Abstract
Social psychology and clinical psychology share an interest in change. Rather than assuming that people are static and that psychological systems are immutable, social psychologists track the shifts in social attitudes, actions, values, and beliefs that result from individuals' everyday interactions in their social worlds. Similarly, clinical psychologists examine changes in adjustment, well-being, and dysfunction that are evidenced as people develop psychologically and physically, confront new life circumstances, or react effectively or less adaptively to daily life events.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2010
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Copyright © 2010 Guilford Press. This chapter first appeared in Social Psychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology.
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Recommended Citation
Forsyth, Donelson R. Social Psychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology. Edited by James E. Maddux and June Price. Tangney. New York: Guilford Press, 2010. 497-513.
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