Mark Levine, Chris Walton, Richard Philpot, Tina Keil
{"title":"Bystanders and the murder of George Floyd: Analyzing bystander intervention in the course of a police killing.","authors":"Mark Levine, Chris Walton, Richard Philpot, Tina Keil","doi":"10.1037/amp0001531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001531","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using a detailed transcription, obtained from body-camera, CCTV, and smartphone footage of the murder of George Floyd, we examine the behavior of bystanders as events unfolded. Analysis reveals 205 direct verbal bystander interventions comprised of five forms (declaratives, assessments, interrogatives, imperatives, insults). We also describe the key physical intervention strategies deployed by the bystanders. We show that bystanders prioritize interventions based on what they \"know\" (rather than asking questions or making demands). We suggest that this is because assessment-based strategies are less likely to be seen as a direct challenge to the power of the police and therefore have more chance of inducing constructive engagement. Although bystanders were ultimately unsuccessful in persuading the police to change course, we identify five moments in the action sequences where the assessment concerns of the bystanders were taken up by the officers-albeit fleetingly. We argue that these bystander interventions create the opportunity for officers to break the pattern of behavior that will lead to murder. It is a failure of the officers and not the bystanders that the police are unable to take those opportunities. We argue that assessment-based interventions have the potential to breach structural and situational power dynamics that usually lead to bystander interventions being overridden or ignored. We conclude by drawing some wider implications for the way bystanders and police officers can be trained to improve the safety of individuals caught up in police arrests. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144053242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mark Levine,Chris Walton,Richard Philpot,Tina Keil
{"title":"Bystanders and the murder of George Floyd: Analyzing bystander intervention in the course of a police killing.","authors":"Mark Levine,Chris Walton,Richard Philpot,Tina Keil","doi":"10.1037/amp0001531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001531","url":null,"abstract":"Using a detailed transcription, obtained from body-camera, CCTV, and smartphone footage of the murder of George Floyd, we examine the behavior of bystanders as events unfolded. Analysis reveals 205 direct verbal bystander interventions comprised of five forms (declaratives, assessments, interrogatives, imperatives, insults). We also describe the key physical intervention strategies deployed by the bystanders. We show that bystanders prioritize interventions based on what they \"know\" (rather than asking questions or making demands). We suggest that this is because assessment-based strategies are less likely to be seen as a direct challenge to the power of the police and therefore have more chance of inducing constructive engagement. Although bystanders were ultimately unsuccessful in persuading the police to change course, we identify five moments in the action sequences where the assessment concerns of the bystanders were taken up by the officers-albeit fleetingly. We argue that these bystander interventions create the opportunity for officers to break the pattern of behavior that will lead to murder. It is a failure of the officers and not the bystanders that the police are unable to take those opportunities. We argue that assessment-based interventions have the potential to breach structural and situational power dynamics that usually lead to bystander interventions being overridden or ignored. We conclude by drawing some wider implications for the way bystanders and police officers can be trained to improve the safety of individuals caught up in police arrests. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143992083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anthony J. Marsella (1940–2024).","authors":"Ann-Marie Yamada, Nick Higginbotham","doi":"10.1037/amp0001522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001522","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144289927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American PsychologistPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-13DOI: 10.1037/amp0001496
Michael J Lambert, M Sue Bergin
{"title":"Allen E. Bergin (1934-2024).","authors":"Michael J Lambert, M Sue Bergin","doi":"10.1037/amp0001496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Memorializes Allen E. Bergin, a leading pioneer in psychotherapy outcome research and cofounder of the Society of Psychotherapy Research, who died at home in St. George, Utah, on February 15, 2024. Bergin began his university education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology but soon became disenchanted with \"tech.\" He transferred to Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and later to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he received BA (1956) and MA (1957) degrees in psychology. For his PhD in clinical psychology, Allen studied at Stanford under his beloved mentor Albert Bandura. He took his first academic position at Columbia University at the age of 26. In 1955 at Brigham Young University, he became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), which motivated and informed much of his research and advocacy for integrating spirituality into the mental health professions. Allen earned many awards, including the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge. He published prolifically and is perhaps best known for <i>Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change</i>, now in its seventh edition. The 50-year history of the <i>Handbook</i> speaks to its impact on the field and to the original editor's vision of psychotherapy as a science-based endeavor. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":"80 4","pages":"688"},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American PsychologistPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-04-07DOI: 10.1037/amp0001519
Helen A Neville, Michelle Fine, Kevin O Cokley, Beverly J Vandiver, Frank C Worrell
{"title":"William E. Cross, Jr. (1940-2024).","authors":"Helen A Neville, Michelle Fine, Kevin O Cokley, Beverly J Vandiver, Frank C Worrell","doi":"10.1037/amp0001519","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001519","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Presents an obituary for Dr. William E. Cross, Jr. Dr. Cross's educational and psychological careers are summarized and professional recognitions and awards are noted. It is noted that his nigrescence theory revolutionized research on Black racial identity and transformed understanding of race, ethnicity, and culture. Cross's theories provided a foundation for several widely used measures of racial identity, y, including the Racial Identity Attitude Scale (1981), the Cross Racial Identity Scale (2001), and the Cross Ethnic-Racial Identity Scale (2019), which was an adaptation of the Cross Racial Identity Scale for use with people from multiple ethnic and racial groups. His psychological research was rooted in the sociohistorical realities of the Black experience, helped challenge dominant, \"damage-centered\" narratives in psychology. Instead, he emphasized the strength, complexity, and resilience of Black communities, changing the way we approach racial identity and consciousness. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":"80 4","pages":"685"},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indigenous healing movements in China and the Philippines: Possibilities and challenges for decolonial and liberation psychologies.","authors":"Xiang Zhou, Ma Teresa Tuason","doi":"10.1037/amp0001424","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001424","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In response to enduring historical colonialism and contemporary neocolonial influences, Indigenous Psychology movements in Asia have emerged as a counterforce to Western-centric hegemonic psychology. These movements strive for holistic healing that is deeply rooted in diverse local practices and wisdom. This introductory article positions Indigenous Psychology movements within the broader discourse on decolonial and liberation psychologies, highlighting their significance in the Chinese and Filipino cultural contexts. We briefly describe the history of these movements and explore various Indigenous healing approaches, from \"indigenizing from without\" to \"indigenizing from within,\" a conceptual framework developed by Filipino psychologist Virgilio Enriquez in 1994. While recognizing the decolonial and liberatory potential of these movements, we also confront their challenges and limitations, such as the limited scope of representation of indigeneity and insufficient focus on historical trauma and colonial mentality. We advocate for a developmental approach to understand the evolution of Indigenous Psychology movements, culminating in a stage of \"reclamation.\" The article concludes by delineating practical implications for incorporating these Indigenous perspectives into broader psychological practices. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":"80 4","pages":"643-654"},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American PsychologistPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-04-24DOI: 10.1037/amp0001547
Ann Johnson
{"title":"Eileen Gavin (1931-2024).","authors":"Ann Johnson","doi":"10.1037/amp0001547","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001547","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Memorializes Eileen Gavin (1931-2024). She inspired a countless number of undergraduate women as a dedicated teacher of psychology, motivating her colleagues to dedicate an award in her honor at the University of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she spent her entire career. A former colleague, Dr. Lynda Szymanski, describes Eileen's impact: \"She was a powerful voice for challenging students with a rigorous curriculum grounded in the liberal arts. She cared deeply about student learning and growth, and she had a major impact on thousands of students' lives.\" During the 1970s, she was deeply involved in launching APA Division 36 (originally called PIRI, \"Psychologists Interested in Religious Issues\"), noting that her most enjoyed professional service was program chair for its inaugural American Psychological Association program. Eileen had the relational gifts that quietly fuel academic organizations by supporting both participation and scholarly excellence. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":"80 4","pages":"686"},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American PsychologistPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-27DOI: 10.1037/amp0001498
Dinesh Sharma, John Munder Ross
{"title":"Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024).","authors":"Dinesh Sharma, John Munder Ross","doi":"10.1037/amp0001498","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sudhir Kakar, the father of Indian psychoanalysis, died on April 22, 2024, at the age of 85 years. Born in Nainital in 1938, he grew up in Sargodha (now in Pakistan), Rohtak, and Delhi. Kakar belonged to an upper caste Hindu family, well connected to the industrialist elites in India. Kakar became a psychoanalyst after meeting his guru Erik Erikson. After Girindrasekhar Bose, Kakar was one of the most creative psychoanalysts of modern India. He wrote and edited 25 books of nonfiction and seven novels. He is survived by his son, daughter, and his partner. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":"80 4","pages":"687"},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting, Jeffrey Ansloos, Boon-Ooi Lee, Joseph P Gone, Laurence J Kirmayer
{"title":"Decolonizing mental health practice through traditional healing frameworks: Insights from Canada, China, Singapore, and the United States.","authors":"Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting, Jeffrey Ansloos, Boon-Ooi Lee, Joseph P Gone, Laurence J Kirmayer","doi":"10.1037/amp0001386","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001386","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Decolonial and liberation psychology aims to understand and address the social and epistemic injustices in our mental health systems, practices, and research agenda. To advance this goal, we advocate for deeper engagement with traditional healing systems practiced by various Indigenous Peoples and cultural groups around the world. In this article, we consider examples of Indigenous healing from Canada, China, Singapore, and the United States, to address a central question: What can we learn from these unique Indigenous healing traditions to inform mental health practices globally? Comparison shows that all these practices involve communal healing rituals grounded in spiritual, religious, and cultural knowledge systems related to embodied ways of knowing and that are embedded in social-ecological systems, including kinship, ancestral ties, and filial connections to the cosmology. To support further development of decolonial practice, it is crucial to attend to the complex interactions of cultural identity and sociocultural (relational, communal, political, and spiritual) factors underlying healing traditions in Indigenous communities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":"80 4","pages":"630-642"},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American PsychologistPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-27DOI: 10.1037/amp0001524
Nina L Greenwald
{"title":"Herbert J. Greenwald (1929-2024).","authors":"Nina L Greenwald","doi":"10.1037/amp0001524","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001524","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Born in the Bronx, New York, Herbert J. Greenwald displayed extraordinary intellectual gifts from an early age. A deeply empathic, visionary social psychologist, Herb was committed to improving human experience by understanding the mind. His seminal work was the result of a fascinating journey that presents an understanding of that complexity and transformed his own life in the process. In <i>The Psychological Brain</i> (2017), Herb introduced psychological systems theory. <i>Psychological Roots</i>, a key system within this framework, help people uncover subconscious processes that shape how they think and behave and learn practical strategies for addressing and satisfying these critical processes. Herb embodied \"Tikkun Olam,\" the Jewish principle, \"to help mend and repair the world.\" His kindness, wisdom, and relentless pursuit of knowledge left an indelible mark on countless lives. He will be remembered as one whose legacy continues to inspire, both through his extraordinary contributions to psychology and the footprints he left on the hearts of those who knew him. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":"80 4","pages":"689"},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}