Psychology Around the World (Online Resources)

Articles and books about psychology in various nations around the world (accessible online).

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Psychology International

http://www.apa.org/international/pi/

Psychology International is the official newsletter of APA's Office of International Affairs. Each issue covers various international psychology issues and reports the development of psychology in nations and regions outside US.

International Psychology Bulletin

http://www.itopwebsite.com/InternationalPsychology/Newsletter.html

International Psychology Bulletin is the official newsletter of APA's Division 52 (International Psychology). Each issue contains Division 52 news, research articles, book reviews, current issues around the globe, and report of development of psychology in nations and regions outside US

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc/

An excellent free online resources that can be used as a textbook with chapters written by notable scholars around the world.

Handbook of International Psychology (2004) edited by Michael J. Stevens and Danny Wedding

http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=108309669

You can read this excellent book about psychology around the world online for free while it is available.

Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists

http://www.am.org/iupsys/resources/ethics/univdecl2008.pdf

Universal Delcaration of Ethical Principles for psychologists was adopted by the Assembly of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) and the Board of Directors of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAPP) in July 2008. It outlines principles and related values.

Compendium: Codes of Ethics from National Associations of Psychology Around the World

http://www.am.org/iupsys/resources/ethics/ethic-com-natl-list.html

Links to Codes of ethics from national associations of psychology around the world and from international organizations are posted on this webpage.

World Database of Happiness

http://www1.eur.nl/fsw/happiness/

"The World Database of Happiness, directed by Ruut Veenhoven in the Netherlands, is an ongoing register of scientific research on the subjective enjoyment of life. It brings together findings that are scattered throughout many studies and provides a basis for synthetic work." You can find happiness data for many nations around the world.

Understanding the Taiwan Indigenous Psychology Movement: A Sociology of Science Approach

written by William Gabrenya Jr., Mei-Chuan Kung, and Li-Yu Chen (2006), Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

http://jcc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/37/6/597

The Indigenization of Psychology in India: Its Unique Form and Progress

written by Neharika Vohra (2004)

http://ebooks.iaccp.org/ongoing_themes/chapters/vohra/vohra.php?file=vohra&output=screen

Links to selected articles written by Uwe P. Gielen

http://www.iiccp.freeservers.com/book%20and%20flyer%20page.htm

South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Website

http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/

The full record of the TRC's proceedings is available on this official TRC website.

**Selected articles from APA Monitor:

You can search the international or global psychology related articles on APA Monitor ( http://www.apa.org/monitor/index.aspx )

APA’s international responsibility

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/11/ceo.aspx

from Monitor on Psychology, 42 (10), November 2011

International points of view

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/02/journal-gibbons.aspx

from Monitor on Psychology, 42 (2), February 2011

2008 ANNUAL CONVENTION: Tops in their field: APA award winners

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/06/award-winners.html
from Monitor on Psychology, 39 (6), June 2008

Ethics from an international perspective: Notes from Hong Kong

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/03/ethics.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 39 (3), March 2008

Humanitarian heroes

Stories of APA members throughout the world

http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec07/heroestoc.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 38 (11), December 2007

APA's 2007 Annual Convention: Not lost in translation

The world’s psychologists share their challenges and successes.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct07/notlost.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 38 (9), October 2007

APA's 2007 Annual Convention: Promoting the peace

http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct07/promoting.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 38 (9), October 2007

Notes from Istanbul

http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct06/ethics.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 37 (9), October 2006

Asian-American psychology

http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb06/asianamerican.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 37 (2), February 2006

Bringing psychology to the world

APA's U.N. representatives teach others the relevance of behavioral science.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec05/world.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 36 (11), December 2005

Rebuilding mental health in Afghanistan

http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec04/afghanistan.html

Understanding the giant panda

http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan04/pandas.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 35 (1), January 2004

PSYCHOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD: Two Tales of Woe

As the cycle of Middle East violence rages on, a Palestinian and an Israeli psychologist talk about the bloodshed's devastating impact on the mental health of their communities.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct02/solace.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 33 (9), October 2002

PSYCHOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD: Helping a stolen generation

Psychologists recognize a history of oppression as they work with indigenous Australians.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr02/australia.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 33 (4), April 2002

PSYCHOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD:

Chinese psychology moves from 'pseudo-science' to an increasingly accepted field.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar02/seizing.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 33 (3), March 2002

'A thirst after knowledge'

A decade after the fall of communism and its ban on psychology, Romanian psychologists have re-established their field and are expanding its reach.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb02/athirst.html

from Monitor on Psychology, 33 (2), February 2002

"PSYCHOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD" Issue

from Monitor on Psychology, 33 (1), January 2002

from Monitor on Psychology, 32 (7), July/August 2001