Constructivist News
Issues 3 and 4 of the 2020 volume of the Journal of Constructivist Psychology are now available.
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 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:
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. 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) Articles
Article The Phenomenology of Between: An Intersubjective Epistemology for Psychological Science Michael F. Mascolo & Eeva Kallio Pages: 1-28 Published online: 27 Dec 2019 Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (390 KB) Article Intersubjectivity, Constructivism, and Personal Construct Theory: Commenting and Extending Mascolo and Kallio’s Article on the Phenomenology of Between Gabriele Chiari Pages: 29-35 Published online: 27 Dec 2019 Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (130 KB) Article We Still Aren’t Certain What We’re Doing: Reflections on the Complexities of Psychological Science and Intersubjective Epistemology Lisa M. Osbeck Pages: 36-43 Published online: 27 Dec 2019 Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (133 KB) Report Whose Constructions Are Being Corroborated? A reply to Mascolo and Kallio’s ‘The Phenomenology of Between’ Tom Strong Pages: 44-48 Published online: 27 Dec 2019 Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (112 KB) Article Who Stole My Banana? Social Science as Intersubjective Corroboration Michael F. Mascolo & Eeva Kallio Pages: 49-57 Published online: 27 Dec 2019 Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (214 KB) Article Cycles of Construing in Radicalization and Deradicalization: A Study of Salafist Muslims David A. Winter & Aitemad Muhanna-Matar Pages: 58-88 Published online: 28 Dec 2018 Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (824 KB) Article Narrative-Emotion Process Markers in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Jasmine Khattra, Lynne Angus, Christianne B. Macaulay & Naomi Carpenter Pages: 89-102 Published online: 28 Dec 2018 Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (271 KB) Book Reviews Book review Dialogical Self Theory as a Metalanguage and Metatheory for Psychotherapy Reviewed by Rens van Loon Pages: 103-107 Published online: 05 Aug 2019 First Page Preview| Full Text| References| PDF (112 KB) Book review Rehumanizing Mental Health Care: The Unique Contributions of Psychiatric Survivor Therapists Chelsea Chase Reviewed by, Isaiah Noreiga & Jill C. Thomas Pages: 108-113 Published online: 23 Dec 2018 First Page Preview| Full Text| References| PDF (119 KB) 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) 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) SPECIAL SECTION – Existential and Constructivist Psychology: A Developing Dialogue: Editor’s Introduction
Report Existential and Constructivist Psychology: A Developing Dialogue Louis Hoffman Pages: 105-107 Published online: 17 May 2018First Page Preview| Full Text| References| PDF (212 KB) SPECIAL SECTION – Existential and Constructivist Psychology: A Developing Dialogue: Articles Article Toward an Integration of Constructivism and Existential Psychotherapy Justin Lincoln & Louis Hoffman Pages: 108-125 Published online: 30 Apr 2018Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (450 KB) Article Implicational Meaning (Re)Creation in Bereavement as a Lifeworld Dialogue: An Existential–Constructivist Perspective Edith Maria Steffen Pages: 126-137 Published online: 22 May 2018Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (402 KB) Article Dialogical Meaning and Justice for Constructivist and Existential Psychologies Tom A. Chávez, Joel Givens, Matthew E. Lemberger-Truelove, Tamiko Lemberger-Truelove & Alfredo F. Palacios Pages: 138-147 Published online: 25 Apr 2018Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (330 KB) Article Existential Sexuality and Intimacy Susi Ferrarello Pages: 148-159 Published online: 25 May 2018Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (331 KB) Regular Section: Articles Article Constructing Nonagency at the Beginning of Psychotherapy: The 10DT model Heidi Toivonen, Jarl Wahlström & Katja Kurri Pages: 160-180 Published online: 28 Feb 2018Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (454 KB) Article ‘Anorexic’ Adolescents: Negative and Positive Resistances in Narrative Therapy Dr Derek Botha Pages: 181-198 Published online: 09 Mar 2018Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (448 KB) Article Autobiographical Narratives of Oldest-Old Persons: What Matters at That Age? Marta Patrão, Carla Roma Oliveira & Liliana Sousa Pages: 199-212 Published online: 20 Apr 2018Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (570 KB) Regular Section: Book Reviews Book review Mindism ≠ Personism What Kind of Mind Am I Engaging Psychologically? A Review of Persons and Their Minds: Towards an Integrative Theory of the Mediated Mind Edited by Svend Brinkmann, New York: Routledge, 2017, 140 pp., $132.25 Hard cover; $54.86 Kindle version Reviewed by Tom Strong Pages: 213-216 Published online: 10 Jan 2018 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. Articles
Article Personal Construct Psychology in Preservice Teacher Education: The Path Toward Reflexivity Nataša Simić, Tijana Jokić & Milica Vukelić Pages: 1-17 Published online: 21 Jun 2017Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (258 KB) Article On the Relation Between Subjective Importance and Elicitation Order of Constructs Mark Heckmann, Jan C. Pries, Tim-C. Engelhardt, Jonas Meixner, Luis Angel Saúl, J. Rafael Perea-Luque & M. Angeles López-González Pages: 18-32 Published online: 10 Aug 2017Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (465 KB) Article Evil and Justice: An Experiential Personal Construct Approach Larry M. Leitner Pages: 33-47 Published online: 10 Aug 2017Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (377 KB) Article Five Perspectives on the Meaning of Meaning in the Context of Clinical Practices Joel Vos, Mick Cooper, Clara E. Hill, Robert A. Neimeyer, Kirk Schneider & Paul T. Wong Pages: 48-62 Published online: 11 Dec 2017Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (313 KB) Article The Daily Grind: A Rhizomatic Approach to Narratives of Managing Commuter Stress During Traffic Congestion in Metro Manila Bettina Gabrielle V. Tenorio, Joseph Aaron S. Joe, Roberto Carlo M. Tamayo & Nico A. Canoy Pages: 63-80 Published online: 08 Jan 2018Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (349 KB) Article Self-Knowledge and Depressive Symptoms in Late Adolescence: A Study Using the Repertory Grid Technique Maria João Carapeto & Guillem Feixas Pages: 81-97 Published online: 09 Mar 2018Abstract| Full Text| References| PDF (517 KB) Book Reviews Book review Logotherapy in the 21st Century Review of Living Your Own Life: Existential Analysis in Action Reviewed by Benjamin Bellet Pages: 98-101 Published online: 01 Sep 2017First Page Preview| Full Text| References| PDF (183 KB) Book Review Book review Doing Classic Grounded Theory Review of Classical Grounded Theory Reviewed by Shovana Ray Pages: 102-104 Published online: 15 Jan 2018First Page Preview| Full Text| References| PDF (246 KB) |
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