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127 results in Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology

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The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and the Planet
  • Environment, Climate, Sustainability, and Nature
  • Editor-in-Chief Luca Tateo
  • Edited in association with Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Érinn C. Cameron, Mike Campbell, Niklas A. Chimirri
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    March 2027
    Print publication:
    31 March 2027
  • How should psychology renew in the face of global ecological crises and help reimagining the role of humankind in the planetary ecosystem? This handbook provides a critical overview of environmental and sustainability psychology in a new perspective appreciating the diversity of cultural traditions and disciplines. It examines the key challenges confronting this area of study and the problematic dimensions of human environmental action. Covering existing theories and methodologies, the chapters highlight the field's theoretical range, its geographical and cultural diversity, and its inherently multidisciplinary character. Together, they illuminate how specific sub-topics shape contemporary discourse on environmental issues and the human–environment relationship. The volume also outlines future research directions for study, advocating a paradigm shift from egocentric to eco-centric psychology and encouraging deeper reflection on the human psyche's place within global ecological systems. This comprehensive resource is essential reading for all scholars engaged in environmental and climate psychology.

The Cambridge Handbook of Research Methods and Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume 3: Data Analysis
  • Volume 3
  • Edited by Austin Lee Nichols, John E. Edlund
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    February 2027
    Print publication:
    28 February 2027
  • The third of three volumes, the four sections of this book cover a variety of issues important to analyzing data to produce high-quality, accurate conclusions from already-collected data. First, leading scholars from around the world provide a step-by-step guide to using several popular quantitative and qualitative statistical programs used throughout the social and behavioral sciences. The next section focused on several important considerations for preparing data for analysis. Many of these directly affect the quality of the data and the resulting conclusions, In the remainder of chapters, the various authors focus on various advanced statistical techniques. In section three, the focus is on those related to quantitative analysis. Section four then focuses on analyzing qualitative data. Throughout the book, examples and real-world research efforts from dozens of different disciplines are discussed. In addition, authors often provide example data and analytical code to facilitate learning of and application of each concept.

The Cambridge Handbook of Sleep Theories and Models
  • Volume 2, Social and Environmental Models of Sleep Health and Sleep Disorders
  • Edited by Joseph M. Dzierzewski, Daniel B. Kay, M. Safwan Badr
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    February 2027
    Print publication:
    28 February 2027
  • Sleep medicine and dream science have long been dominated by empirical approaches. Volume 2 of this handbook highlights emerging theories of sleep disorders and the role of social and environmental factors in sleep health, showing how conceptual models guide effective application of empirical work. Featuring contributions from leading experts, chapters examine mechanisms of sleep regulation, functions of sleep and dreaming, and present diverse frameworks side by side, outlining core assumptions, mechanisms, and implications before addressing deeper complexities. Designed for students, researchers, and clinicians across sleep science, neuroscience, psychology, biology, and medicine, the handbook invites critical engagement with models and reflection on how they shape contemporary understanding and research.

The Cambridge Handbook of Disgust
  • Assessment, Clinical Manifestations, and Treatment
  • Edited by Dean McKay, Bunmi O. Olatunji
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    February 2027
    Print publication:
    28 February 2027

The Cambridge Handbook of Sleep Theories and Models
  • Volume 1, Mechanisms and Functions of Sleep and Dreams
  • Edited by Daniel B. Kay, Joseph M. Dzierzewski, M. Safwan Badr
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    January 2027
    Print publication:
    31 January 2027
  • Sleep medicine and dream science have long been dominated by empirical approaches. Volume 1 of this handbook underscores the critical importance of models and theories of sleep and dreams, which provide the conceptual frameworks needed to interpret empirical findings – spanning biological, psychological, and philosophical perspectives. Featuring contributions from leading experts, chapters examine mechanisms of sleep regulation, functions of sleep and dreaming, and present diverse frameworks side by side, outlining core assumptions, mechanisms, and implications before addressing deeper complexities. Designed for students, researchers, and clinicians across sleep science, neuroscience, psychology, biology, and medicine, the handbook invites critical engagement with models and reflection on how they shape contemporary understanding and research.

The Cambridge Handbook of Multiracial Youth and Families
  • Edited by Adrienne Nishina, Sarah E. Gaither, Lisa Kiang
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    December 2026
    Print publication:
    31 December 2026
  • Multiracial youth is the fastest growing demographic in the USA, yet current research has only offered limited perspectives on their identities, relationships, and development. This handbook bridges that gap by combining cutting-edge research with practical guidance to support Multiracial young people's unique experiences and encourage future inquiry. It features clear explanations for how “Multiracial” is defined and explores the identity development, cultural navigation, and social challenges of Multiracial youth and their families. Featuring multidisciplinary contributions from experts across psychology, family studies, and child development, the chapters synthesize past and current research while guiding the creation of supportive environments, addressing microaggressions, and advocating for equity and representation. The volume equips researchers and practitioners to empower Multiracial youth and promote understanding among peers, while also providing a vital framework highlighting the unique Multiracial experience. It is an essential resource for any educational or community setting seeking to cultivate a sense of belonging.

The Cambridge Handbook of Bias-Based Bullying
  • Edited by Maria Sapouna, Roy A. Willems, Peter K. Smith
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    November 2026
    Print publication:
    30 November 2026
  • Bias-based bullying-targeting individuals for their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other identity characteristics-has become an urgent concern for educators, policymakers, and communities worldwide. Yet no comprehensive resource exists to guide understanding and action. This groundbreaking handbook addresses this critical gap by offering a rigorous exploration of bias-based bullying, covering 15 distinct types with unprecedented depth. Featuring contributions from leading international scholars, it delivers specialized coverage of prevalence, risk and protective factors, consequences, and evidence-based theories specific to bias-based bullying. Crucially, the volume also offers practical intervention strategies with real-world examples, equipping school, healthcare, and youth services practitioners with actionable tools to address challenges and create safer, more inclusive environments. Spanning psychology, education, sociology, criminology, and legal studies, this work is both a scholarly reference and practical guide for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners committed to protecting young people from the devastating effects of bias-based bullying.

The Cambridge Handbook of Loneliness
  • Theory, Research, and Interventions
  • Edited by Daniel Perlman, Carolyn Cutrona, Daniel Russell
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    July 2026
    Print publication:
    13 August 2026
  • Everyone has experienced loneliness – perhaps briefly – perhaps for many years. This handbook explores why people of all ages can become lonely, and features steps that can be taken by individuals, communities, and entire societies to prevent and alleviate loneliness. Chapters present rigorous scientific research drawn from psychology, relationship science, neuroscience, physiology, sociology, public health, and gerontology to demystify the phenomenon of loneliness and its consequences. The volume investigates the significant risks that loneliness poses to health and the harmful physiological processes it can set in motion. It also details numerous approaches to help people overcome loneliness from multiple perspectives, including traditional and cognitive psychotherapy, online interventions, efforts to connect individuals to their communities, and designing communities as well as public health programs and policies to create a greater sense of social connection. Using accessible terminology understandable to a non-medical audience, it is an important work for social science scholars, students, policymakers, and practitioners.

The Cambridge Handbook of Ethnic and Racial Discrimination and Youth Development
  • Edited by Tiffany Yip
  • Published online:
    25 June 2026
    Print publication:
    16 July 2026
  • How is ethnic and racial discrimination impacting our young people? Scholars around the world have found that discriminatory interactions of this nature have detrimental impacts on youth and their development. In this handbook, the world's leading experts on this topic examine the current state of the science, presenting current research and tracing foundational theories, empirical findings, multilevel methods, and intervention strategies for children, adolescents, and young adults. Covering multiple ethnic and racial groups across the United States and globally, chapters highlight both universal and distinct experiences and provide an in-depth overview of how race-related stressors affect youth outcomes. The text also offers clear conceptual frameworks, methodological guidance, and future-facing strategies to strengthen research, policy, and practice. With its expansive international scope and interdisciplinary depth, it is an essential resource for graduate students and scholars across developmental psychology, child development, human development and family studies, sociology, and ethnic studies.

The Cambridge Handbook of Behavioural Data Science
  • Edited by Ganna Pogrebna, Thomas T. Hills
  • Published online:
    29 May 2026
    Print publication:
    18 June 2026
  • The Cambridge Handbook of Behavioural Data Science offers an essential exploration of how behavioural science and data science converge to study, predict, and explain human, algorithmic, and systemic behaviours. Bringing together scholars from psychology, economics, computer science, engineering, and philosophy, the Handbook presents interdisciplinary perspectives on emerging methods, ethical dilemmas, and real-world applications. Organised into modular parts-Human Behaviour, Algorithmic Behaviour, Systems and Culture, and Applications—it provides readers with a comprehensive, flexible map of the field. Covering topics from cognitive modelling to explainable AI, and from social network analysis to ethics of large language models, the Handbook reflects on both technical innovations and the societal impact of behavioural data, and reinforces concepts in online supplementary materials and videos. The book is an indispensable resource for researchers, students, practitioners, and policymakers who seek to engage critically and constructively with behavioural data in an increasingly digital and algorithmically mediated world.

The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Religion
  • Edited by Kevin L. Ladd, Jayanti Basu, Valerie DeMarinis, Üzeyir Ok, Wellington Zangari, Meleah L. Ladd
  • Published online:
    28 May 2026
    Print publication:
    18 June 2026
  • This handbook offers a comprehensive resource for exploring core elements of the psychology of religion. Utilizing a systematic template to describe the state of the field across thirty-two regions of the globe, it charts the subject's historical background and current research trends. The chapters also highlight common pitfalls and suggest collaborative topics for future research. By leveraging the Ingelhart-Welzel Cultural Values Framework, the text introduces key questions emerging from non-Western contexts, challenges culturally laden assumptions and promotes collaborative, international perspectives. Featuring contributions from researchers around the world on the psychology of religion within their respective geographical and cultural contexts, the work brings new voices into the conversation and offers fresh avenues of exploration for scholars and graduate students studying the psychology of religion, social psychology, religion, and theology.

The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships
  • 3rd edition
  • Edited by Anita L. Vangelisti, Daniel Perlman, Susan Sprecher
  • Published online:
    09 February 2026
    Print publication:
    05 March 2026
  • With the field of personal relationships continuing to see significant growth over the past quarter century, The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships stands as a crucial benchmark of the current state of scholarship. This third edition presents new chapters addressing significant changes in techniques for studying relationships and examining recent emphases on technology and diverse relationships while also featuring a fresh analysis of current research foci and applications. By synthesizing theoretical and empirical literature, the work not only traces the discipline's historical roots but recommends future directions, marking an important step forward in improving research and theory on personal relationships. Featuring contributions from internationally known experts who have significantly enhanced relationship research in multiple fields including psychology, communication, family studies, and sociology, it is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners alike.

The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Violent Extremism
  • Edited by Milan Obaidi, Jonas Kunst
  • Published online:
    31 October 2025
    Print publication:
    07 August 2025
  • Psychology, with its dedication to understanding human behavior and its complexities, is a key part in comprehending the underpinnings of violent extremism. This comprehensive resource encompasses all major psychological frameworks related to violent extremism, making it essential reading for scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and students determined to enact positive change in this critical area. This handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of the psychological drivers of violent extremism, offering multi-level analyses that span individual, group, and contextual factors. Each chapter includes practical sections outlining implications for practitioners and policymakers, ensuring the theoretical insights are directly applicable to real-world scenarios. To clarify such complex concepts, the book is enriched with models and diagrams. By integrating diverse theoretical perspectives and empirical research, this guide provides invaluable insights and actionable strategies to effectively understand and combat violent extremism.

The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited by Jorge Armony, Patrik Vuilleumier
  • Published online:
    16 September 2025
    Print publication:
    02 October 2025
  • Human affective science has advanced rapidly over the past decades, emerging as a central topic in the study of the mind. This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative road map to the field, encompassing the most important topics and methods. It covers key issues related to basic processes including perception of, and memory for, different types of emotional information, as well as how these are influenced by individual, social and cultural factors. Methods such as functional neuroimaging are also covered. Evidence from clinical studies of brain disease such as anxiety and mood disorders shed new light on the functioning of emotion in all brains. In covering a dynamic and multifaceted field of study, this book will appeal to students and researchers in neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, biology, medicine, education, social sciences, and philosophy.

The Cambridge Handbook of Moral Psychology
  • Edited by Bertram Malle, Philip Robbins
  • Published online:
    20 February 2025
    Print publication:
    27 February 2025
  • The Cambridge Handbook of Moral Psychology is an essential guide to the study of moral cognition and behavior. Originating as a philosophical exploration of values and virtues, moral psychology has evolved into a robust empirical science intersecting psychology, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and neuroscience. Contributors to this interdisciplinary handbook explore a diverse set of topics, including moral judgment and decision making, altruism and empathy, and blame and punishment. Tailored for graduate students and researchers across psychology, philosophy, anthropology, neuroscience, political science, and economics, it offers a comprehensive survey of the latest research in moral psychology, illuminating both foundational concepts and cutting-edge developments.

The Cambridge Handbook of Implicit Bias and Racism
  • Edited by Jon A. Krosnick, Tobias H. Stark, Amanda L. Scott
  • Published online:
    21 December 2024
    Print publication:
    02 January 2025
  • The concept of implicit bias – the idea that the unconscious mind might hold and use negative evaluations of social groups that cannot be documented via explicit measures of prejudice – is a hot topic in the social and behavioral sciences. It has also become a part of popular culture, while interventions to reduce implicit bias have been introduced in police forces, educational settings, and workplaces. Yet researchers still have much to understand about this phenomenon. Bringing together a diverse range of scholars to represent a broad spectrum of views, this handbook documents the current state of knowledge and proposes directions for future research in the field of implicit bias measurement. It is essential reading for those who wish to alleviate bias, discrimination, and inter-group conflict, including academics in psychology, sociology, political science, and economics, as well as government agencies, non-governmental organizations, corporations, judges, lawyers, and activists.

The Cambridge Handbook of Parental Monitoring and Information Management during Adolescence
  • Edited by Judith G. Smetana, Nicole Campione-Barr, Lauree C. Tilton-Weaver
  • Published online:
    12 December 2024
    Print publication:
    19 December 2024
  • Delve into the ideal resource for theory and research on parental monitoring and adolescents' disclosure to and concealment from parents. This handbook presents ground-breaking research exploring how adolescents respond to parents' attempts to control and manage their activities and feelings. The chapters highlight how adolescents' responses are as important for their mental health and behavior as parents' attempts to regulate them. Examining responsive, intrusive, and invasive parenting behaviors, the volume addresses modern challenges like monitoring in the digital age and medical decision-making. It covers cutting-edge research on diverse cultures and groups including Latinx, Turkish, Chinese, LGBTQ+, and chronically ill youth. The internationally recognized contributors offer insights from different theoretical perspectives and describe novel methodological approaches, focusing on variations across different developmental stages, contexts, and cultures.

The Cambridge Handbook of Research Methods and Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume 2: Performing Research
  • Volume 2
  • Edited by John E. Edlund, Austin Lee Nichols
  • Published online:
    12 December 2024
    Print publication:
    19 December 2024
  • In a time where new research methods are constantly being developed and science is evolving, researchers must continually educate themselves on cutting-edge methods and best practices related to their field. The second of three volumes, this Handbook provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of a variety of issues important in developing, designing, and collecting data to produce high-quality research efforts. First, leading scholars from around the world provide an in depth explanation of various advanced methodological techniques. In section two, chapters cover general important methodological considerations across all types of data collection. In the third section, the chapters cover self-report and behavioral measures and their considerations for use. In the fourth section, various psychological measures are covered. The final section of the handbook covers issues that directly concern qualitative data collection approaches. Throughout the book, examples and real-world research efforts from dozens of different disciplines are discussed.

Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology
  • 3rd edition
  • Edited by Harry T. Reis, Tessa West, Charles M. Judd
  • Published online:
    12 December 2024
    Print publication:
    19 December 2024
  • This indispensable collection provides extensive, yet accessible, coverage of conceptual and practical issues in research design in personality and social psychology. Using numerous examples and clear guidelines, especially for conducting complex statistical analysis, leading experts address specific methods and areas of research to capture a definitive overview of contemporary practice. Updated and expanded, this third edition engages with the most important methodological innovations over the past decade, offering a timely perspective on research practice in the field. To reflect such rapid advances, this volume includes commentary on particularly timely areas of development such as social neuroscience, mobile sensing methods, and innovative statistical applications. Seasoned and early-career researchers alike will find a range of tools, methods, and practices that will help improve their research and develop new conceptual and methodological possibilities. Supplementary online materials are available on Cambridge Core.

The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior
  • Edited by Zheng Yan
  • Published online:
    06 December 2024
    Print publication:
    09 November 2023
  • Human behavior in cyber space is extremely complex. Change is the only constant as technologies and social contexts evolve rapidly. This leads to new behaviors in cybersecurity, Facebook use, smartphone habits, social networking, and many more. Scientific research in this area is becoming an established field and has already generated a broad range of social impacts. Alongside the four key elements (users, technologies, activities, and effects), the text covers cyber law, business, health, governance, education, and many other fields. Written by international scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this handbook brings all these aspects together in a clear, user-friendly format. After introducing the history and development of the field, each chapter synthesizes the most recent advances in key topics, highlights leading scholars and their major achievements, and identifies core future directions. It is the ideal overview of the field for researchers, scholars, and students alike.

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