Psychological Issues in Education and Health.

Abstract

The Department of Psychology of University of EƵvora, the Institute for Psychology of University of Leipzig and University of Madeira organized jointly the IV Leipzig-Évora Scientific Meeting in Psychology | 1st International Scientific Meeting in Psychology, with the purpose of consolidating academic and scientific cooperation between institutions, fostering mutual knowledge of scholars, scientists and students, broadening common scientific production and reinforcing institutional relations. The meeting was a forum of scientific discussion and interchange of information on the current research fields of the participants. This volume contains the main contributions presented by scholars of Leipzig and Évora, as well as by guests from the University of Madeira (Portugal), the University of Veracruz (Mexico), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico), the West Saxony University of Applied Sciences (Germany), the Arizona State University (EUA), and the Catholic University of Angola(Angola). Papers on the application of Psychology in the fields of health, well-being, education, child development and clinical were discussed. The main areas of research and application in modern Psychology are here represented, like · Stress management · Attention of elderly persons · Health and Well-being · Psychological consequences of disasters · Research on personality · Learning at school and at the university · Emotional development · Familyinteractions

The aim of this volume is to inform other scientists on the current developments of research on Psychology in our universities.