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Journal of Constructivist Psychology (2020), Vol. 33, Issues 3 & 4

9/13/2020

Issues 3 and 4 of the 2020 volume of the Journal of Constructivist Psychology are now available.

Constructivist meet-up series

9/13/2020

To enable communication now that conferences had to be cancelled to due to the Corona events, some colleagues have set up an online Constructivist Meet-up Series.

Harry Procter (UK) writes:

The latest Programme in the Meetup Series can be found in this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I6peFTlj8VmbtPbA8LediD66Npw74neK/view?usp=sharing

If anyone is interested in joining our Constructivist Meetup Series of presentations coming up, email me and I will put you on the mailing list. We're not making it totally public as we may get overwhelmed

Please email me at [email protected] with your name and email address with a note about your affiliation and knowledge of personal construct psychology and I will put you on the mailing list to obtain a link before each of the presentations.

Call for associate editor for book reviews

5/24/2020

CALL FOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF BOOK REVIEWS: JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOLOGY

The Journal of Constructivist Psychology (JCP) is searching for a new Associate Editor for Book Reviews.

Preference will be given to individuals who meet the following criteria:

a doctorate in psychology or a related area
a record of publication, preferably in areas related to the journal’s scope
good organizational skills
efficient and responsive
ability to communicate effectively with publishers, prospective reviewers, and readers of the journal via email, phone, and social media
ability to learn and utilize the journal’s ScholarOne manuscript submission portal

The responsibilities of the Associate Editor for Book Reviews include selecting books that warrant review in JCP, carefully soliciting and inviting authors to write reviews of the books selected, working with publishers to have complimentary copies of books to be reviewed sent to authors writing reviews, providing timely feedback on the contents and readability of reviews requiring revision, overseeing the submission of reviews via the journal’s ScholarOne submission portal, working with the co-editors to render decisions on reviews, and collaborating as part of the JCP editorial team.

Associate Editors receive a $500 annual stipend and appear on the journal masthead. The period of appointment is 3 years, with opportunities for renewal and extension of the appointment.

To Apply:
Please submit a CV and a brief cover letter describing your interest in serving as JCP Associate Editor for Book Reviews, as well as your relevant editorial experience, to Dr. Jonathan Raskin (co-editor) at [email protected].

Review of applications will begin June 15 and continue until the position is filled.
UPDATE Aug 1, 2020: THE POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.

Journal of Constructivist Psychology (2020), Vol. 33, No. 2

3/1/2020

Articles
Article
Good Intentions: Exploring Narratives of Preferred Parenting in Families of a Young Person Who Has Experienced a First Episode of Psychosis (FEP)
Sophie Rea & Rudi Dallos
Pages: 115-135
Published online: 16 Apr 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (241 KB)

Article
Self-Control and Weight-Loss Practices: An Exploration of Repertory Grid Constructs
Jennifer M. Young, Denise M. Conroy & Sara R. Jaeger
Pages: 136-152
Published online: 04 Feb 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (211 KB)

Article
Will Bootstrap Clustering Resuscitate Repertory Grid Assessment of Cognitive Complexity? Convergence with Integrative and Dialogical Complexity Suggests It Could
Miroslav Filip & Marie Kovářová
Pages: 153-171
Published online: 17 Jan 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (827 KB)

Article
Grieving From the Womb: Meaning Construction in Response to Father Loss Before Birth
Michal Mahat-Shamir & Shani Pitcho-Prelorentzos
Pages: 172-187
Published online: 12 Feb 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (216 KB)

Article
Aborted Transition Between Two Dichotomous Cultures as Seen Through Dialogical Self Theory
Jan Grimell
Pages: 188-206
Published online: 26 Mar 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (332 KB)

Article
Innovative Moments as Developmental Change Levels: A Case Study on Meaning Integration in the Treatment of Depression
Pablo Fernández-Navarro, António P. Ribeiro, Kerem K. Soylemez & Miguel M. Gonçalves
Pages: 207-223
Published online: 04 Apr 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (308 KB)

Book Reviews
Book review
Democratic Self-Governance: A Way Forward for Society
Pages: 224-229
Published online: 03 Apr 2019
First Page Preview| Full Text| References| PDF (129 KB)

Journal of Constructivist Psychology (2020), Vol. 33, No. 1

2/28/2020

Journal Of Constructivist Psychology (2019), Vol. 32, No. 4

10/29/2019

Articles
Article
Systematic Integration of Quantitative Measures into the Qualitative Content Analysis of Constructs
Nikolas Höft, Mark Heckmann & Devi Jankowicz
Pages: 345-369
Published online: 25 Oct 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (1527 KB)

Article
Perceptions of Socially Disadvantaged Children: A Personal Construct Approach
Tazvin Ijaz, Farah Malik & Shirmeen Ijaz
Pages: 370-389
Published online: 04 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (688 KB)

Article
Emptiness, Engulfment, and Life Struggle: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Chronic Depression
John E. Rhodes, Steve J. Hackney & Jonathan A. Smith
Pages: 390-407
Published online: 05 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (289 KB)

Article
Personal Constructs of Mind-Body Identity in People Who Experience Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Tom Sanders, David Winter & Helen Payne
Pages: 408-423
Published online: 28 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (313 KB)

Article
Discordances in Ascriptions of Agency and Reflectivity in the First Psychotherapy Session
Heidi Toivonen, Jarl Wahlström & Katja Kurri
Pages: 424-443
Published online: 28 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (193 KB)

Article
Voices Inside Me: The Relationship Between Neuroticism and the Tendency to Engage in Internal Dialogue in the Context of Time Perspective
Malgorzata Sobol-Kwapinska, Piotr Oleś & Joanna Stokłosa
Pages: 444-460
Published online: 28 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|
PDF (620 KB)

Book review
Deconstruction: A Process of Building Better Therapists
Reviewed by Kimberly Champion & Jill C. Thomas
Pages: 461-465
Published online: 23 Dec 2018
First Page Preview| Full Text| References|
PDF (120 KB)

Journal Of Constructivist Psychology (2019), Vol. 32, No. 3

7/23/2019

Articles
Article
Dialogical Self and the Changing Body During the Transition to Motherhood
Kristiina Uriko
Pages: 221-235
Published online: 29 May 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (871 KB)
Article
The Normal, Improving, and Productive Self: Unpacking Neoliberal Governmentality in Therapeutic Interactions
Andrea LaMarre, Olga Smoliak, Carmen Cool, Hilary Kinavey & Laura Hardt
Pages: 236-253
Published online: 19 Sep 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (231 KB)
Article
Implicit Theories of Creativity in Higher Education: A Constructivist Study
Jelena Pavlović & Slavica Maksić
Pages: 254-273
Published online: 31 Jan 2019
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (259 KB)
Original Articles
Article
“I’m Just Who I Am”: Self-Continuity and the Dialogical Self in a Study of Migrants
Kenna Bourke, Guida de Abreu & Clare J. Rathbone
Pages: 274-291
Published online: 06 Sep 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (185 KB)
Articles
Article
Unraveling the Wonder of the Ordinary: A Narrative Analysis of Meaning Construction in Memories of Familiar Routines
Jacky van de Goor, Anneke M. Sools & Gerben J. Westerhof
Pages: 292-308
Published online: 29 Dec 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (211 KB)
Article
On the Measurement of Implicative Dilemmas
Víctor Rouco, Clara Paz, David Winter & Guillem Feixas
Pages: 309-324
Published online: 03 Oct 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (642 KB)
Article
Recycling Identities: A Narrative Inquiry on Consumer Decision Making Among Urban Poor Families in the Philippines
Earl Justin Y. Tiu, Faustene S. Tamayo, John Paolo L. So & Nico A. Canoy
Pages: 325-344
Published online: 06 Sep 2018
Abstract| Full Text| References|

PDF (365 KB)

Journal Of Constructivist Psychology (2019), Vol. 32, No. 2

4/25/2019

Jay Efran Honored With Bust At National Museum Of Psychology

4/1/2019

Note Efran’s uncanny resemblance to Ulysses S. Grant.

Jay S. Efran

Jay Efran, who studied under George Kelly and Julian Rotter at The Ohio State University and went on to develop context-centered psychotherapy, has been honored with a marble bust at the National Museum of Psychology in Akron, Ohio.

“Over a 50+ year career, Dr. Efran has been a thorn in the side of professional psychology,” said the museum’s executive director, David R. Baker, in a statement released to the press. “We wanted to publicly honor him for utilizing radical constructivism and its seminal notion of structure determinism to so brilliantly perturb the status quo–albeit under the demonstrably false assumption that doing so might force the discipline of psychology to reorganize itself in more generative configurations. Ha! Put that in your structure and determine it!”

When contacted at his home in Philadelphia and told of the honor, Jay was flattered but not especially enthusiastic. “I had heard they were planning to do this and I wasn’t particularly excited about it. Awards aren’t personal, you know. They’re really more a reflection on those giving them than those receiving them.”

Asked why, given his lack of enthusiasm about the award, he didn’t turn it down, Efran cocked his head slightly and replied briskly, “I decided to go along with it because–as every context-centered psychotherapist knows–what we resist persists!”

Colleagues in the field had a variety of reactions when told of Efran’s bust being installed in the museum.

“What an extraordinary accomplishment,” gushed Efran co-author Mitchell Greene. When shown a photo of the bust and asked to comment, Greene’s expression shifted dramatically and there was a lengthy pause before he replied “Well um, how interesting. Not exactly up to Roman standards, but it’s the thought that counts.”

Not everyone was as circumspect about the quality of the bust.

“Ha! I think it’s wonderful!” cheered renowned personal construct psychologist Franz Epting, who went to graduate school with Efran back in the 1960s. “I never realized before how much Jay looks like Ulysses S. Grant! The resemblance is uncanny!”

Though most people in the constructivist community responded positively, a few were critical of the bust being installed in the museum.

“Talk about reification of constructs!” huffed Bill Warren when reached at his retirement villa in Australia. “George Kelly said that people are forever in process. However, statues are inevitably static creations, therefore I’m against them. Now get out of my way because I’m off to the pub to watch me some rugby.”

Prominent critic of constructivism, Barbara Held, used the opportunity to score points.
“How ironic that an antirealist like Efran is being honored with something about as epistemologically real as it gets: a garish bust of his noggin!” snapped Held when asked to comment during a visit to the museum where she was among the first to view the bust. “Does Efran even accept the statue as ontologically real? If not, he and his fellow antirealists need to get back to reality!”

After commenting, Held took out a black Sharpie and attempted to draw a phrenology map on the side of the bust, but was prevented from doing so by museum security.

Asked to place having a bust of his head displayed in a museum into context, Efran responded “I usually love being asked about context, but I can honestly say that when it comes to this God-forsaken artistic monstrosity that is supposed to represent my head, suddenly discussing context annoys the hell out of me.” Trying to salvage his answer, Efran added “Having a hideous bust of your head put in a museum doesn’t matter, but it also doesn’t matter that it doesn’t matter. So there’s that.”

The official unveiling of “Efran in Repose” at the National Museum of Psychology is scheduled for October 10.

Journal Of Constructivist Psychology, 2019: Vol. 32, No. 1

3/29/2019

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