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All speakers for Keynotes, discussions, and presentations |
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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
(In order of Program Presentation)
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
(In order of Program Presentation)
- Sharon Brehm – The future of psychology
- Lewis P. Lipsitt – The origins of pleasure and annoyance in humans: Lessons from infants
- Mike Knowles – Terrorism: A regional analysis
- James Georgas – Families across cultures: The influence of religion and socioeconomic status
- Saths Cooper – Is psychology universal?
- Janel Gauthier – A universal declaration of ethical principles for psychologists in meeting modern life challenges
- J. Bruce Overmier – Stress induced gastro-intestinal vulnerability: Modulation by psychological variables
- Ralf Schwarzer – Functional roles of social support within the stress and coping process: A theoretical and empirical overview
- Shalom H. Schwartz – Value priorities of Muslim minorities and majority groups in Europe
- Elizabeth Nair – Professional collaboration in the face of disaster and trauma
- Raymond H. Hamden – Lebanon: A dysfunctional nation and its people
- Pierangelo Sardi – The profession of psychology in Europe and Middle East presents challenges: A future prospective
- Franco Lepore – Plasticity and reorganization of the brain following sensory loss: Results from blind and deaf individuals
- Tahereh Pirhekayaty – Intercultural proficiency in the helping practices: Understanding power dynamics in the context of culture
- Marwan Dwairy – Culture analysis: A within-culture therapy
- Raymond D. Fowler – Training and licensure in a changing world
- Hassan Kassim Khan – Training and qualifications of psychologists at Arab regional countries: Meeting needs and challenges (Regional overview with national focus on Yemenite experiences)
- Walid Sarhan – Culture and sexuality
- Kan Zhang – Why some people are addicted to computer games: An analysis of psychological aspects of game players and games
- Sandra M. Fowler – Cultural influences on perspective taking
- Carolin Demuth – Qualitative methods in psychology: New challenges for context-sensitive research
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
(In order of Program Presentation)
CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP
SEMINARS
(In order of Program Presentation)
- Fahad Mubarak Alrashedi and Najwa Yahfoofi – The relationship between traumatic events and depression: A comparative study between Kuwaiti and Lebanese secondary school students
- Conerly Casey and Juliet Dinkha – Memory and subjectivity among Kuwaiti youths: Child witnesses of the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
- Mona Qana'ee – The effect of PTSD on adjustment methods used by women
- Mohannad Nuaimi and Saleh Saleh – The role of counseling intervention in promoting psychological and social security among children after war
- Joltan Hijazi – The effectiveness of a counseling program in alleviating the severity of (PTSD) among Palestinian children who lived Al Aqsa intif
- Saleh Saleh – The effect of rational counseling in reducing PTSD among adolescence
- Forrest B. Tyler and Curtis Rhodes, Jr. – Developing prosocial communities: Questscope's psychosocially based Jordanian project
- Diane Mansour – Psychological effects of Alzheimer's disease on families
- Marwan Dwairy – Parenting and mental health across cultures: Arab families between authoritarian and inconsistent parenting
- Adnan Takriti and Teyseer Elias Ahmad – Family violence and psychiatric disorders
- Mohammad Helu and Ramadan Helu – The effect of trauma on the mental health of school counselors in Gaza Strip
- Hachelafi Hamid – Psychological harassment at work
- Nathmi Abu Mustafa and Najah Smairy – Aspects of aggressive behavior among Palestinian children: Field study on problematic children
- Basheer Rasheedi – A model for intra-personal communication
- Nathmi Abu Mustafa and Najah Smairy – The relationship between stressful events and aggressive behavior among Al-Aqsa university students
- Kathryn L. Norsworthy – Peace-building with Thai Muslim and Buddhist communities in conflict
- Maral D. Boyadjian – Ethnic identity and psychological well-being among fourth-generation Armenian high school students in Lebanon
- Chris E. Stout – Psychology and global health: A consortium model
- Juliet Dinkha – Foreign workers in Kuwait: The experience of women faculty
- Grece Chami-Sather – Expatriation in the United Arab Emirates: Educational and psychological implications on children
- Bader M. Alansari – Gender differences in depression among undergraduates from twenty Islamic countries
- Serdar M. Degirmencioglu, Can Gezgor, and Okan Karka – Children witnessing sacrificial killing of an animal: Action-research focused on children and the festival of sacrifice
- Juliet Dinkha – How identity is constructed: Analysis of four case studies
- Asma Masri-Jana and Paul E. Priester – Attitudes toward seeking counseling among Jordanian students
- Nazih Hamdi and Dalal Alami – Tension, stress, depression, and coping skills of Palestinian and Jordanian university students
- Roney Srour – Association of fathers' involvement and sensitivity in childcare, and preschoolers' socio-emotional well being in a Palestinian sample
- Mohammad Ali Nazari and Patrick Berquin – Behavioral and neuropsychological effects of neurofeedback on ADHD children: Preliminary results
- Abdrabo Moghazy Soliman – Working memory deficits in obsessive compulsive tendency
- Walid Kailane – Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM IV) in treatment of the psychotic disorders
- Nahida Al-Arja and Taisir Abdallah – Death obsession among the Palestinian population in the Bethlehem area and its relationship to other variables during Al-Aqsa intifada
- Mustafa Muftah Elshagmani and Mohamed A. Elfagieh – Self concept in cancer patients
- Khaled M. Abdulwahab and Ibtsam S. El dossary – The efficacy of the therapeutic program in decreasing State-Trait Anger of addict patients: A comparative experimental study
- Hachelafi Hamid – The psychic intervention is in disaster naturalness: A field study for operation by victim earthquakes in Boumerdes, Algeria
- Khawla Qaisi and Abdel-Wahab Younis – Psychology of communication and human behavior
- Victoria Snell – Policing the frontline: PTSD, dissociation and resilience in Iraqi police recruits
- Mohamed Hadidi, C. Dominik Güss, and Adnan Farah – Altruism and religiosity: Cross-cultural study
- Serdar M. Degirmencioglu – Positive impact of engagement in times of hardship: Why the silence?
- Othman Khader – Leadership competencies as perceived by the leaders and their subordinates in Kuwaiti public and private sectors
- Sabah Zoubaidi – The role of psychology and education in developing human resources (an Iraqi model)
- Ali Faqeeh – The right person in the right place: An ideal or reality
- Asma Masri and Paul E. Priester – Is the 12-step addiction model culturally appropriate for Muslims?
- Mohammad Rimawi – Psychology of terrorism: An Arab view
- Moh'd A. Shoqeirat – Sex differences and the relationship between body esteem, depression, social phobia and self-esteem among college students
- Salim Mawash – Psychology of value and communication between self-development and external projection
- Khalid Fakhrany and Hiba Rebee – The effect of media at the time of war on psychological disorders among children
- Hachelafi Hamid – Psychodynamic assumption of responsibility in mental health with work
- Ali M. Kazem, and Bader Alansari – Cultural differences among Omani and Kuwaiti undergraduates on health problems
- Nawal Dulaimi – Negative behavioral aspect among computers and internet users
- Samira Badri and Samer Abdel-Gani – Behavioral Problem among Children of Anxious & and Un-Anxious Mothers
- Wael Mustafa Abu-Hassan – Role of health related quality of life assessment in enhancing the process of health care delivery: A psychological perspective
- Ahmad Dwaikat – Licensure law for regulating professions of counseling and educational psychology, and social work
- Grece Chami-Sather – Importance of mother's lap in the UAE on children's psychological and educational growth: Case of a rising nation
- Rahmatollah Amirahmadi – Students' attitude towards drug addiction (Case: Azadshahr)
- Intisar Shabaz – The role of Qura'n in self-development
- Mohannad Nuaimy: – Developing meta-cognitive skills among elementary school students
- Ahmad Ameeri: – Training school counselors in Yemen
- Abdulla Tarqi – The need for Shari'a-based psychological guidance for facing present and future challenges
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