All speakers for Keynotes, symposia, and presentations
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
(In order of Program Presentation)
  • Kamran Mofid and Raymond Hamden – Globalization for the common good: Economists and psychologists building cultures of peace
  • Omar Khaleefa – Indigenization of psychology in the Arab world
  • Judy E. Hall – Development of credentialing process for health care psychologists
  • Mike C. Knowles – Depicting variations in organizational culture
  • Maan A. Barry – The role of psychologists in primary health care: The experience of the Hotline Telephone for Psychological Aid in Yemen
  • Ali Hassan Al Fageeh – Current application of psychology in the region: Experiences ofAl-Aural Gedah Hospital to treat addiction
  • Nagat F. El-Hag – Toward a multidisciplinary health care system in the Middle East. The Role of the psychologist in the Middle East
  • Michel Sabourin – Credibility assessment: A multi-ethnic analysis of truth and deception
  • Shalom Schwartz – Mapping and understanding cultural differences in the world
  • George J. Kaliaden – The psychology of expatriation: Lessons to be learned from the Gulf experience
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  • Adnan Al Farah – Globalization and psychology: The present challenges and future perspectives in the Arab world
  • A. H. Mehryar and Shirin Ahmadnia – Private behaviors and public policies: Swings in reproductive behavior of Iranian couples following Revolution
  • Cigdem Kagitcibasi – Psychological contributions towards enhancing cognitive competence
  • Hassan Kasim Khan – Behavioral sciences in the curriculum of medical undergraduates and health professionals at the University of Aden
  • Al Zubeir Bashir Taha and Abul Kassem Kor Hamed – Peace in peoples' mind. How? A study of psychological characteristics for the culture of peace.
  • James Georgas – Psychological aspects of family across cultures: A 30 nation study
  • Elizabeth Nair – The international face of South East Asian psychology
  • Ype Poortinga – Are (Western) tests and intervention programs useful beyond their culture of origin?
  • Khawla Abu Baker – Palestinian widows and mothers who lost their child: Between the pride of the martyr and the psychological and social stress of the loss.
  • Judy Kuriansky – Healing relationships in the face of terrorism: Primary research on techniques for achieving inward and outward peace after the 9/11 and the trauma in the Middle East
SYMPOSIA
(In order of Program Presentation)
Clinical Psychological Studies in the Middle East Cross-Cultural Psychology in the Middle East
  • Klaus Boehnke (Convenor) – Opening address
  • Idem Katcba – Culture and human development: The value of cross-cultural perspective for a relevant history
  • Lutz Eckensberger – On relationship between theory and praxis in a culture informed psychology
  • Klaus Boehnke – How to conduct good cross-cultural research: Methodological consideration
  • Peter B. Smith – Studying organizational behavior cross-culturally
  • James Georgas – Culture, intelligence and cognitive processes
Comparative Social Psychological Studies in the Middle East
SEMINARS
(In order of Program Presentation)

Workshop Psychology and Health Care Organizational Psychology Psychology of Women
  • Agneta Borgman-Barkey – Young Muslim women
  • Fatimah Yusooff – Self-blame among abused wives
  • Waheeda Khan and Charu Agarwal – Mental health, coping and social support: A study of working and non-working women
  • Priti Singh – A study of personality factors and life satisfaction of female students in technical Institutions
  • Nora Alarifi Pharaon – Personal transformation: A cognitive enhancement group therapy program for Saudi women
  • Mona Fayad – Effect of war in the increase of violence, especially against women
  • Dina Badri – Sudanese women experience in peace building and conflict resolution
  • Asmawati Desa – The safety and effectiveness of an antifertility agent
Clinical Psychology Qualification–Training of Psychologists Cyber-Computer Psychology
  • Barry D. Berger and Stuart Silverman – Internet dialogues as teaching devices for promoting cross-cultural communication and tolerance: A case study for the Middle East
  • Mona Younes – Cyber counseling: A new hope in a new millennium
  • Annedore Shultze – Social conflicts and co-operation in the field of computer science: A cross-cultural comparison
  • Nabil Soufyan and Ahmed Al Ma'Amry – The creation of a complete electronic self-education program through the Internet to decrease depression and the evaluation of its efficiency
Psychology and Drug Abuse
  • Talib Kafaji – Holistic (psychosocial) model of substance dependency treatment program for The National Rehabilitation Center, Abu Dhabi
  • Najat Sayem – Children's chewing qat phenomenon in the Yemeni Society
Cross-Cultural Psychology Islam and Psychology Psychology for Peace and Conflict Resolution Environmental and Social Psychology
  • Ahmed M. El hassan Shennan – Relationship between family/parent factors with child adjustment in a Sudanese sample
  • Debo Akande – Are fathers equal to mothers? A look at a triadic co-sleeping (mother–father–baby): A replication study
  • George J. Kaliaden – Stress management in multi-ethnic work environments: Insights from field research on the social ecology of overcrowding
  • Suman Nangia and Vasundhara – Ignoring the human factor in environment
  • Intisar Bashir S. Ahmad – Role of the family in social development
  • Shagufta Jabeen – Correlates of Emotional Intelligence: Profile and social support network system among the elderly
  • Samia Abdul Rahman Abdulkarim – The relation between social development and self concept in children and adolescents
  • Debo Akande – Perceived reachability as a function of body effectiveness in young African infants
Violence and Terrorism Roundtable Educational/School Psychology Psychology for Special Needs
  • Sami Awad Yassine – Role of family guidance in treating language disorders (stuttering) in children
  • Helen Kothrakis – Culture, coping and adjustment of parents with children with disability
  • Ayesha Saeed Hussieni – Inclusion of individuals with disabilities
  • Ahmad Yacoub Al Nour – The relation between mental disability and behavior coordination in the handicapped
  • Rogia Al Sayed Attayeb Alabbas Badr – Integration of children with special needs to pre-kindergarten classes
  • Yousr Moalla – Informing the handicapped and its effect on parents' acceptance
  • Afra Anad Hawash – The role of the psychologist in notifying the social understanding of the Yemeni Society "Aden"
Child Psychology Violence against Children
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