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Empirical Psychology (empirical + psychology)
Selected AbstractsBY ITS FRUITS: CONTEMPORARY EMPIRICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGIONRELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW, Issue 1-2 2005Leonard M. Hummel First page of article [source] Children's and young people's experiences of chronic renal disease: a review of the literature, methodological commentary and an alternative proposalJOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, Issue 6 2006Philip Darbyshire MN Aim., The aims of this paper were to review and critique existing research literature on children's and young people's experiences of chronic renal disease and to propose alternative approaches that may be more fruitful in addressing existing research shortcomings. Background., Chronic renal disease, which results in approximately 1·6,4 new cases per year per million population in the 0,15 years age group, is a serious illness that causes severe and irreversible reduction in kidney function. Despite modern medical advances, its significance and implications for the lives of the children and young people concerned are profound. Method., Salient literature for this review was obtained using the major health and social science electronic databases such as Medline, CINAHL, Psyclit and Sociofile. Manual searching of relevant books, journals and ,grey literature', combined with the genealogy approach, extended and strengthened the search. Conclusions., Research in this area focuses mainly on two areas, namely psychological adjustment and adaptation to end-stage renal disease. This research is grounded within a framework of empirical psychology that values objectivity, measurement and quantification. This predominantly psychometric approach is critiqued for simplifying the complex experience of end-stage renal disease and for pathologizing children and young people with this disease. We identify a significant gap in the research literature, namely the lack of research that takes into account these children's and young peoples'own perspectives of their experiences. Relevance to clinical practice., Chronic renal disease has a significant impact on children's and young people's lives. Understanding the experiences of these children is important for the provision of effective healthcare. Conducting child-centred qualitative research in this area would allow us to explore vital questions of meaning, perception and understanding. If health and social care organizations claim to provide ,consumer-focused' services, it behoves us to develop first a clearer understanding of the lives and experiences of children and families who seek our help and to use this knowledge and understanding to plan and provide more grounded and responsive services. [source] Emulation vs. indigenization in the reception of western psychology in Republican China: An analysis of the content of Chinese psychology journals (1922,1937)JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, Issue 1 2009Geoffrey Blowers The present study examines the practice of empirical psychology in China during the Republican period using a content analysis of its journals. By seeking answers to questions of what kinds of psychology from the West first attracted the Chinese; whether they found a way of developing a psychology more in tune to their own cultural assumptions of selfhood; and to what uses they felt the new discipline could be put, it shows the extent to which its journal content adopted a Western or an indigenous orientation. It thus contributes to the recent debate about indigenization of psychology globally and situates the origins of these issues in China much earlier than has been envisaged by contemporary Chinese indigenous psychologists. Throughout this period, indigenous concerns informed the research agenda, the dominant practice being psychometrics. But because of a lack of social support, they remained largely confined to the pages of psychology journals. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] Experiment, Experience and Observation in Eighteenth-Century Anthropology and Psychology , the Examples of Krüger's Experimentalseelenlehre and Moritz' ErfahrungsseelenkundeORBIS LITERARUM, Issue 2 2001Carsten Zelle This article situates the role of Johann Gottlieb Krüger (1715,1759), one representative of Halle's "reasonable doctors", as a link between Christian Wolff's empirical psychology and the anthropology of the late Enlightenment. Krüger's "Experimental Psychology" (1756) is analyzed, particularly the distinction drawn in his work between ,observation' and ,experiment' as experiential modi. Comparison between these modi and Karl Philipp Moritz' terminology of self-observation and observation of the other shows that experimental and empirical psychology are closer than previous research has assumed. [source] | ||||||||||