Research Report 2007

Psychology in Society

In 2007 staff published twelve papers in national and international journals, conference proceedings and books. These covered a wide range of topics including:

• The association of racial attitudes and spiritual beliefs;

• ?Memory-based imagery;

• Systematic Case Studies in the Development of Evidence-Based Practice in Psychotherapy;
• ?A critique of masculinities studies;

• Constructions of self in contemporary neuroscience;

• The analyst’s emotional surrender;

• Sexually motivated serial killers and the psychology of aggression and ‘evil’;

• Communication of Psycho-educational assessment results;

• A neuropsychological perspective on the cerebrally hazardous contact sports;

In addition a workshop was presented, and nine papers were delivered at international conferences and one at a local conference.

Three staff members, Prof Dave Edwards, Prof Ann Edwards and Prof Catriona Macleod received NRF funding, and Prof Catriona Macleod funding from the Johan Jacobs Foundation. Two staff members, Prof Dave Edwards and Prof Catriona Macleod, are rated social scientists with the National Research Foundation (C category). Prof Chris Stones continues as editor of the Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology.

Prof Tom Dowd from the Department of Psychology at Kent State University was a visiting professor in the department for two months. In this time he delivered a number of research papers, worked with our Masters in Clinical and Counselling Psychology students, and mentored a number of staff and students regarding their research. In addition, Prof Swartz from the Department of Psychology at the University of Stellenbosch conducted workshops with students and staff regarding research skills and getting published. Our postgraduate graduation and registration rate is looking healthy. Students are responding positively to the series of workshops on research skills which we implemented for the first time in 2007.

Professor Catriona Macleod
Head of Department

BOOKS/CHAPTERS/MONOGRAPHS

Appalsamy,P
Appalsamy,P. Social Intelligence: The New Science of Social Relationships. Hutchinson. UK. First
Edition. 2006. 37(3), 663-665. ISBN:0091799732.

van Ommen,CH
van Ommen,CH. "Damasio’s subject: Constructions of self in the contemporary neurosciences". In: Citizen City: Between constructing agent and constructed agency. Captus University Publications. West Concord, Canada. First Edition. 2007. 241-250. ISBN:978-1-55322-164-7.

PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH JOURNALS IN ABSTRACT AND/OR FULL PAPER

Edwards,DJA
Edwards,DJA. “Restructuring implicational meaning through memory-based imagery: Some historical notes". Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 2007. 38,306-316.

Edwards,DJA. “Collaborative Versus Adversarial Stances in Scientific Discourse: Implications for the Role of Systematic Case Studies in the Development of Evidence-Based Practice in Psychotherapy". Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy. 2007. 3(1), (Online).

Knight,ZG
Knight,ZG. “Sexually motivated serial killers and the psychology of aggression and ‘evil’ within a contemporary psychoanalytic perspective". Journal of Sexual Aggression. 2006. 13(1),21-35. Knight,ZG. “The analyst's emotional surrender". Psychoanalytic Review. 2007. 94(2),277-290.

Knoetze,JJ and Vermoter,C-L
Knoetze,JJ and Vermoter,C-L. “Communication of Psycho-educational assessment results: remedial teachers' reading of assessment reports". South African Journal of Education. 2007. 27(1),1-18.

Macleod,C
Macleod,C. “The risk of phallocentrism in masculinities studies: how a revision of the concept of patriarchy might help". Psychology in Society. 2007. 35,4-15.

Shuttleworth-Edwards,AB and Whitefield,VJ
Shuttleworth-Edwards,AB and Whitefield,VJ. “Ethically we can no longer sit on the fence: A neuropsychological perspective on the cerebrally hazardous contact sports". South African Journal of Sports Medicine. 2007. 19(2),32-38.

Shuttleworth-Edwards,AB and Whitefield,VJ. “Optimal application of neurocognitive assessment in concussion management: A professional dilemma". South African Journal of Sports Medicine. 2007. 19(3),101-104.

Stones,CR
Stones,CR. “The association of racial attitudes and spiritual beliefs in post-apartheid South Africa". Mental Health, Religion and Culture. 2007. 10,263-274.

Stones,CR, Smith,T, Naidoo,A and Peck,C. “The association of racial attitudes and spiritual beliefs in postapartheid South Africa". Mental Health, Religion and Culture. 2007. 10,263-274.

RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED AT ACADEMIC/SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
(PROCEEDINGS, BOOKLETS and ATTENDANCE)

i. Local Conferences (Within South Africa)

Payne,C and Edwards,DJA
Payne,C and Edwards,DJA. "Breaking the silence of child rape". South African Professional Society on the
Abuse of Children (SAPSAC). University of Pretoria, Pretoria. South Africa. May 2007.

RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED AT ACADEMIC/SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
(PROCEEDINGS, BOOKLETS and ATTENDANCE)

ii. International Conferences (Outside South Africa)

Bohmke,WR
Bohmke,WR. "The 'culture' of sexual violence: a critical literature review". International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP) Conference: Theoretical Psychology Beyond Borders - Transdisciplinarity and internationalisation. York University, Toronto. Canada. June 2007.

Davidow,AS and Edwards,DJA
Davidow,AS and Edwards,DJA. "Treatment of PTSD and depression in a black South African rape survivor: A case based evaluation of Ehlers and Clark’s clinical model". World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Barcelona International Convention Centre, Barcelona. Spain. July 2007.

Edwards,DJA
Edwards,DJA. "Gabriel: A cognitive therapy case formulation". World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Barcelona International Convention Centre, Barcelona. Spain. July 2007.

Edwards,DJA. "Mindfulness meditation and transpersonal psychology". World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Barcelona International Convention Centre, Barcelona. Spain. July 2007.

Knight,ZG
Knight,ZG. "Are serial killers evil?”. The Second International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. University of Granada, Granada. Spain. July 2007. 41.182

Macleod,C and Marx,J
Macleod,C and Marx,J. "Questions and dilemmas in the politics of representation and location in research: examples from a study on identity, resistance and agency in the context of intimate partner violence”. International Theory and Psychology congress. York University, Toronto. Canada. June 2007.

Stones,CR
Stones,CR. "A study of responsible gambling in the Eastern Cape: A psychological and psychosocial exploration". Second international conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. University of Granada, Granada. Spain. July 2007.

van Ommen,CH
van Ommen,CH. "The body and its others / The body as physical ‘smudge’". International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP) Conference: ‘Theoretical psychology beyond borders: Transdisciplinarity and internationalisation’. York University, Toronto. Canada. June 2007.

Whitefield,V and Shuttleworth-Edwards,A B
Whitefield,V, Shuttleworth-Edwards,A B and Radloff,SE. "Neuropsychological profile of contact versus noncontact sports players at Grade 12 level “. 30th mid-year annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Bilbao Convention Centre, Bilbao. Spain. July 2007.

Whitefield,V and Shuttleworth-Edwards,AB
Whitefield,V, Shuttleworth-Edwards,AB and Radloff,S. "Neuropsychological profile of contact versus noncontact sports players at Grade 12 level". 30th mid-year annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Bilbao Convention Centre, Bilbao. Spain. July 2007.

CONCERTS, EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, EVENTS

Appalsamy,P
Appalsamy,P. Yes. "Nurturing the Spirit of Women". National Women of Spirit Workshop. Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 9 - 12 August 2007.

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

Dowd,ET
Professor ET Dowd. Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent OH 44242, USA. Lecture, research collaboration. Jul - Aug 2007.