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This three-volume set brings together psychologists and others from North America, who provide alternative perspectives on social problems and their solutions through perspectives from ethnic minority psychology. The 14 chapters in the first volume detail five racial and ethnic minority psychological perspectives--African American psychology, Arab American psychology, mestiza/o, indigenous, and liberation perspectives, perspectives from the Asian/Pacific Islander American community, and Latina/o psychology--as well as the intersection of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation in terms of interpersonal experiences, and key concepts and research findings related to interpersonal behavior, including cultural stressors, ethnic minority leadership, status and power, implicit bias, and marketing and media. The second volume consists of 13 chapters that address key social problems like mental health, acculturation and enculturation, racism, education, social class, climate change, natural disasters, immigration, technological change, bias in the criminal justice and legal system, war and peace, and the highly populated world, while the third contains 13 chapters that focus on problems that affect human health and quality of life, including psychiatric disorders, physical health disparities, cultural marginalization and disability, eating behavior and obesity, aging and caretaking of family members, intergenerational transmission of trauma, addiction, depression and suicide, interpersonal violence, and HIV and AIDS. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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<p>Offering fresh and exciting approaches to solving global problems, this book creatively views challenging social issues through the lens of racial and ethnic psychology.</p><p>As the demographic makeup of the American population continues to evolve, understanding and addressing the psychological needs of ethnic minorities in the United States becomes more important to the overall health and well-being of society. This three-volume set is the first publication to explicitly tackle social issues from the perspective of racial and ethnic psychology. It uniquely presents racial and ethnic psychological perspectives on topics such as media, criminal justice, racism, climate change, gender bias, and health and mental health disparities.</p><p></p><p>Volume one introduces readers to the basic scientific concepts of racial and ethnic minority psychology and then examines the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. It also addresses how race and ethnicity affect communication styles, leadership styles, and media. The second volume discusses the experiences of individuals within racial and ethnic minorities, including overt racism, covert racism, and colonialism, and addresses how ethnic minority psychology plays a role in our educational system, poverty, global climate change, and sustainability. The third volume covers ethics in health and research, considers the causes of health and mental health disparities, and identifies diversity initiatives that can improve the health and well-being of all citizens, not just racial and ethnic minority citizens.</p><p><br><ul></ul></p><p><li>Utilizes concepts of racial and ethnic minority psychology to address important issues of the 21st century, offering unique insights into the nature of today's real-world problems</li></p><p><li>Presents racial and ethnic psychological perspectives on topics such as media, the criminal justice system, sexual orientation, poverty, climate change, and sustainability</li></p><p><li><ul>Provides much-needed alternative perspectives on human behavior other than the theories, systems, and practices that are largely derived from Anglo-American research using white subjects</ul></li></p><p></p>
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