Thaís Marques and Luciana Sobirai Diaz	249
22.	The Relation between Sensation Seeking, Fear of Failure, Perfectionism, and Chronic Procrastination of College Students: The Mediating Effect of Self-efficacy Youl Pyo Hong and Sung Moon Lim	257
23.	Effects of Horticutural Therapy Activities for Aged People that was Implemented Every Day Concentricall Seigo Koura, Noriyuki Ogawa and Takeshi Oshikawa, Mitsuo Nagatomo,Kenji Higashi, Tomohiro Inagaki and Chieko Nishikawa	271
24.	Effects of Horticultural Therapy Activities on Psychological Mood in Students of Occupational Therapy Department Noriyuki Ogawa, Seigo Koura, Takeshi Oshikawa, Kenji Higashi, Tomohiro Inagaki and Akinori Matsuzaki	281
25.	Absolute Pitch-A Nature Potential for Talented, Mainstreamed and Special Educational Needs Students under Lau Chiu Kay Music Educatherapy Chiu Kay Lau	289
26.	An Arterial Model of Innovation: Opportunities for Psychological Interventions Johan Malan	303
27.	Mediation Process of the Rorschach Comprehensive System: Comparison between Non-psychiatric Cases and Psychiatric Patients Regina Sonia Gattas Fernandes do Nascimento, Latife Yazigi, and Terezinha de Carvalho Amaro	315
28.	The Rorschach Comprehensive System in Brazilian Children Rosangela Kátia Sanches Mazzorana Ribeiro, Latife Yazigi and Norma Lottenberg Semer	321
29.	Psychotherapy and the Rorschach Latife Yazigi, Terezinha de Carvalho Amaro, Norma Lottenberg Semer, Thais Marques, Luciana Sobirai Diaz, Maria Luiza de Mattos Fiore and Julieta Freitas Ramalho da Silva	331
30.	An Evaluation Design for the Smokefree Class Competition Program in Greece Efstathios Polychronopoulos, John C. Morris, Stella Barberis Bondi, Angeliki Polychronopoulou and Christopher Nicholas	337