Traumatic Experiences and Dyslexia

List of Contributors

Preface

This book presents as the eight bands in the series of “Contributions to Educational and Rehabilitation Psychology”. It contains selected contributions from the international conference “Dyslexia and Traumatic Experiences” organized by the team members of the Department of Educational and Rehabilitation Psychology of the Institute of Psychology at the University of Leipzig. It took place on 22nd and 23rd of September 2017 in the University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. Fifty-one of international participants came from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Morocco, Sudan, South Korea, Iran, Portugal, Spain, and Germany. In the same time, it was an interdisciplinary one because scientists from Psychology, Education, and Special Education attended this event. The conference had offered a platform for integrating basic and applied sciences, especially in the topic of dyslexia, trauma, and stress experiences. It brought together Cognitive, Educational, Clinical Psychologists, and Neuropsychological specialists. Particular participants in the international conference were scientists from Sri Lanka and Sudan which were sponsored by the Research Academy of the University of Leipzig regarding their research about dyslexic children and traumatic experiences.

The purpose of this book is to strive towards fostering a scientific exchange that promotes the emergence of synergy effects and real progress in the understanding of cross-cultural aspects and to present fundamental approaches and applied for work in the special issues of trauma, stress experiences, and dyslexia as the main foci in the international conference.

The book is structured in three chapters, in which the following topics are introduced:

Chapter 1 includes articles regarding Traumatic Experiences. The first chapter is focused on the topic of traumatic experiences in Germany, Kazhastan, Iran, India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Konrad Reschke from the University of Leipzig together with Anar Bikadamova, and Gulzat Sarbassova from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty in Kazakhstan give an overview of Psychological First Aid. Hamidreza Khankeh and Elham Sepahvand from the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation of Sciences in Iran discuss the phenomenon of the Bystander effect in road traffic injuries and apply the hybrid model. The next article is from Juliet Roudini, Hamidreza Khankeh, Evelin Witruk, Abbas Ebadi, Konrad Reschke, and Marcus Stueck from the University of Leipzig, Germany, the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences in Iran, the University of Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences in Iran, and the DPFA Academy for Work and Health in Germany. They give an overview of the dimensions of community mental health preparedness of the disasters in Iran.

Further, Johanna Sophie von Lieres from the Center for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amritapuri in India reports about well-being and protective factors in vulnerable groups in India. She ←11 | 12→selected for the study victims of the 2004 Tsunami in Kerala in South India, and disadvantaged rural populations in North India. Asanka Bulathwatta and Evelin Witruk from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and the University of Leipzig, Germany report on trauma and coping styles among university students in Sri Lanka and Germany and discuss the role of emotional intelligence and resilience. As the last author in this chapter, Nadia Hanum from the University of Leipzig in Germany which focuses on the trauma after the accident and reports a case study of traffic accident survivors with spinal cord injury in Indonesia.

Chapter 2 involves contributions regarding Stress Experiences. Stress experiences in different life situations can impact the personality and can lead to serious health problems within individual and family. It is explained by scientists from Germany, Sri Lanka, Portugal, and Indonesia. The first article is from Marcus Stueck, Hans-Ulrich Balzer, Sebastian Mueller, Dian Sari Utami, and Ulrich Sack from the DPFA Academy of Work and Health, Humboldt-University Berlin, Islamic University of Indonesia, and the University of Leipzig in Germany. They report about the mobile health labour as a method for measurement of risks and resources among people. Also, Marcus Stueck from the DPFA Academy of Work and Health continues his report about the health cube, which allows the measurement of risks and resources on six levels. The third article is from I. P. R. Chathuranga, Budhiphraba D. D. Pathirana and Marcus Stueck from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and DPFA Academy of Work and Health, Germany. They report about the cultural adaptation of biodanza to manage stress within Sri Lankan youth and adolescence.

Further, Edgar Galindo from the University of Evora in Portugal reports on teaching academic, social and independence skills to slum children. The next article is from Dian Sari Utami and Evelin Witruk from the Islamic University of Indonesia and the University of Leipzig in Germany report about parenting stressors and positive coping among Indonesian parents with a deaf or hard-of-hearing schoolchild. Also, Gunendra R. K. Dissanayake discusses the most frequent and distressing forms of the intimate partner psychological abuse among women in the Sri Lankan context.

Furthermore, some researchers from Indonesia, Emi Zulaifah, Hazhira Qudsyi, Rumiani, and Sri Wahyuningsih from the Islamic University of Indonesia discuss the strategies for controlling internet usage in dual-earner families. Also, Bagus Riyono and Annisa Rizkiayu Leofianti from the University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia give an overview of the role of social support to cope with the work-family conflict.

Chapter 3 is focused on Dyslexia. It is the last chapter and discusses the topic of reasons and consequences of dyslexia in Germany, Iran, Sri Lanka, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and Syria. Evelin Witruk from the University of Leipzig, Germany gives an overview of the methods of assessment and intervention and explains a new perspective of dyslexia on an old phenomenon and the giftedness of dyslexics. The second article from Mahnaz Akhavan Tafti from Alzahra University in Teheran, Iran explains about talents and giftedness among dyslexic children and adults. The ←12 | 13→discussion of children with dyslexia has also been addressed in the next article by Samudra Senarath from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka about secondary symptoms and special topics about anxiety and self-esteem as mechanism among dyslexic children. Also, comprehensive reading difficulties on the Sinhala language of dyslexic students in Sri Lanka will be explained by Enoka Randeniya from the University of Colombo.