PSYCHOLOGY – SELECTED PAPERS Edited by Gina Rossi Psychology – Selected Papers Edited by Gina Rossi Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. 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Publishing Process Manager Masa Vidovic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer InTech Design Team First published April, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Psychology – Selected Papers, Edited by Gina Rossi p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0587-9 Contents Preface IX Section 1 Alcoholism 1 Chapter 1 Alcoholism: The Self-Reinforcing Feedback Loop 3 Jillian Dorrian Chapter 2 Alcoholism: An Impulsive/Disinhibition Disorder? 21 Xavier Noël Section 2 Clinical Interventions 37 Chapter 3 Utilizing Psychiatric Diagnosis and Formulation in the Clinical Process: Meeting the Needs and Expectations of Service Users 39 Graham Mellsop and Fiona Clapham Howard Chapter 4 Hypnosis in Cancer Patients: Can We Do Better? 53 Fabrice Kwiatkowski Chapter 5 Mutual Regulation in the Context of Inconsolable Crying: Promoting Tolerance to Distress 69 Beth S. Russell and Molly Fechter-Leggett Section 3 Depression 83 Chapter 6 Non-Response to Initial Antidepressant Therapy 85 J.P. Guilloux, D.J. David, B.A. Samuels, I. David, A.M. Gardier and B.P. Guiard Chapter 7 New Approaches for the Therapy of Treatment Refractory Depression 107 Oguz Mutlu, Güner Ulak, Ipek Komsuoglu Celikyurt, Füruzan Yıldız Akar and Faruk Erden VI Contents Section 4 Personality Psychology 129 Chapter 8 Does Personality Affect Compulsive Buying? An Application of the Big Five Personality Model 131 Kalina Mikołajczak-Degrauwe, Malaika Brengman, Birgit Wauters and Gina Rossi Chapter 9 The Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i): Evaluation of Psychometric Aspects in the Dutch Speaking Part of Belgium 145 Mercedes De Weerdt and Gina Rossi Section 5 Qualitative Psychology 173 Chapter 10 Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology 175 Deborah Biggerstaff Chapter 11 Issues of Information Exchange Efficiency in Long-Term Space Flights 207 V. Gushin and A. Yusupova Chapter 12 Group’s Positions and Language Use: The Connection Between Themata and Topic Grounds (Lexical Worlds) 231 Laura Camara Lima Section 6 Social Psychology 247 Chapter 13 Minority and Majority Influence on Attitudes 249 Nina Dickel and Gerd Bohner Chapter 14 Conformity, Obedience, Disobedience: The Power of the Situation 275 Piero Bocchiaro and Adriano Zamperini Chapter 15 Selected Social Psychological Phenomena’s Effect on Educational Team Decision Making 295 Laurie McGary Klose and Jon S. Lasser Chapter 16 The Social Value of Persons: Theory and Applications 307 Nicole Dubois and Jean-Léon Beauvois Preface Editing this book was a pleasant, but challenging job. I enjoyed reviewing chapters from different domains, bringing up-to-date empirical research studies, excellent literature reviews and controversial issues. This was an instructive experience for me and the authors. We both learned from each other, making different backgrounds a gain-gain situation, by evaluating each chapter critically from different perspectives. We are sure the reader will enjoy the end result: a selection of chapters from different psychology domains. We start off with two papers on alcoholism. Dr. Dorrian discusses the self-reinforcing feedback loop, pointing out that a holistic, bio-psycho-social approach is necessary to address alcohol use disorders. Mr. Noël underlines the importance of impulsivity in predisposing and developmental factors in alcohol related disorders, bringing an overview of recent inhibition studies. Three papers concern issues relevant to clinical interventions. Dr. Mellsop and Howard introduce diagnoses and the clinical process, and stress the importance of contextualizing the diagnosis with thorough and reflective formulation to optimize the recovery plan. Dr. Kwiatkowski discusses the ongoing controversy on the positive effects of hypnosis and reviews the application in oncology. He concludes that hypnosis does help in psychosocial matters, but not for survival. Dr. Russell and Ms. Fechter-Leggett disentangle the mutual regulation dyad between parents and infants in the context of inconsolable crying. They are convinced of the benefits of dialectical behavior therapy in case of emotion dysregulation. The next chapters specifically focus on the treatment of depression. Dr. Guilloux, Dr. Samuels, Dr. David, Dr. Gardier, and Dr. Guiard show out that current SSRI antidepressant treatments are not sufficient, since the insensitivity of many patients. New methods, like triple reuptake inhibitors should be investigated more thoroughly. Dr. Mutlu, Dr. Ulak, Dr. Celikyurt, Dr. Akar, and Dr. Erden examine new approaches for the treatment of refractory depression. They conclude that nitric oxide synthase inhibitors are a promising approach. Personality psychology is covered from two approaches. Dr. Mikołajczak-Degrauwe, Dr. Brengman, Dr. Wauters, and Dr. Rossi examine how personality affects compulsive buying. Issues are addressed on how the Big Five Personality model can be applied in this context. Dr. De Weerdt and Dr. Rossi investigate how emotional intelligence and psychopathology relate to each other. They approach emotional X Preface intelligence from a perspective integrating personal, emotional, and social competencies in coping successfully with life demands. Next, the paper of Dr. Biggerstaff introduces qualitative research methods in psychology. She focuses on important concepts, the growing importance of these methods in the field, and strengths and limitations of these methods. This is followed by two practical applications. Dr. Gushin, and Dr. Yusupova analyse communication in space flights. They more specifically address issues of information exchange in long- term space flights. Dr. Lima reveals the connection between topic grounds or lexical worlds and themata from the theory of social presentations by an analysis using the ALCESTE algorithm. Finally, we bring some excellent chapters from social psychology. Ms. Dickel and Dr. Bohner demonstrate how theorizing on automatic associations and persuasion research can be integrated into the research of minority and majority influence on attitudes. Dr. Bocchiaro and Dr. Zamperini bring recent studies on the power of the situation in the context of conformity, obedience and disobedience. Dr. Klose and Dr. Lasser review which social psychological phenomena influence group decision making in an educational context. Dr. Dubois and Dr. Beauvois depart from an evaluative approach. They outline theory and applications related to the social value of persons. As such we have interesting blend of studies from experts from a diverse array of psychology fields. The selected chapters will take the reader on an exciting journey in the domains of psychology. I’m sure the content will appeal to a great audience! Dr. Gina Rossi Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Belgium . PSYCHOLOGY – SELECTED PAPERS Edited by Gina Rossi Psychology – Selected Papers Edited by Gina Rossi. Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Psychology – Selected Papers, Edited by Gina Rossi p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0587-9