Psychology and Risk Prevention : Current Research / Sandrine Gaymard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaymard, Sandrine, author.

Series:

Psychology research progress series.

Psychology Research Progress Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2023]

Summary:

"This book covers several aspects of current research in the fields of social psychology, cognitive psychology, and the psychology of education on the topic of risk prevention. The research carried out by French, Spanish, and Canadian academics comprises various fields such as the prevention of road accidents, prevention in workplaces, prevention of sexism and racism, prevention of school failure, and prevention of adverse effects on health. The objective of this book is to highlight the contributions of major fields in the psychology of risk prevention from a perspective of understanding and targeting interventions: to raise awareness or change high-risk behaviors"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1

Conditionality and Decision-Making on the Road: The Management of Risks

Abstract

The Theory of Conditionality and the Decision Theory

Materials and Methods

Tools

The Conditional Scripts Questionnaire

The Lottery

Population and Procurement

Analysis Strategies

Results

Conditionality

Conditionality and Lottery

Discussion

References

Chapter 2

School Education for Preventing Sexism in Adolescence

The School as a Social and Socializing Institution

Androcentrism in the Educational Institution

The Reproduction of Sexist Stereotypes in Schools

Child and Adolescent Development and Gender Stereotypes

Thinking about Education as a Tool for Preventing Sexism: What is Urgent, What Can and Should be Done?

Chapter 3

Identity Dynamics and Risk: The Vulnerability of Students

The Development of Higher Education

Identity Dynamics, Capacity, and Vulnerability

For the Improvement of the Student Condition

Chapter 4

The Individual Faced with Risk: Outlines and Limits of a Preventive Approach

Risk in Everyday Life

Risk Characterization

From Resignation to Responsibility

Risk Prevention, Confrontation with Risk: What Meaning?

The Risk: A Complex Dimensionality

Chapter 5

Group Membership and Vaccination

Vaccination and Psychosocial Concepts

The Questionnaire

Sample

Results and Discussion

The Complexity of the Group Membership

Chapter 6

Preventing Systemic Discrimination and Microaggressions in the Workplace: An Overview of Some Practices in Quebec

Integration in the Workplace.

Context and Conceptual Definitions: Preventive Organizational Interventions

Microaggressions: A Concept that Qualifies Prejudice and its Intent

Representation of Racialized Minorities

Visible Minorities Representation in Canadian and Quebec Public Services

Systemic Discrimination and Employment Equity

The Invisibilization of Racialized Minorities and Systemic Barriers to Employment

Forms of Organizational Intervention

Preventing Workplace Microaggression and Systemic Discrimination with Programs Focused on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: An Overview

A Need for Research

Chapter 7

Spirituality, Health and Prevention

How to Define Spirituality and Religion?

Spirituality, Religion and Health: Past Results and Their Limitations

Past Findings

Limitations

Recommendations on Prevention Issues

Synthesis and Perspectives

Chapter 8

The Prevention of School Failure

Inequality in Education : A Source of School Failure?

The Role of the Body in Learning: A Controversy

Preventing Failure in the Field of Mathematical Learning

First Steps into Math: From Perceiving Quantity to Processing Abstract Numbers

Thinking with Our Body: How Can Fingers Help?

Interactions between Math Anxiety and Environment: How to Support the Educational Community?

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Chapter 9

Principles of Risk Management for Prevention

General Framework

Risk Concepts

Objective Risk

Subjective/Perceived Risk

Assumed/Adopted Risk

Tolerated Risk

Dangerousness

Vulnerability

Risk Factors

Risk Groups and Vulnerable Groups

Methods and Instruments to Measure Risk

"Key" Actors in Risk Management

Interventions to Mitigate Risk

Evaluation of Interventions

Chapter 10.

The Social Iconography of "Aging Well" Among Autonomous Seniors

The Concept of "Aging Well"

Social Representation of Health and Illness

The Iconographic Approach to Social Representations

Methodology

Participants

Material and Procedure

About the Editors

Index

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Gaymard, Sandrine Psychology and Risk Prevention: Current Research

ISBN:

979-88-911-3143-9