Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology

Editor/Author: Jackson, Yo
Publication Year: 2006
Publisher: Sage Publications

ISBN: 978-1-4129-0948-8
Category: psychology
Image Count: 2
Book Status: Available

The Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology is the first authoritative guide to synthesize the dynamic field of multicultural psychology. The Encyclopedia addresses culture across a broad spectrum of psychological perspectives and includes topics that are relevant to social psychology, cognitive psychology, environmental psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and clinical psychology.

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Jackson (Univ. of Kansas) has edited one of the few encyclopedias to cover the field of multicultural psychology. Although numerous handbooks have been published in this area, few are in encyclopedic format. Contributors examine culture via a number of fields within psychology (e.g., social, cognitive). The volume emphasizes culture rather than race and covers many ethnic groups. A readers' guide divides many of the entries into nine categories: conceptual issues, cultural concerns, ethnic groups, indigenous concerns, measurement, professional organizations, psychopathology, sociological issues, and treatment. The layout is simple, with no illustrations, photographs, or graphs. Most essays end with a list of further readings. The work includes acculturation scales for a number of ethnic groups, including Mexican Americans, African Americans, and Asian Americans. Nineteen culture-bound syndromes are examined with separate essays for each. Essays also cover eight scales for ethnic identity development measures. This work addresses indigenous issues; it also covers poverty (and its psychological implications) as it affects various ethnic groups. Useful statistics are included for many entries. The presentation and writing format are clear. This will be a valuable book for a wide variety of readers interested in multicultural psychology. Comprehensive index.
V. Viator
Nicholls State University
This title is a new contribution to the psychology literature. The closest peer is another Sage title published in 2005, namely the Dictionary of Multicultural Psychology: Issues, Terms, and Concepts by Lena E. Hall (see ARBA 2007, entry 656). The Jackson work is designed for laypersons, students, and new professionals, with an emphasis on treatment and applied issues. The editor endeavored to include all large ethnic groups and subgroups, but the compilation is not intended to be comprehensive. The 192 contributors represent a broad spectrum of American academics as well as a small number of foreigners. There is a list of entries at the beginning of the volume, with such obvious terms as African/Black Psychology, Hispanic Americans, and Women of Color. Examples of other slightly less obvious terms include Language Proficiency, Powerlessness, and Spirituality. A reader's guide is provided, which divides the entries into categories, such as "Ethnic Groups," "Measurement," and "Treatment." The contributors are listed and identified by home institution as part of the front matter. Individual entries in the volume are signed, and each entry is followed by a small list of further reading. See references are also provided. Clearly, the major topics and groups have been included. There may be any number of smaller aspects of this field that have been left for a more extensive multivolume approach yet to be published. The stated goal of the editor has been met, and a completely new book has been made available to the field of psychology. The 24-page index is unusually detailed for a work of this type, and can serve as a detailed table of contents for the field. Multicultural scholarship and research are increasingly important in academia, and this volume adds greatly to the literature of this approach. This work is recommended for all undergraduate collections.
Graham R. Walden
Professor, University Libraries, Ohio State Univ., Columbus