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Validating Cognitive and Emotional Urges in Comprehending One’s Surroundings: The Case of Attraction from Attitudes Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Ramadhar Singh
Durganand Sinha found that attitudes formed from a preceding experience influenced participants’ responses to the succeeding one in a laboratory experiment on memory ( Davis & Sinha, 1950 ). He also found that the people of Darjeeling who were affected by the landslide in 1950 had spread rumours to make sense of their surroundings via cognitive and emotional responses ( Sinha, 1952 ). In this article
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Exploring the Influence of Decisionmaking Style and Financial Status of Cancer Patients on Varied Cultural Aspects of Decision Process Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Nishtha Jain, Purnima Singh
Though many studies have linked shared decision-making with positive patient outcomes and patient satisfaction, there is less research on the practicality and feasibility of such an approach, specifically, in India. Recent findings indicate that contextual constraints of the patients and family caregivers are fused with and inevitably shape their decision-making style. This study investigates the influence
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The Effects of Intermarriages Versus Intramarriages on Intergroup Relationships Among Kurdish Tribes Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Nuri Akdoğan, M. Ersin Kuşdil
The present study investigated the effects of intermarriages versus intramarriages on intragroup and intergroup relationships in terms of evaluation, perceived similarity, social distance and social contact. For this purpose, data were collected from 200 members of the Ertushi and Pinyanishi Kurdish tribes living in Hakkari, Turkey who practiced intramarriage ( n = 108) or intermarriage ( n = 92).
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IAPS in India: A Cross-cultural Validation Study of Highly Arousing Emotional Pictures Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Surabhi Lodha, Rashmi Gupta
This article aims to obtain a set of erotic and gory pictures from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) for use in studies across India. Additionally, it compares the ratings of a representative Indian sample with North American norms. Using the Self-assessment Manikin, adult Indian participants rated 72 arousal-matched IAPS pictures on emotional dimensions of arousal, valence and dominance
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Applying Self-Determination Theory to International Development and Humanitarian Organisations Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Ashley J. Emmerton, John M. Malouff
International development and humanitarian organisations are increasingly focused on transitioning from top-down models of practice to ‘locally-led approaches’ that recognise local epistemologies, capabilities and visions of change. Despite this focus, there remains limited practical guidance to support organisations making this transition. In this article, we aim to suggest ways in which Self-Determination
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Ideological Frames and Reaction to Intergroup Norm Violations Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2023-03-05 R. C. Tripathi, Rashmi Kumar, Roomana N. Siddiqui, R. C. Mishra, Shabana Bano
This article examines how ideological frames, certain context factors and emotions influence choice of a retributory, retaliatory or reconciliatory reaction in intergroup conflict situations. Hindu...
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Decolonising Mind and Being Associated with Marriage: Perspectives from Ghana Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Stephen Baffour Adjei, Anthony Mpiani
Colonialism was not only a political imposition but also a cultural one that both affected and infected institutions and ways of knowing and being of colonised societies. The vestiges of colonial p...
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Working Through the Politics of Indigeneity: Decolonising Psychology by Way of a Dialectical Approach Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Umesh L. Bharte, Arvind Kumar Mishra
Our particular concern here is with how decolonising psychology is interpreted (or misinterpreted) as well as its implications for making our discipline a truly liberating enterprise. We make three...
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Decolonising Reactions to Material Traces of the European Past: The Case of an Italian Colonial Food Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Alessia Mastropietro, Stefano Migliorisi, Isora Sessa, Francesco Borgogno, Francesca D’Errico, Laurent Licata, Giovanna Leone
European capital cities are replete with material traces of colonial times, not only institutional reminders but also ephemeral objects, created to glorify colonial domination. Reactions of descend...
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Decolonising Caste in the Indian Context: The Psyche of the Oppressor Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Angel Sophan, Arya Nair
Caste is a social construct as well as a psychological phenomenon. So far, it has been predominantly viewed, understood and researched through the lens of anthropology, sociology, economics and pol...
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Threat by Association, Islamic Puritanism and Conspiracy Beliefs Explain A Religious Majority Group’s Collective Protest Against Religious Minority Groups Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Ali Mashuri, Chad Osteen
This article addresses the question of why members of a majority group, despite their more powerful status, may protest against low-power minority groups. The present study addressed this question ...
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Epistemological Allyship Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2023-02-10 Seth Oppong
Discussions about decolonising psychology now abound. A key perspective from which these commentaries have been written relates to a confrontation of the gatekeepers in global psychology. While thi...
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Appraisals Associated with Interpersonal Negative Emotions: What Distinguishes Anger, Contempt, Dislike, and Hatred? Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Amanda K. Steele, Ira J. Roseman
To aid in understanding the determinants of negative interpersonal and intergroup behaviours, this research tested theories specifying which appraisals of events would be associated with distinct n...
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Maternal Ideas About Child Competence in Two Cultural Groups of the Indian Society Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-10-18 R. C. Mishra
This article examines the differences and similarities in the conception of child competence held by mothers of the Adivasi1 and non-Adivasi cultural groups of Indian society. Two hundred mothers,1...
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Psychological Research in an Australian Remote Indigenous Context: Towards a Culturally Safe Cognitive Research Approach Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-08-18 Melissa R. Freire
Cognitive psychological research provides an evidence-based understanding of human cognition. For example, it can inform an understanding of how phonological awareness, visuospatial processing and ...
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Identity Matters: A Social Psychology of Everyday Citizenship Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-08-09 Nick Hopkins
This paper takes as its focus the need for psychologists to take issues of culture seriously. In doing so, it is important that psychologists adopt a critical approach to many widely held and taken...
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Abundance Causes Greed in Appropriation from Common Resources Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Rob Nelissen
Three experiments investigated the possibility that greed is not just a consequence of scarcity but may also result from abundance of common resources. It was predicted that abundance causes greed ...
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Responses to Actual, Perceived and Imagined Scarcities Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Jai B. P. Sinha
Making more money is the most dominant response to cope with actual, perceived or imagined scarcities. For the poor, it is a means to survive in extremely adverse conditions and to struggle to cros...
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Scarcity Mindsets and Generational Differences in India: The Role of Cognitive and Affective Factors Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Rama Charan Tripathi, Namita Pande, V. N. Tripathi, Shail Shankar, Aditi Pande, Ragini Bahadur
This article addressed the question of the role played by certain cognitive and affective factors in explaining the differences in scarcity mindsets of Gen Z, Millennials, and the Pre-millennial ge...
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Social Identity and Well-being: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Social Identity and Well-being in Light of the Accelerating Cultural Globalisation Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Sofie Amalie Damkier, Simon Ozer
In today’s globalised world, people are interacting with different cultural streams every day, which can challenge the individual’s rootedness in regard to their identity. The purpose of the presen...
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Farmers’ Suicides and Psychosocial Intervention Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-03-27 U. Vindhya, Sunayana Swain, Praful Kapse, Nachiket Sule
Farmers’ suicides in India, exemplifying the agrarian crisis, have been a contemporary cause of grave concern. The Vidarbha Psychosocial Support and Care Program (VPSCP) in western India is an exam...
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J. B. P. Sinha, Imagining Wholesome Wellbeing of All Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-03-01 R. B. N. Sinha
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The Scarcity–Prosociality Link: Ambiguous, Yet Thought-provoking Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2022-02-23 Lilavati Krishnan
The present essay examines the scarcity–prosociality link, that is, the conditions in which scarcity leads to self-interest and competitiveness or to other-oriented prosociality and cooperativeness...
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Advaita: Oneness as a Lived Reality—Examining Aspects of Profound and a Radical Psychology Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2021-11-09 Shilpa Ashok Pandit
It is all good to say, that the world is one! Are these idealistic/poetic ideas or could there be psychological pathways to experience oneness as a continuous realisation? This is not a question of...
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Victimisation-by-ingroup Consciousness: Its Antecedents and Impact on Radicalism Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2021-09-30 Ali Mashuri, Nur Hasanah, Wening Wihartati
This study proposed victimisation-by-ingroup consciousness as a novel concept, which denotes that intragroup violence or wrongdoings by some group members victimise other members of the same group and may elicit sense of physical, material, cultural and psychological sufferings among the victim members. Applying this concept to the context of religious radicalism, this study revealed that among a sample
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What is Yoga Psychology and Where Does It Stand in Contemporary Psychology? Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2021-09-23 Anand Paranjpe
While Yoga has spread across the world, its image as a system of calisthenics has played up the physical aspect of Patañjali’s eightfold strategy, while pushing its core as a system of psychology out of sight. The purpose of this article is to briefly explain what makes Patañjali’s Yoga a system of theory and application of psychological principles, and to suggest where this system stands in relation
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Bhāvyātrā (Walking Pilgrimages): Insights for Self-development Through Service Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2021-09-21 Rakshita Goel, Rachana Bhangaokar
Inspired by the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave, Bhāvyātrā is a walking pilgrimage, a metaphor for ‘slowing down’ in a fast-paced world. The qualitative study was conducted with 11 adults, both men and women, who had undertaken Bhāvyātrā. In-depth interviews were conducted to know their experiences of Bhāvyātrā and its effects on self and interpersonal relationships. Bhāvyātrā gave
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Social Conventions and Moral Obligations in Young Children’s Care: Illustrations from Rural Families of Northern India Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2021-09-21 Nandita Chaudhary, Deepa Gupta, Shraddha Kapoor
The family in India is a vibrant, complex group that functions on the assumption of interdependence and complementarity of roles and relationships. Patriarchal and patrilocal joint families remain the ideal kin group for a large population of the subcontinent, but this can take many different forms related to co-residence, commensality, branches and subdivisions within the larger group. In the northern
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Striving for Synthesis in General Psychology: Lessons from India Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2021-09-15 Jaan Valsiner
The importance of the life-long contributions of Professor Sinha is in his search for new perspectives in psychology that would respect Indian cultural history. In that spirit, I will outline themes that are prominent in Indian cultural traditions from which universal science of human psychology could learn. All human beings relate to water and fertility, creating meaningful rituals of handling this
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Cultural Similarities and Variations in the Conceptions of Happiness and Unhappiness: A Comparison Between Italy and Honduras Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2021-09-15 Igor Sotgiu, Licia Tirloni, Julissa Thomas Zapata
The present study investigates the conceptions of happiness and unhappiness among university students from Italy and Honduras. A total of 193 Italians and 172 Hondurans took part in a questionnaire study. Respondents were asked to write down the things that made them happy (happiness sources) and those that made them unhappy (unhappiness sources). The content analysis of participants’ answers showed
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Altering Intention to Mudik during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Salient Cue and Simple Reminder Nudge Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2021-03-28 Dimas Budi Prasetyo, Lury Sofyan
Mudik is a unique exodus in Indonesia where people travel to hometown during Eid festive season. It posed a challenge for the government to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Several reports have identified that people still stick with their plan to Mudik amidst the latest Mudik ban. Thus, a scientific nudge campaign is pivotal to influence Mudik behaviour. The present study designed and tested five
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Neighbourhood Supports for Active Ageing in Urban India Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-08-22 Deepti Adlakha, Murali Krishna, Ryan Woolrych, Geraint Ellis
Developing urban environments that promote healthy, active living for older adults is at the forefront of global planning policy debates, resulting in concepts and design guidelines to support population ageing. However, current urban planning in India is overlooking the design of age-friendly cities. The share of older adults in India is estimated to increase from 8 per cent in 2015 to 20 per cent
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Epistemic Violence in Research on Eldercare Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-08-21 Darlingtina K. Esiaka, Glenn Adams
Decolonial perspectives challenge the notion that standard knowledge in hegemonic psychology is productive of progress and enlightenment. They instead emphasise its association with the colonial violence that constitutes the darker underside of modern development. Our contribution to the special issue applies a decolonial perspective to theory and research on obligation to an elderly parent. Thinking
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Ageing in Developing Societies: A Preamble Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-08-20 Neena Kohli,Bhoomika Rastogi Kar
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Ageing and Values in the Developments of Home-Based Eldercare: Perspectives from India and Sweden Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Urmi Nanda Biswas, Lotta Dellve, Anindo Bhattacharjee, Maria Wolmesjӧ
Ageing population is becoming a major concern because of its economic, political and social impact. Trusted eldercare service is an important issue for a matured nation. The paper addresses the preconditions of healthy ageing and sustainable value integrated eldercare in a developing and a developed society. In India, professional eldercare is about a decade old and is still emerging to get a foothold
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Assessment of Lifestyle Experiences across Lifespan and Cognitive Ageing in the Indian Context Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-08-17 Avanthi Paplikar, Divya Ballal, Feba Varghese, Jala Sireesha, Ramya Dwivedi, Amulya Rajan, Shailaja Mekala, Faheem Arshad, Subhash Kaul, Suvarna Alladi
With rising numbers of elderly and dementia in developing societies, there is a need to understand factors protective against dementia. Evidence suggests that lifetime cognitive activities including education, occupation, and complex leisure activities contribute to cognitive reserve. However, these factors are understudied in India. This paper describes the validation of the Lifetime of Experiences
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Ageing in Urban Neighbourhoods: Exploring Place Insideness Amongst Older Adults in India, Brazil and the United Kingdom Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Ryan Woolrych, Jamuna Duvurru, Adriana Portella, Judith Sixsmith, Deborah Menezes, Jenny Fisher, Rebecca Lawthom, Srikanth Reddy, Anupama Datta, Indrani Chakravarty, Abdul Majeed Khan, Michael Murray, Meiko Makita, Maria Zubair, Gisele Pereira
The ageing in place agenda emphasises the importance of supporting older adults to age in their communities surrounded by the personal resources to age well. In exploring the relationship between older people and their environment, the concept of place insideness is seen as central to constructing feelings of identity, belonging and attachment in old age. Yet there has been little research exploring
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Cognitive Ageing in Developing Societies: An Overview and a Cross-sectional Study on Young, Middle-aged and Older Adults in the Indian Context Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Richa Nigam, Bhoomika R. Kar
Cognitive ageing in developing societies is marked with psychosocial issues such as education, occupation, lifestyle, social support, social interaction and exclusion that may affect cognitive–affective–behavioural changes with ageing. We also present a study based on cognitive profiling of young (N = 79), middle-aged (N = 54) and older adults (N = 43) in India, which examined learning and memory for
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Book Review: Mahima Nayar (Ed.), Against All Odds: Psychosocial Distress and Healing Among Women Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-03-04 Mala Sinha
The book Against All Odds: Psychosocial Distress and Healing Among Women, by Mahima Nayar makes a brave effort to deconstruct mental illness in women living in urban ghettos (low-income neighbourhoods of large cities). Women in these localities go through extreme social suffering caused by oppressive socio-economic conditions and burden of both house and paid work leads to mental illness. The thrust
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Identity and Otherisation in Northeast India: Representations in Media Texts Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-03-04 Korsi Dorene Kharshiing
Asymmetrical power relations between ‘us’, or the in-group, and the ‘others’, or the out-group, are key to the construction and understanding of otherisation. Otherness in Meghalaya, Northeast India is made complex by historical, geopolitical, social, linguistic and cultural factors that are instrumental in creating boundaries between the tribal and non-tribal populace. The present article examines
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Śraddhā: Construct Definition from the Bhagavad-Gītā Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-03-04 Dharm P. S. Bhawuk
In this article, the construct of śraddhā which is derived from a sacred Hindu text, the Bhagavad-Gītā is explicated. The analysis of text resulted in nine themes, and many behavioural outcomes of śraddhā such as not finding faults in others. Jñāna or knowledge is seen as mediating between śraddhā and mokṣa or liberation. This relationship is moderated by tatparaḥ (or eager engagement in the spiritual
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Where Occidental Science Went Wrong: Failing to See Systemic Unity in Diversity Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2020-03-04 Jaan Valsiner
I find the conceptual field where Oriental and Occidental perspectives in psychology meet in the analysis of borders within systems—looking at the specific mechanisms under which these borders can inhibit or enhance the exchange relations between parts within the whole. The Occidental science has selected a non-fruitful pathway to knowledge that prescribes context-free categorisation of elements instead
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Call for Papers: Ageing in Developing Societies Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 Neena Kohli,Bhoomika R. Kar
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Ajit K. Dalal: A Resilient Spirit and an Inspiring Scholar Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 Girishwar Misra
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Be(com)ing a Woman: Body, Authority and Society Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 Rituparna Chakraborty, Sonali De
The contemporary Indian society apparently seems to be at a juncture where it claims more number of women to be educated and independent but, on the other hand, the incidents of vicious mental, social and corporeal violations of women are at peak. Amidst all the ongoing blazing talks and movements, this study is a small attempt of delving into the tale of being women, which may help in cognising the
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Deradicalisation and Disengagement from Terrorism and Threat to Identity: An Analysis of Former Jihadist Prisoners’ Accounts Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-08-20 Muhammad Syafiq
This qualitative study aims to explore the personal experience of former prisoners jailed for terrorism-related offenses in Indonesia who have reported or have been reported as having deradicalised or disengaged from violent extremism. The participants were interviewed about their experiences of deradicalisation and disengagement and the perceived implication of the experiences on their identities
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Gendered Boundaries, Cultured Lives: The Underexplored Dimensions of Duty (Kartavya) in the Indian Family Context Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-08-13 Rachana Bhangaokar, Shagufa Kapadia
The article highlights gender-specific elements in the notions of duty (kartavya) in the Indian familial context. Using a hypothetical dilemma about gender roles and employment, in depth interviews were conducted with 120 respondents comprising young adults and their parents from the Maharashtrian community of Vadodara city, Gujarat, India. A majority of respondents, men as well as women, could recognize
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Bihari Identity: An Uncharted Question Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-08-13 Jyoti Verma
Sources of multidisciplinary social sciences were consulted for understanding the Bihari identity narrative. Bihar’s glorious history and landmark events of 100 years (1912–2012), were briefly examined. Observations and sparse empirical findings were used for presenting the Bihari identity discourse. Seemingly, the identities ‘fighter’ and ‘revolutionary’ resulted from the land’s rebellious background
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Reification of Collective Victimhood: Dalit Narratives, Social Repositioning and Transformation Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-03-01 Aparna Vyas, Minati Panda
Contrary to the passivity embedded in the term ‘victim’, collective victimhood experienced by the Dalits is highly active and agentic. Dalits negotiate the meaning of collective victimhood in various creative expressions where they project their lived experiences of ‘being’ and reify them at the collective level thus generating a radical shift in the very meaning of their state of being the victims
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When the Advantaged Feel Victimised: The Case of Hindus in India Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-03-01 R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, V. N. Tripathi
This article seeks to understand the collective victimhood of the Hindus, a majority group in India, relative to the feelings of collective victimhood of the Muslim minority. It studies the role that is played by feelings of collective victimhood (CV) along with ingroup identity, fraternalistic relative deprivation (FRD), intergroup emotions and relative power in responding to intergroup conflict situations
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Caste-based Oppression, Trauma and Collective Victimhood in Erstwhile South India: The Collective Therapeutic Potential of Theyyam Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-03-01 Shaima Ahammed
The decades of collective victimhood and trauma that the oppressed lower caste members in the southern state of India (Kerala) suffered in silence were less known to the world until the socio-religious reform movements offered a space for their collective expression of agitation and unrest. With no socially sanctioned channels to express their injustice and pain, the folk ritual of Theyyam often became
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Traditional Stories as Possible Vignettes in the Research of Moral Judgement: A Preliminary Report Using Stories from Mahabharata Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-03-01 Swagata Choudhuri, Jayanti Basu
The most prevalent stimuli for exploring moral judgement in laboratory settings are small vignettes in the form of moral dilemmas. These dilemmas, mostly borrowed from the field of philosophy, are often criticised for lacking ecological validity due to their confined outcomes, hypothetical physical harms, focus on one character and overlooking cultural aspects. These criticisms are especially implicative
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The (Im)possible Embrace: A Search for Non-violent Possibilities in the Aftermath of Violent Uprootedness Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-02-14 Honey Oberoi Vahali, Diamond Oberoi Vahali
In spite of upholding it as an aspiration, a commitment to non-violence in motivation, thought and action is rare. Its realization is contingent on a confluence of complex politico-historical contingencies and psychic possibilities. The actualization of such a historical moment is also contingent on a collective awakening in the consciousness and conscience of a group to reclaim its losses through
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Renegotiating Israeli Identities, Collective Victimhood and Social Exclusion of Arab Israelis in a Changing Social Reality Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-02-14 Maya Hadar
This article discusses the changing nature of the Israeli identity and core values against the backdrop of political and social processes that took place in Israel in recent decades. Special attention was given to manifestations of collective victimhood within the framework of the Israeli society and politics and the way the latter obstructed social inclusion of Arab Israelis and of acknowledging commonalities
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Explaining Muslims’ Aggressive Tendencies Towards the West: The Role of Negative Stereotypes, Anger, Perceived Conflict and Islamic Fundamentalism Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-02-11 Ali Mashuri, Esti Zaduqisti
The current research was to investigate what psychological factors predict Muslims’ negative stereotypes of the West, and the underlying mechanism by which the negative stereotypes can translate into Muslims’ aggressive tendencies towards the West. A correlational survey among a sample of Indonesian Muslims (N = 360) demonstrated that the more participants negatively stereotyped the West, the more
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Towards a Psychology of Cultural Globalisation: A Sense of Self in a Changing World Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2019-02-05 Simon Ozer
Cultural interconnectivity motivated by globalisation has transformed societies and interpersonal interactions around the world. Furthermore, on a psychological level, individuals are intensely influenced by the new contextual complexity challenging the processes of developing a sense of belonging and a sense of self. This article discusses and integrates relevant psychological theories for approaching
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Personality, Culture and Career Assessment Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2018-09-01 S. K. Priyadharshini, L. S. Ganesh, Balaraju Kondaveeti
This article reviews the literature on indigenisation of personality measures, including adaptations of existing, well-established Western ones, and justifies in detail the need in India. It is evident that despite over 200 ‘indigenous’ instruments mentioned in the National Library of Educational and Psychological Tests, apparently none has gained widespread awareness even among practitioners, not
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Emotional Reactions to Intergroup Norm Violations Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2018-08-22 R. C. Tripathi, Rashmi Kumar, Roomana N. Siddiqui, Shabana Bano
The present study investigates emotional reactions that follow norm violations involving Hindus and Muslims in India. It also studies how in-group’s emotional reaction is predicted by the emotion that the group experiences in tandem with certain contextual factors, such as, fraternal relative deprivation (FRD), social identity, power to harm and resource power. Data were collected on 221 Hindus and
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Stress in Factory Workers in Italy Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2018-07-24 Roberto Capasso, Maria Clelia Zurlo, Andrew P. Smith
The ethnicity and work-related stress model (EWS; Capasso, Zurlo, & Smith, 2018, British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science, 15, 1–20) integrated EWS dimensions in a multidimensional perspective combining demographic (sex, education) and individual characteristics (coping styles, Type A and Type D), cultural dimensions (acculturation strategies, perceived racial discrimination), work
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The Effects of Language Use on Time Perspectives in Multilingual Morocco Psychology and Developing Societies Pub Date : 2018-07-20 Alexander Unger, Karim Gassemi, Julie Papastamatelou
In the current study, we tested the effects of language on time perspective orientation in a Moroccan student sample. Four explanation, mechanisms have been considered: first, the priming of different contents by the use of different languages; second, the influence of the use of different languages on the social identity; third, the altering of memory capacity fostered by the use of a foreign language;