Abnormal and Behavioural Psychology

Department of Clinical Psychology, Mercatorum University, Piazza Mattei, Italy

Publications

• Mini Review   
  Clinical psychology is an applied evolutionary science
  Author(s): Roberto Maniglio*
  
  Clinical psychology and evolutionary science have always had a limited interaction. The state of such link is examined in this article in light of a current multi-dimensional and multi-level extended evolutionary method. Evolution may be purposeful and even conscious and evolutionary ideas can provide direction and consilience to clinical psychology, particularly as it focuses more on transition processes. The timing appears to be right to regard clinical psychology as an applied evolutionary science. A focus on morality in collective action movements is one topic of inquiry that has resurfaced in the recent decade. Recent psychology research reveal that moral duty to act, rather than simply moral principles or convictions advocated by the movement, is a crucial predictor of participation in collective action demonstrations... Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2472-0496.2022.8.168

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