A confluence of societal challenges and critiques of dominant modes of psychological science have... more A confluence of societal challenges and critiques of dominant modes of psychological science have created an opportunity to reassess how research in the discipline is taught to future generations of researchers. Given this context, psychology instructors must employ methodological approaches and concrete strategies that provide students with research tools focused on developing effective and ecologically valid insights about everyday life. In this paper we aim to offer a way to address this need through a review of field social psychology and an argument for incorporating this approach into the teaching of psychology across levels. Field social psychology is a conceptual and methodological approach to researching psychological phenomena at multiple levels of analysis with emphasis on people’s everyday socio-cultural environments. We discuss what this framework entails, make an argument for why it should be taught and how it integrates with an action teaching orientation, and present...
Social psychologists are often criticized for failing to capture the dynamic nature of psychologi... more Social psychologists are often criticized for failing to capture the dynamic nature of psychological processes. We present a novel framework to address this problem. The MOVE framework contends that to comprehend complex, contradictory, and divergent patterns of thought, affect, and behavior within changing, real-world contexts, it is necessary to undertake ecologically valid research that is attentive to the lived experiences and meaning-making processes of culturally embedded individuals over time. A focus on meanings, observations, viewpoints, and experiences is essential for social psychological research that holistically captures how people construct, understand, respond, position, and act over time within changing social, economic, and political contexts. To illustrate the utility of our proposition, we draw on classic social psychological studies and multimethod fieldwork during a period of rapid social and political change in Colombia during the peace process (2012–2017). We...
International Journal of Psychological Research, 2023
Introduction. Validity and reliability evaluations of the Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Ver... more Introduction. Validity and reliability evaluations of the Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (EQ-i: YV[S]) with children and adolescents from different countries have shown variations in the structural model proposed by Bar-On. Objective. To examine the psychometric properties of EQ-i: YV[S] with a Colombian’ sample. Method. We randomly selected a sample of 1355 children and adolescents between 8 and 14 years old (Mage = 10.80; SD = 1.41). We conducted exploratory (n1 = 416) and confirmatory (n2 = 939) factor analyses (EFA, CFA), reliability, internal consistency, and predictive validity. Results. The EFA explained 27.6% of the variance. The AFC indicated a multidimensional structure with four factors and 21 items obtained the best fit (χ2 = 334.358; df = 183; RMSEA=0.030; CFI=.951; TLI=944; NFI=.899) with acceptable internal consistency (ω = .57,.75). EQ-i: YV[S] factors explain 18.5% of the observed variance in problem-centered coping scores. Conclusions. The psychometric fit of the inventory supports evidence of its usefulness for screening processes in clinical or educational assessment.
International Journalof Psychologycal Research,, 2023
Introduction.Validity and reliability evaluations of the Emotional QuotientInventory: Youth Versi... more Introduction.Validity and reliability evaluations of the Emotional QuotientInventory: Youth Version (EQ-i: YV[S]) with children and adolescents fromdifferent countries have shown variations in the structural model proposedby Bar-On.Objective.To examine the psychometric properties of EQ-i:YV[S] with a Colombian’ sample.Method.We randomly selected a sampleof 1355 children and adolescents between 8 and 14 years old (Mage= 10.80;SD= 1.41). We conducted exploratory (n1= 416) and confirmatory(n2= 939) factor analyses (EFA, CFA), reliability, internal consistency, andpredictive validity.Results.The EFA explained 27.6% of the variance. TheAFC indicated a multidimensional structure with four factors and 21 itemsobtained the best fit (χ2= 334.358;df= 183; RMSEA=0.030; CFI=.951;TLI=944; NFI=.899) with acceptable internal consistency (ω=.57,.75). EQ-i:YV[S] factors explain 18.5% of the observed variance in problem-centered copingscores.Conclusions.The psychometric fit of the inventory supports evidenceof its usefulness for screening processes in clinical or educational assessment.
. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and other social dynamics created a myriad of challenges and cha... more . In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and other social dynamics created a myriad of challenges and changes for individuals, groups, and societies. The impacts on youth are particularly noteworthy given developmental processes of adolescence and emerging adulthood. As psychologists, we have much to offer in studying how 2020 influenced their development and in shaping effective supports. To be useful, the work must be nuanced, iterative, and attentive to their lived realities. We argue for a dynamic research framework to study these developmental processes. Through such an approach, psychological science can provide insight into diverse young people’s experiences of COVID-19 with a focus on addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, 4, and 16 on increasing a sense of well-being, making education more equitable, and developing more peaceful societies. This paper lays out three theoretical frameworks – Synthetic, Augmentative, Generative, and Experiential, Meanings, Observations, Viewpoints, and Experiences, and the Developmental Peacebuilding Model – that can be used to capture the dynamism of meaning-making and development within changing contexts. We then provide examples from our research with young people in the United States and Ireland. This paper ends with a call for psychologists across the globe to understand and address COVID-19’s impacts on youth through iterative and integrative research methods with a focus on meaning-making. In coordination with macro-level metrics, such work can help understand lived psychosocial impacts on diverse groups of young people, while highlighting opportunities to support SDGs 3, 4, and 16.
This mixed‐methods study examined how adolescents understand and evaluate different ways to addre... more This mixed‐methods study examined how adolescents understand and evaluate different ways to address intergroup harms in schools. In individual interviews, 77 adolescents (M age = 16.49 years; 39 girls, 38 boys) in Bogotá, Colombia, responded to hypothetical vignettes wherein a rival group at school engaged in a transgression against their group. Adolescents reported that students who were harmed should and would talk to school authorities, but also noted they would likely retaliate. In terms of teacher‐sanctioned responses to harm, youth endorsed compensation most strongly, followed by apologies, and rated suspension least positively. Youths' explanations for their endorsement of different disciplinary practices reflected varied concerns, including their perceptions of how justice is best achieved and how restoration could be attained.
This mixed‐methods study examined how adolescents understand and evaluate different ways to addre... more This mixed‐methods study examined how adolescents understand and evaluate different ways to address intergroup harms in schools. In individual interviews, 77 adolescents (M age = 16.49 years; 39 girls, 38 boys) in Bogotá, Colombia, responded to hypothetical vignettes wherein a rival group at school engaged in a transgression against their group. Adolescents reported that students who were harmed should and would talk to school authorities, but also noted they would likely retaliate. In terms of teacher‐sanctioned responses to harm, youth endorsed compensation most strongly, followed by apologies, and rated suspension least positively. Youths' explanations for their endorsement of different disciplinary practices reflected varied concerns, including their perceptions of how justice is best achieved and how restoration could be attained.
Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 2020
Intersectionality is an analytic tool for studying and challenging complex social inequalities at... more Intersectionality is an analytic tool for studying and challenging complex social inequalities at the nexus of multiple systems of oppression and privilege, including race, gender, sexuality, social class, nation, age, religion, and ability Although the term has become widely used in psychology, debates continue and confusion persists about what intersectionality actually is and how best to take an intersectional approach to psychological science This special issue of Translational Issues in Psychological Science on intersectionality includes a range of methodological tools and theoretical perspectives that advance psychological research on intersectionality In particular, these projects constitute psychological research that takes intersectionality's political aspirations seriously and envisions psychology as a tool for social justice The articles model responsible use of intersectionality through citation practices that reflect intersectionality's origins in Black feminist thought and women of color scholar-activism, as well as through analyses that reflect intersectionality's commitment to reflexivity, structural critique, and complexity In this introduction, the editors reflect on intersectionality's challenge to psychology and consider the place of translational science amid global crises and what critical psychologist Michelle Fine calls "revolting times " (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved) Impact Statement What is the significance of this article for the general public?-This paper introduces a special issue on the topic of intersectionality and situates this social justice-oriented scholarship in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial justice uprisings of 2020, and ongoing debates about psychologists' role in addressing social problems (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
En este libro se realiza un análisis multidisciplinario sobre distintos aspectos del proceso de p... more En este libro se realiza un análisis multidisciplinario sobre distintos aspectos del proceso de paz entre el Gobierno colombiano y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP), así como de los retos de la implementación temprana del acuerdo logrado en el 2016. Los autores de Excombatientes y acuerdo de paz con las FARC-EP en Colombia abordan cuestiones prácticas en materia de reintegración, implementación de acuerdos de paz y situaciones de transición relacionadas con excombatientes. Analizan el proceso de reintegración política, el rol de la cooperación internacional y del sector privado, las respuestas de grupos como los jóvenes, y también los ajustes institucionales que ha implicado esta etapa temprana. Gracias a la diversidad temática, de enfoques y de metodologías se logra una mirada complementaria y pertinente a la luz de los desafíos que este proceso implica para la formulación de políticas públicas en el país. Esta obra está dirigida a acad...
Research dating back to the 1960s shows that as children age, their understandings and conception... more Research dating back to the 1960s shows that as children age, their understandings and conceptions about peace change along with their cognitive and social development. This work highlights the importance of context, interpersonal relationships, and cognitive capabilities on how children develop ideas and behaviors related to peace. The literature to date mainly draws from three theoretical bases to situate peace attitudes within ontological development: socialization theory, Piaget’s cognitive stages of development, and social-cognitive theory. Drawing on these models, empirical research has demonstrated that children generally move from concrete and material notions that focus on negative peace to abstract, norm-related concepts that incorporate interpersonal dynamics. At the same time, these processes vary with a number of factors, including cultural norms, historical context, and gender. This chapter presents an ecologically based and culturally grounded theoretical framework to...
A confluence of societal challenges and critiques of dominant modes of psychological science have... more A confluence of societal challenges and critiques of dominant modes of psychological science have created an opportunity to reassess how research in the discipline is taught to future generations of researchers. Given this context, psychology instructors must employ methodological approaches and concrete strategies that provide students with research tools focused on developing effective and ecologically valid insights about everyday life. In this paper we aim to offer a way to address this need through a review of field social psychology and an argument for incorporating this approach into the teaching of psychology across levels. Field social psychology is a conceptual and methodological approach to researching psychological phenomena at multiple levels of analysis with emphasis on people’s everyday socio-cultural environments. We discuss what this framework entails, make an argument for why it should be taught and how it integrates with an action teaching orientation, and present...
Social psychologists are often criticized for failing to capture the dynamic nature of psychologi... more Social psychologists are often criticized for failing to capture the dynamic nature of psychological processes. We present a novel framework to address this problem. The MOVE framework contends that to comprehend complex, contradictory, and divergent patterns of thought, affect, and behavior within changing, real-world contexts, it is necessary to undertake ecologically valid research that is attentive to the lived experiences and meaning-making processes of culturally embedded individuals over time. A focus on meanings, observations, viewpoints, and experiences is essential for social psychological research that holistically captures how people construct, understand, respond, position, and act over time within changing social, economic, and political contexts. To illustrate the utility of our proposition, we draw on classic social psychological studies and multimethod fieldwork during a period of rapid social and political change in Colombia during the peace process (2012–2017). We...
International Journal of Psychological Research, 2023
Introduction. Validity and reliability evaluations of the Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Ver... more Introduction. Validity and reliability evaluations of the Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (EQ-i: YV[S]) with children and adolescents from different countries have shown variations in the structural model proposed by Bar-On. Objective. To examine the psychometric properties of EQ-i: YV[S] with a Colombian’ sample. Method. We randomly selected a sample of 1355 children and adolescents between 8 and 14 years old (Mage = 10.80; SD = 1.41). We conducted exploratory (n1 = 416) and confirmatory (n2 = 939) factor analyses (EFA, CFA), reliability, internal consistency, and predictive validity. Results. The EFA explained 27.6% of the variance. The AFC indicated a multidimensional structure with four factors and 21 items obtained the best fit (χ2 = 334.358; df = 183; RMSEA=0.030; CFI=.951; TLI=944; NFI=.899) with acceptable internal consistency (ω = .57,.75). EQ-i: YV[S] factors explain 18.5% of the observed variance in problem-centered coping scores. Conclusions. The psychometric fit of the inventory supports evidence of its usefulness for screening processes in clinical or educational assessment.
International Journalof Psychologycal Research,, 2023
Introduction.Validity and reliability evaluations of the Emotional QuotientInventory: Youth Versi... more Introduction.Validity and reliability evaluations of the Emotional QuotientInventory: Youth Version (EQ-i: YV[S]) with children and adolescents fromdifferent countries have shown variations in the structural model proposedby Bar-On.Objective.To examine the psychometric properties of EQ-i:YV[S] with a Colombian’ sample.Method.We randomly selected a sampleof 1355 children and adolescents between 8 and 14 years old (Mage= 10.80;SD= 1.41). We conducted exploratory (n1= 416) and confirmatory(n2= 939) factor analyses (EFA, CFA), reliability, internal consistency, andpredictive validity.Results.The EFA explained 27.6% of the variance. TheAFC indicated a multidimensional structure with four factors and 21 itemsobtained the best fit (χ2= 334.358;df= 183; RMSEA=0.030; CFI=.951;TLI=944; NFI=.899) with acceptable internal consistency (ω=.57,.75). EQ-i:YV[S] factors explain 18.5% of the observed variance in problem-centered copingscores.Conclusions.The psychometric fit of the inventory supports evidenceof its usefulness for screening processes in clinical or educational assessment.
. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and other social dynamics created a myriad of challenges and cha... more . In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and other social dynamics created a myriad of challenges and changes for individuals, groups, and societies. The impacts on youth are particularly noteworthy given developmental processes of adolescence and emerging adulthood. As psychologists, we have much to offer in studying how 2020 influenced their development and in shaping effective supports. To be useful, the work must be nuanced, iterative, and attentive to their lived realities. We argue for a dynamic research framework to study these developmental processes. Through such an approach, psychological science can provide insight into diverse young people’s experiences of COVID-19 with a focus on addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, 4, and 16 on increasing a sense of well-being, making education more equitable, and developing more peaceful societies. This paper lays out three theoretical frameworks – Synthetic, Augmentative, Generative, and Experiential, Meanings, Observations, Viewpoints, and Experiences, and the Developmental Peacebuilding Model – that can be used to capture the dynamism of meaning-making and development within changing contexts. We then provide examples from our research with young people in the United States and Ireland. This paper ends with a call for psychologists across the globe to understand and address COVID-19’s impacts on youth through iterative and integrative research methods with a focus on meaning-making. In coordination with macro-level metrics, such work can help understand lived psychosocial impacts on diverse groups of young people, while highlighting opportunities to support SDGs 3, 4, and 16.
This mixed‐methods study examined how adolescents understand and evaluate different ways to addre... more This mixed‐methods study examined how adolescents understand and evaluate different ways to address intergroup harms in schools. In individual interviews, 77 adolescents (M age = 16.49 years; 39 girls, 38 boys) in Bogotá, Colombia, responded to hypothetical vignettes wherein a rival group at school engaged in a transgression against their group. Adolescents reported that students who were harmed should and would talk to school authorities, but also noted they would likely retaliate. In terms of teacher‐sanctioned responses to harm, youth endorsed compensation most strongly, followed by apologies, and rated suspension least positively. Youths' explanations for their endorsement of different disciplinary practices reflected varied concerns, including their perceptions of how justice is best achieved and how restoration could be attained.
This mixed‐methods study examined how adolescents understand and evaluate different ways to addre... more This mixed‐methods study examined how adolescents understand and evaluate different ways to address intergroup harms in schools. In individual interviews, 77 adolescents (M age = 16.49 years; 39 girls, 38 boys) in Bogotá, Colombia, responded to hypothetical vignettes wherein a rival group at school engaged in a transgression against their group. Adolescents reported that students who were harmed should and would talk to school authorities, but also noted they would likely retaliate. In terms of teacher‐sanctioned responses to harm, youth endorsed compensation most strongly, followed by apologies, and rated suspension least positively. Youths' explanations for their endorsement of different disciplinary practices reflected varied concerns, including their perceptions of how justice is best achieved and how restoration could be attained.
Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 2020
Intersectionality is an analytic tool for studying and challenging complex social inequalities at... more Intersectionality is an analytic tool for studying and challenging complex social inequalities at the nexus of multiple systems of oppression and privilege, including race, gender, sexuality, social class, nation, age, religion, and ability Although the term has become widely used in psychology, debates continue and confusion persists about what intersectionality actually is and how best to take an intersectional approach to psychological science This special issue of Translational Issues in Psychological Science on intersectionality includes a range of methodological tools and theoretical perspectives that advance psychological research on intersectionality In particular, these projects constitute psychological research that takes intersectionality's political aspirations seriously and envisions psychology as a tool for social justice The articles model responsible use of intersectionality through citation practices that reflect intersectionality's origins in Black feminist thought and women of color scholar-activism, as well as through analyses that reflect intersectionality's commitment to reflexivity, structural critique, and complexity In this introduction, the editors reflect on intersectionality's challenge to psychology and consider the place of translational science amid global crises and what critical psychologist Michelle Fine calls "revolting times " (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved) Impact Statement What is the significance of this article for the general public?-This paper introduces a special issue on the topic of intersectionality and situates this social justice-oriented scholarship in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial justice uprisings of 2020, and ongoing debates about psychologists' role in addressing social problems (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
En este libro se realiza un análisis multidisciplinario sobre distintos aspectos del proceso de p... more En este libro se realiza un análisis multidisciplinario sobre distintos aspectos del proceso de paz entre el Gobierno colombiano y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP), así como de los retos de la implementación temprana del acuerdo logrado en el 2016. Los autores de Excombatientes y acuerdo de paz con las FARC-EP en Colombia abordan cuestiones prácticas en materia de reintegración, implementación de acuerdos de paz y situaciones de transición relacionadas con excombatientes. Analizan el proceso de reintegración política, el rol de la cooperación internacional y del sector privado, las respuestas de grupos como los jóvenes, y también los ajustes institucionales que ha implicado esta etapa temprana. Gracias a la diversidad temática, de enfoques y de metodologías se logra una mirada complementaria y pertinente a la luz de los desafíos que este proceso implica para la formulación de políticas públicas en el país. Esta obra está dirigida a acad...
Research dating back to the 1960s shows that as children age, their understandings and conception... more Research dating back to the 1960s shows that as children age, their understandings and conceptions about peace change along with their cognitive and social development. This work highlights the importance of context, interpersonal relationships, and cognitive capabilities on how children develop ideas and behaviors related to peace. The literature to date mainly draws from three theoretical bases to situate peace attitudes within ontological development: socialization theory, Piaget’s cognitive stages of development, and social-cognitive theory. Drawing on these models, empirical research has demonstrated that children generally move from concrete and material notions that focus on negative peace to abstract, norm-related concepts that incorporate interpersonal dynamics. At the same time, these processes vary with a number of factors, including cultural norms, historical context, and gender. This chapter presents an ecologically based and culturally grounded theoretical framework to...
In “Norms, Groups, Conflict,and Social Change: Rediscovering Muzafer Sherif’s Psychology,” the ed... more In “Norms, Groups, Conflict,and Social Change: Rediscovering Muzafer Sherif’s Psychology,” the editors Ayfer Dost-Gözkan and Doga Sonmez Keith bring together an assortment of perspectives and discussion of the life and work of Muzafer Sherif in order to make his work relevant again. The different chapters—which vary from historical analysis, discussion of theory, and modern application—come together to uphold the modern importance of Sherif, his interdisciplinary work, and his experimental methods. In accomplishing this goal, the volume also offers poignant models for the modern social psychologist facing challenges of specialization and the preeminence of laboratory analysis.
Despite the clear connections between psychology, restorative justice, and peace across national ... more Despite the clear connections between psychology, restorative justice, and peace across national and institutional contexts, there has been little direct engagement between the field of peace psychology and the growing theory, implementation, and research of restorative justice. This timely collection of chapters written by international experts bridges the gap between peace psychology and restorative justice. The Editors combined their respective fields of expertise to start a much-needed debate on the potential but also risks that are associated when implementing restorative justice in the peace psychology field. The volume highlights how psychological theory and research can inform and evaluate the potential of restorative practices in formal and informal educational settings as well as the criminal justice space. The chapters cover both negative and positive peace across levels while introducing the reader to various case studies from across the world. All in all, the book explores how restorative justice can promote positive peace through its connection fostering dialogue, empathy, forgiveness, and other key psychological elements of peace.
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This timely collection of chapters written by international experts bridges the gap between peace psychology and restorative justice. The Editors combined their respective fields of expertise to start a much-needed debate on the potential but also risks that are associated when implementing restorative justice in the peace psychology field. The volume highlights how psychological theory and research can inform and evaluate the potential of restorative practices in formal and informal educational settings as well as the criminal justice space. The chapters cover both negative and positive peace across levels while introducing the reader to various case studies from across the world. All in all, the book explores how restorative justice can promote positive peace through its connection fostering dialogue, empathy, forgiveness, and other key psychological elements of peace.