Adult Crying
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Adult Crying

A Biopsychosocial Approach

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Adult Crying

A Biopsychosocial Approach

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About This Book

Crying is a typical human expression of emotion. Surprisingly, until now little scientific attention has been devoted to this phenomenon. Many textbooks on emotion fail to pay attention to it, and in scientific journals there are hardly any contributions focusing on this behavior. In contrast, there is much interest from the lay public, allowing pseudo-scientists to formulate theories that have little or no scientific basis. Is there any evidence in support of statements that crying is healthy or that not crying may result in toxification? How do people react to the crying of others? Is crying important for the diagnosis of depression, and if so, how? This book aims to fill this gap in scientific literature. Crying is discussed from several perspectives and specific attention is given to methodological issues and assessment. Each chapter provides a review and a summary of the relevant scientific literature.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
ISBN
9781135842437
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
History & Theory in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Foreword
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. List of Contributors
  12. Introduction
  13. 1 Theories of crying
  14. 2 The (neuro)anatomy of the lacrimal system and the biological aspects of crying
  15. 3 Developmental aspects of crying: Infancy, and beyond childhood
  16. 4 Crying frequency across the lifespan
  17. 5 The situational and emotional context of adult crying
  18. 6 Male and female tears: Swallowing versus shedding? The relationship between crying, biological sex and gender
  19. 7 Personality and crying
  20. 8 Crying across countries
  21. 9 The social psychological aspects of crying
  22. 10 Menstrual cycle, pregnancy and crying
  23. 11 Crying and catharsis
  24. 12 Crying in psychotherapy
  25. 13 Crying and health
  26. 14 Crying and psychiatric disorder
  27. 15 Pathological human crying
  28. 16 The study of crying: Some methodological considerations and a comparison of methods for analyzing questionnaires
  29. Epilogue
  30. Appendix
  31. Index