This book offers the first integrated account of how psychological assessment has taken shape across Ibero-America by presenting country by country analyses of the development of the field in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. It traces institutional milestones, degree programs, and professional regulation, clarifying how psychodiagnosis, psychometrics, test adaptation, and ethical frameworks have evolved within diverse educational, clinical, occupational, and forensic settings.

Written by leading scholars and practitioners, the volume synthesizes historical trajectories-from early laboratories and guidance institutes to contemporary commissions and societies-while examining persistent obstacles such as reliance on foreign instruments, uneven standardization, and access to materials. The chapters foreground reliability, validity, consequential validity, and responsible test use; they review cross cultural adaptation practices, item response theory, computerized adaptive testing, and ecological momentary assessment, alongside the roles of national councils, colleges of psychologists, and international bodies in improving test quality and governance.

Beyond documenting achievements, Origins and Challenges of Psychological Assessment in Ibero-American Countries delineates pragmatic pathways for strengthening assessment through research networks, indexed publication, and transparent quality criteria to support evidence based diagnosis and intervention. Its balanced scope-historical, methodological, and policy oriented-makes it a timely reference for students, academics, and professionals seeking rigorous, context aware assessment in Latin America and Spain.

This is an English edition of a book originally published in Spanish. The translation from Spanish into English was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

This book presents selected chapters from the proceedings of the 15th Global Islamic Marketing Conference (October 2024), showcasing contemporary research that reflects the diversity, complexity, and dynamism of Islamic markets worldwide. Drawing on empirical studies from Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, South Asia, China, and India, the volume offers timely insights into how Muslim consumers, businesses, and institutions navigate rapidly changing economic, social, and technological landscapes.

The chapters cover a wide spectrum of themes central to Islamic marketing and business. These include halal food purchase decisions, collaborative relationships in halal beef value chains, consumer reactions to global crises such as the war in Gaza, and generational perspectives on boycotts among Muslim youth. Several studies investigate pressing market issues, from counterfeit mobile phone purchases in Malaysia to service quality perceptions shaped by gender in Saudi Arabia, and from branding dynamics among Moroccan football audiences to the broader socio-economic contributions of the Minangkabau community. A strong emphasis is placed on contemporary challenges and opportunities in digital transformation. Contributions examine online reviews and booking intentions in tourism, the adoption of digital marketing in SMEs, and the rise of digital home-based businesses, particularly among women entrepreneurs. Additional chapters explore the intersection of technology, well-being, and society, including mobile phone addiction moderated by mindfulness, and the implications of artificial intelligence for sustainability, entrepreneurship, and the food and beverage manufacturing sector.

This volume offers scholars, graduate students, policymakers, and consultants a rich and empirically grounded understanding of Islamic markets today. It provides both theoretical advancement and practical insights for those seeking to engage effectively with Muslim consumers, develop ethical and culturally aligned strategies, and better understand business practices across Islam-oriented regions.

Over the last decades, climate change has significantly increased the awareness of sustainable business practices. Consequently, companies are under growing pressure to implement sustainability measures and to take responsibility for the environment. While the focus has been on B2C companies, attention is increasingly shifting to companies in the B2B sector, as their activities have a particularly high environmental impact. To remain competitive, these companies must not only integrate sustainability into their operational practices but also make it an integral part of their brand. However, the credibility of sustainability efforts is often perceived as questionable, especially for companies in CO₂-intensive industries, creating a gap between perceived and actual sustainability. As a result, business opportunities remain untapped, making corporate sustainability investments less economically viable. While the economic significance of sustainability in brand management has been extensively studied, this book identifies a lack of holistic approaches to the sustainability transformation of brands in B2B, particularly those in CO₂-intensive industries. To address this research gap, three studies have been conducted as part of this book.
The findings reveal that a transparent handling of the past and fundamentally reshaping the business model are essential for successfully achieving a brand sustainability transformation in these challenging industries.

This textbook examines the protection of competition in digital markets. It presents both the fundamental principles and the sector-specific aspects of European and German competition law and covers the recently introduced Digital Markets Act and Platform Regulation. As the regulation of competition risks in digital markets has attracted increasing legislative and judicial attention, the book offers students and practitioners a comprehensive overview of the evolving field of 'digital competition law.'

The Trump II administration's trade wars and framing of the dollar's reserve status have accelerated concerns about the sustainability of the current monetary and trade system. Against a backdrop of various disintegrative tendencies, this volume re-introduces the concept of International Clearing Union (ICU) and offers an important overview of critical approaches to the prevailing monetary system.

The ICU concept is closely associated with J. M. Keynes but has older origins, diverse sources of debate, and a high degree of contemporary relevance. In discussing the concept this volume examines key contemporary political issues including principles of fairness in trade and finance, de-dollarization, development, exchange rate policy, capital controls, as well as urgent issues of climate emergency and ecological breakdown. It provides perspectives from different disciplines and from the Global North and South and opens up debate regarding new global institutional possibilities.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Finnish Research Council.

Rooted in the innovative approach of La Trobe University's Centre for Dialogue, Volume 1 of The Art and Disposition of Dialogue offers a rigorous and accessible exploration of dialogue's theory, philosophy, history, and politics. Traversing cultural, social, psychological, and ideological divides, this volume lays a solid conceptual foundation, bridging the gap between reflective theory and practical engagement.

Rich in lessons, narratives, and insights, it equips scholars, practitioners, and curious minds alike with the tools to engage dialogue as an ethical, transformative, and intellectually grounded practice.

Growing complexity and dynamism characterize this world and most organizations. This book aims to provide a better understanding of the associated increase in turbulence of organizations and how to master it. It shows that organizations are not machines but should be understood and managed as living beings. The authors describe how this systemic way of thinking has been found in many disciplines since the mid-1940s and, as a cybernetic approach, is networked with biological, sociological, psychological, technical, and chaos theory approaches.

Management research tends to focus on either swift trust or trust dynamics, neglecting potential interrelations. Answering recent calls for novel research methods on trust, unusual contexts, and refining existing theories, this book aimed to develop an understanding of swift trust and trust dynamics operating in temporary organizations.

Empirically grounded in an ethnographic study of a university-based startup accelerator, the book offers an in-depth view of how hybrid teams interact across online and offline settings. Drawing on interviews, observations, and online documents, it identifies concrete practices through which actors actively build, maintain, or undermine trust. The analysis reveals distinct stages of trust dynamics, and an evolvement from swift trust to more enduring forms of trust: hybrid or deep-level trust.

This book adds a novel perspective to the literature on swift trust and trust dynamics by combining theoretical and empirical findings. It extends previous research by linking these streams through an integrated framework and offers practical implications for "trust management" in temporary organizations and hybrid work contexts, such as startup accelerators.

This edited work presents cases that address ethical issues in the field of human resource development (HRD). It helps readers navigate the complex ethical dilemmas they may face in various contexts, such as the workplace, research, publishing, teaching, and more. Each case includes a vignette that sets the scene, thought-provoking discussion questions, and recommendations for further reading related to the topic, providing students with a holistic understanding of how to tackle ethical challenges in HRD. With supplementary resources for instructors on how to use the cases in the classroom, this book will answer the need for practical, real-world cases to equip students and practitioners with the tools needed to resolve ethical issues confidently and competently.

This edited volume brings together scholars from diverse theoretical traditions to present and discuss their perspective on theory-building in psychology. Amid ongoing discussions about a potential (theory) crisis in the discipline, this collection offers a timely and comprehensive overview of key debates. It serves as a foundation for further reflection and future research.

The book consists of three parts. The chapters in the first part analyse conceptual and philosophical issues underlying theory- and model-building in psychology. By contextualizing the debate with historical and interdisciplinary arguments, these chapters provide a framework for further discussion. The second part is dedicated to the challenges that emerge when inquiring into the nature of theory- and model-building in psychology. Psychology faces a unique set of meta-scientific concerns that any attempt at solution needs to recognize. Such attempts are discussed in the third part of the book. The book concludes with a final chapter, in which the individual contributions are situated within the current debate on theory- and model-building in psychology.

Chapter 4 and Chapter 21 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This book introduces a novel, symptom-based approach to CBT for psychosis, inspired by internal medicine's treatment of complex syndromes. This manual advocates for individualized treatment planning based on presenting symptom profiles. Written for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health practitioners, this resource offers a structured yet flexible framework that adapts to each patient's needs and supports assessment, case formulation, and intervention selection.

It integrates evidence-based CBT techniques for common symptoms and comorbidities of psychosis, including insomnia, depression, and social anxiety. Practical, step-by-step guidance is provided to support symptom management and functional recovery in complex clinical presentations.

Drawing on years of clinical experience, research, and insights from patients themselves, this manual offers a practical approach to managing psychosis through a transdiagnostic, formulation-driven framework for psychotherapy.

This book presents a new approach to physical and mental health based on cognitive orientation (CO) theory-an approach that enables understanding, predicting and changing behaviors in different domains. The major tenet of the CO approach is that cognitive beliefs and theme-specific for the behavior or disorder-function as a motivational disposition for that behavior, thus enabling the prediction of its occurrence and a targeted intervention. This monograph presents the theory and methodology of CO with empirical examples in regard to health-affiliated behaviors (e.g., undergoing medical tests, taking medications), mental disorders (e.g. schizophrenia, depression, addiction, ADHD), physical disorders (e.g., cancer diseases, cardiological disorders, skin disorders), coping behaviors (e.g., resilience, post-traumatic growth), and interventions designed to reduce chances of disease recurrence and enhance quality of life. The objective of the book is to describe the contribution of the CO approach to health and to explore the similarities and differences between the characteristic features of mental and physical disorders. It provides a firm innovative psychological basis for understanding mental and physical disorders and providing adequate psychological help for patients suffering from these disorders--ranging from children to adults to cognitively-challenged individuals. This book will be relevant for psychologists, psychology students, psychotherapists, health psychologists, clinical psychologists, medical doctors, psychiatrists, oncologists, and other medical and health professionals.

This book examines schools as dynamic social arenas where everyday interactions are shaped by broader institutional conditions.
Drawing on sociological theory - particularly Erving Goffman's interactionism and dramaturgical perspective - Ingrid Bosseldal and Anders Persson analyze how teachers and students perform and negotiate roles within the classroom while also considering the school as a politically governed institution with overlapping dimensions of organization, institution, and seminar. By connecting micro-level interactions with wider structural frameworks, the authors offer analytical tools for understanding schools not only as sites of learning but also as arenas where social order is enacted, contested, and reshaped. This book will be of value to sociologists, educators, and policymakers seeking deeper insight into the complex social processes that underlie everyday school life.

This book is the first academic work to comprehensively examine fact-checking practices outside Western democracies, featuring exclusively Global South voices. Unlike existing literature dominated by Western perspectives, this volume provides insider knowledge from scholars and practitioners operating in challenging environments with limited resources, political instability, and restricted data access. The book introduces concepts like "checktainment" and explores AI deployment in non-Western contexts, revealing how fact-checkers adapt methodologies to local conditions. Written by Global South scholars and practitioners with direct experience, it fills a critical gap in understanding how misinformation is combated across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Volume 1 offers an overview of the fact-checking ecosystem in the Global South, pointing out the differences with Western democracies and considering the institutions behind fact-checking organizations, cooperative endeavours, and the deployment of emerging technologies in the industry.

This book offers a comprehensive study of the ways Wales and Welsh people have historically engaged with-and imagined-Jews, Judaism, and Israel-Palestine. This volume argues that Wales is allosemitic, a term that encompasses both positive and negative attitudes towards Jews, but which views Jews as fundamentally different from the non-Jewish mainstream.

Jews and Judaism have long-albeit hidden-histories in Wales, but traditionally, little has been written about non-Christian religions in Wales. Jews often served as allegorical figures in medieval poetry and chronicles; in the early modern period, Welsh Christian evangelists expressed missionary zeal toward Jews. In the twentieth century, policy driven by Welshmen like David Lloyd George and T.E. Lawrence changed the Middle East's political landscape forever. In the modern era, many Welsh intellectuals have become deeply involved in discussions around colonialism and conquest through the lens of the Israel-Palestine conflict: the latest iteration of a centuries-old conversation about self-determination, nationhood, identity, and more.

In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into our everyday lives, this book poses the crucial psychological questions:

• How does AI influence our thinking, our perception, and our relationships?
  
• What does the interplay between humans and machines do to our psyche?
  
• And can machines ever imitate-or even surpass-human emotions, creativity, or morality?

The book explores the psychological mechanisms triggered by human-machine interactions and examines whether machines can develop their own form of consciousness. It investigates the potential risks and opportunities that arise as we delegate more and more decisions and emotional connections to AI systems.

The chapters range from analyses of machine consciousness and emotional intelligence to questions about how AI affects our autonomy and whether machines are capable of making moral decisions.

By linking psychology, philosophy, and technology, the book shows that AI is not only a technological revolution but also a fundamental challenge to our self-understanding as human beings. It invites readers to confront the existential and psychological consequences of AI-and to critically reflect on our future role in a world increasingly shaped by intelligent machines.

This book examines contemporary technologically saturated life and argues that decline is not approaching but already underway. It names current reality as immediate modernity and defines its dominant state as The Decline: a loop where digital technology and capitalism reinforce one another while eroding meaning, stability, and future direction. The chapters trace how acceleration shifts from promise to paralysis: systems upgrade, yet social life repeats, exhausts, and frays. Drawing on social theory and cultural critique, the analysis follows platforms, artificial intelligence, crisis driven media, and data economies as they reshape identity, attention, and affect. Anxiety is reframed not as personal malfunction but as a rational response to structural conditions that demand constant productivity while delivering diminishing returns. Rather than predicting collapse, the book reveals how decline is presented as progress itself, and offers a diagnostic framework for understanding burnout, digital culture, technocapitalism, and experiences of lost futures.

This edited volume reimagines psychological science through Indian cultural, philosophical, and spiritual traditions, responding to growing concerns about the dominance of Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) paradigms in mainstream psychology. Questioning universalist assumptions and imposed etics, the volume advances a context-sensitive, bottom-up approach that takes culture and lived experience seriously in the study of well-being, resilience, and flourishing.

Grounded in Indigenous Psychology and contemporary positive psychology, the book integrates Indian constructs such as anasakti (non-attachment), samatva (equanimity). ananda (bliss), and related ideas from yoga, Vedanta, Buddhism, and the Bhagavad Gita with empirical rigor. It brings together mixed-method research, narrative inquiry, and culturally valid psychometric research to demonstrate how indigenous epistemologies can coexist with scientific standards of reliability and validity.

Drawing on contributions presented at the 3rd International Conference on Positive Psychology, India, the volume is organized into three thematic sections: philosophical foundations and indigenous constructs; culturally grounded interventions and practices for well-being; and emerging empirical insights from Indian populations. Chapters engage with themes including quiet ego, wellbeing literacy, yoga-based self-regulation, mindfulness, nature connectedness, social-emotional learning, resilience in adversity, and the development and adaptation of psychological measures for Indian contexts.

The volume also addresses contemporary challenges facing psychology in India, such as mental health innovation, culturally responsive assessment, ethical research practice, and the need for interdisciplinary collaboration across psychology, education, health, and indigenous knowledge systems. By situating individual well-being within social, ecological, and cultural systems, the book moves beyond narrow individualism toward more inclusive models of psychological functioning.

By bridging ancient wisdom with modern methodologies, this volume offers a coherent framework for culturally grounded theory, research, and practice. It serves as a valuable resource for scholars, graduate students, mental health professionals, educators, and policymakers seeking approaches that expand psychological science while remaining ethically and culturally attuned - both within India and in the global context.

This book explores the importance of mathematics (analysis, algebra, topology, probability, and inferential statistics) within the history and development of economics. It offers a long-term perspective on the links between mathematics and economics, taking into account the influence of historical events, to create a genealogy of quantitative economics. Starting with Aristotle and the early economic pioneers, such as Petty, Isnard, Cournot, Ricardo, Marx, and Walras, the development of economics over many centuries is charted, including marginalism, general equilibrium, neoclassical synthesis, linear economics, game theory, econometrics, financial theory, and artificial intelligence.

This book provides insight into an overlooked part of economics' history to create a new framework for economic analysis. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought from a quantitative perspective, filling a gap in the existing literature.