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Uniquely integrative and authoritative, this volume explores how advances in social psychology can deepen understanding and improve treatment of clinical problems. The role of basic psychological processes in mental health and disorder is examined by leading experts in social, clinical, and counseling psychology. Chapters present cutting-edge research on self and identity, self-regulation, interpersonal processes, social cognition, and emotion. The volume identifies specific ways that social psychology concepts, findings, and research methods can inform clinical assessment and diagnosis, as well as the development of effective treatments. Compelling topics include the social psychology of help seeking, therapeutic change, and the therapist–client relationship.
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Social Psychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology Edited by James E. Maddux June Price Tangney The Guilford Press New York London © 2010 The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications, Inc. 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012 www.guilford.com All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America This book is printed on acid-free paper. Last digit is print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology / edited by James E. Maddux, June Price Tangney. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60623-679-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Clinical psychology. 2. Social psychology. I. Maddux, James E. II. Tangney, June Price. RC467.S63 2010 616.89—dc22 2010015992 About the Editors James E. Maddux, PhD, is University Professor of Psychology at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and former director of its clinical doctoral program. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Divisions of General, Clinical, and Health Psychology, Dr. Maddux is coauthor (with David F. Barone and C. R. Snyder) of Social Cognitive Psychology: History and Current Domains and coeditor (with Barbara A. Winstead) of Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding. He is former Editor of the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Self and Identity, and the International Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy. Dr. Maddux’s major interest is the integration of theory and research from clinical, social, and health psychology. His research is concerned primarily with understanding the influence of beliefs about personal effectiveness and control on psychological adjustment and health-related behavior. June Price Tangney, PhD, is University Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Personality and Social Psychology and of the American Psychological Society, Dr. Tangney is coauthor (with Ronda L. Dearing) of Shame and Guilt, coeditor (with Jessica L. Tracy and Richard W. Robins) of The Self-Conscious Emotions: Theory and Research, and coeditor (with Mark R. Leary) of the Handbook of Self and Identity. She is Associate Editor of American Psychologist and has served as Associate Editor of Self and Identity and Consulting Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Assessment, the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, and the Journal of Personality. Her research on the development and implications of moral emotions has been funde