InPACT Conference will address different categories inside the psychology area and papers are expected to fit broadly – but not exclusively – into one of the themes and sub-themes mentioned below. To develop the conference program we have chosen eight main broad-ranging categories in Applied Psychology, which also cover different interest areas:

• In CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY: Emotions and related psychological processes; Assessment; Psychotherapy and counseling; Addictive behaviors; Eating disorders; Personality disorders; Quality of life and mental health; Communication within relationships; Services of mental health; and Psychopathology.

• In EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: Language and cognitive processes; School environment and childhood disorders; Parenting and parenting related processes; Learning and technology; Psychology in schools; Intelligence and creativity; Motivation in classroom; Perspectives on teaching; Assessment and evaluation; and Individual differences in learning.

• In SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Cross-cultural dimensions of mental disorders; Employment issues and training; Organizational psychology; Psychology in politics and international issues; Social factors in adolescence and its development; Social anxiety and self-esteem; Immigration and social policy; Self-efficacy and identity development; Parenting and social support; and Addiction and stigmatization; Psychological and social impact of virtual networks.

• In LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY: Violence and trauma; Mass-media and aggression; Intra-familial violence; Juvenile delinquency; Aggressive behavior in childhood; Internet offending; Working with crime perpetrators; Forensic psychology; Violent risk assessment; and Law enforcement and stress.

• In COGNITIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: Perception, memory and attention; Decision making and problem-solving; Concept formation, reasoning and judgment; Language processing; Learning skills and education; Cognitive Neuroscience; Computer analogies and information processing (Artificial Intelligence and computer simulations); Social and cultural factors in the cognitive approach; Experimental methods, research and statistics; and Biopsychology.

• In ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: Environmental behaviour studies; Place attachment; Restorative environments; Pro-environmental behaviour; Architectural psychology; Environment Psychology Theories and Methods; Environmental risk perception and management; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental consciousness; Interdisciplinary research.

• In HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY: Biological, Physiological and Cognitive Models; Research methods and measurement; Individual differences and Habits; Illness-related and sick role beliefs; Acute and chronic illness; Dealing with Pain; Health Promotion and Intervention.

• In PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOANALYTICAL PSYCHOTHERAPY: Psychoanalysis and psychology; The unconscious; The Oedipus complex; Psychoanalysis of children; Pathological mourning; Addictive personalities; Borderline organizations; Narcissistic personalities; Anxiety and phobias; Psychosis; Neuropsychoanalysis.

You will be prompted to choose one of these themes/categories when you submit your proposal. If your proposal doesn’t fit exactly in these themes you can also send it to us, since we may capture other areas of research.