Social marketing: its importance in social problem solving

Social Problem Solving and Health.

Counseling psychology is committed to helping people meet the challenges and solve the problems they encounter in daily routines and in stressful circumstances. To a great extent, this holds true for other professional psychology specialties (including clinical, educational and health psychology) as clients usually seek professional assistance in solving the problems they face. Thus, the study ...

Green Marketing: Solving Dual Purpose of Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate and social responsibility are continuously competing to share a common platform to address a new form of green consumerism that the eco-educated millennial generation can appreciate. Green marketing acts as bridge connecting the corporate, environment and consumers. Business organizations have begun to respond to social expectations of consumers by opting for holistic environmental st...

Social Cognitive Problem Solving Skills in Schizophrenia

Impairment of social functioning has been considered characteristic of schizophrenia. According to current studies, poor social functioning is a prodromal and residual feature of schizophrenia, and people with schizophrenia who have poor social functioning are more vulnerable to relapses and a poor outcome. Social cognitive problem solving (SCPS) has been hypothesized to be related to social fu...

Problem-solving Skill in the Social Sciences

Evaluation of social problem solving in schizophrenia.

We examined social problem solving in schizophrenia. Twenty-seven schizophrenic patients in an acute hospital, 19 patients with bipolar disease, and 17 demographically matched nonpatient controls were tested on an empirically developed problem-solving battery that assessed the ability to generate solutions to problems, the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of solutions, and the ability to i...