Psychology and Socio-Political Reality: Apartheid Psychology and Its Links with Trends in Humanistic Psychology and Behavior Theory

Lambley, Peter

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“…Group affiliation is so crucial in all their life events -for example, people must support each other because "paradise without people is not worth living in"; family members expect themselves and are expected by other members of their family to share responsibilities (including training of children), achievement, wealth, influence, joy and grief, success and failure, reputation, aspirations and even dress uniformly during ceremonies or social functions (Biesheuvel, 1943;Everatt, 1995;Kagitcibasi, 1984Kagitcibasi, , 1985Lambley, 1973;McKendrick & Thorpe, 1996;Nsamenang, 1989Nsamenang, , 1992. Responsibility training is an important component of child rearing practices in 60 A. AKANDE traditional Black families in South Africa.…”

Section: Africentric Worldview and Self-conceptionsmentioning

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South African Children Conception of Self

Akande

1999

Early Child Development and Care

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Section: Africentric Worldview and Self-conceptionsmentioning

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South African Children Conception of Self

Akande

1999

Early Child Development and Care

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“…In a different but related context Lambley (1973) said, Part of the power of an elite consists in its perpetuation of its own membership, in its refusal to accept criticisms from non-elite members and its one way communication with outsiders. (p. 78)…”

Section: The Mental Health System In South Africamentioning

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Mental Health of Women Political Repatriates

Mkhize

1994

Women & Therapy

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This paper seeks to investigate one woman's phenomenological experience of coming back home to South Africa. The intention is to define what constitutes being a returning political exile and to ascertain its implications for mental health. Although reference is made to one person only, her experiences are similar to those of other women falling within related categories of experience, like immigrants and former long-term political prisoners. THE BACKGROUNDThis presentation is a humble contribution in an area which is complex and has the potential to evoke intense emotions for Black people of South Africa who have for many years suffered from state-initiated violence.Endeavors to document complex experiences of returning political exiles are essential at this point in time as they have a potential to portray the depth and the dynamics of the scars of violent oppression. Hopefully, once people are aware and sensitive to the life experiences of violence survivors they can plan effective intervention strategies.

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“…My analysis is distinguished from most others in humanistic and existential psychology in that I position Chinese immigrants’ mental health vulnerability within the context of international politics. In the past, issues of international politics, such as apartheid and the possibility of nuclear war, have had an occasional presence on the margins of humanistic and existential psychology (Lambley, 1973; Wagner, 1985). Today, we are witnessing deglobalization, a process accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the trade war, among other events.…”

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Unsettled Belongings: Chinese Immigrants’ Mental Health Vulnerability as a Symptom of International Politics in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gao

2020

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unique mental health challenges for Chinese immigrants due to their cultural, social, and political ties with China, which responded to COVID-19 with controversial measures amid tensions with the Western world. These challenges manifest in three conditions at a time of crisis: racism that associates overseas Chinese with the coronavirus, Chinese immigrants’ “double unbelonging” with regard to both host societies and China, and social disapproval of political criticism among overseas Chinese. This article examines these three conditions by drawing on ethnography conducted in Canada as well as international online media. It uses theories in humanistic psychology, existential psychology, and hermeneutics to explain how, for Chinese immigrants, international political tensions are implicated in a range of mental health–related phenomena including identity, belonging, self-consciousness, shame, depression, and agency. Meanwhile, it offers theoretical discussions of how to make humanistic psychology more capable of addressing social and political issues.

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Psychology and Socio-Political Reality: Apartheid Psychology and Its Links with Trends in Humanistic Psychology and Behavior Theory

Cited by 5 publications

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South African Children Conception of Self

South African Children Conception of Self

Mental Health of Women Political Repatriates

Unsettled Belongings: Chinese Immigrants’ Mental Health Vulnerability as a Symptom of International Politics in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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