ISBN:
9780205255627
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (403 p)
Edition:
5th ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Community Psychology
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part I Introductory Concepts""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: Historical Background""; ""Historical Background""; ""Social Movements""; ""Swampscott""; ""What Is Community Psychology?""; ""Fundamental Principles""; ""A Respect for Diversity""; ""The Importance of Context and Environment""; ""Empowerment""; ""The Ecological Perspective/Multiple Levels of Intervention""; ""Case in Point 1.1 Clinical Psychology, Community Psychology: What's the Difference?""; ""Other Central Concepts""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Prevention Rather than Therapy""""Case in Point 1.2 Does Primary Prevention Work?""; ""Social Justice""; ""Emphasis on Strengths and Competencies""; ""Social Change and Action Research""; ""Interdisciplinary Perspectives""; ""Case in Point 1.3 Social Psychology, Community Psychology, and Homelessness""; ""Case in Point 1.4 The Importance of Place""; ""A Psychological Sense of Community""; ""Training in Community Psychology""; ""Plan of the Text""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 Scientific Research Methods""; ""The Essence of Scientific Research""; ""Why Do Scientific Research?""
Description / Table of Contents:
""What Is Scientific Research?""""The Fidelity of Scientific Research""; ""Case in Point 2.1 A Theory of Substance Abuse and HIV/STDs that Incorporates the Principles of Community Psychology""; ""Traditional Scientific Research Methods""; ""Population and Sampling""; ""Correlational Research""; ""Box 2.1 Research across Time""; ""Experimental Research""; ""Quasi-experimental Research""; ""Alternative Research Methods Used in Community Psychology""; ""Ethnography""; ""Case in Point 2.2 Case Study of a Consumer-Run Agency""; ""Geographic Information Systems""; ""Epidemiology""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation""""Case in Point 2.3 Needs Assessment of a Hmong Community""; ""Participatory Action Research""; ""Cautions and Considerations Regarding Community Research""; ""The Politics of Science and the Science of Politics""; ""Ethics: Cultural Relativism or Universal Human Rights?""; ""The Continuum of Research: The Value of Multiple Measures""; ""Case in Point 2.4 HIV Intervention Testing and the Use of Placebos""; ""The Importance of Cultural Sensitivity""; ""Community Researchers as Consultants""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3 Stress and Resilience""
Description / Table of Contents:
""The Stress Model and the Definition of Community Psychology""""Stress""; ""Stressor Events""; ""Stress as a Process""; ""Stress Reaction""; ""Case in Point 3.1 Contemporary Racism""; ""Coping""; ""Social Support""; ""Case in Point 3.2 Mexican American College Student Acculturation Stress, Social Support, and Coping""; ""Resilience""; ""At-Risk to Resilient""; ""The Kauai Longitudinal Studies""; ""A Useful Model""; ""The Fourth Wave""; ""Summary""; ""Part II Social Change and Intervention""; ""Chapter 4 The Importance of Social Change""; ""Reasons for Social Change""; ""Diverse Populations""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Social Justice: A Moral Imperative for Social Change""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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