Community Psychology Linking Individuals and Communities

by: Dalton, James H.; Elias, Maurice J.; Wandersman, Abraham

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Copyright: 06/28/2006
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Learn through application with COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY! Through concrete examples and numerous study tools, this psychology text helps you understand the concepts and then provides opportunities for you to apply them. Brief outlines of chapter content, anticipatory questions, key points, brief exercises, summaries, and self tests are just a few of the tools that will help you succeed in this course. Programs and citizen initiatives for enriching the quality of individual and community life such as Alcoholics Anonymous and the San Francisco Depression Prevention Project show you what community psychology means in the real world. At the end of each chapter, you will find website references to model or recommended projects that connect you to community resources.

Forewords

xxiii

Preface

xxvii

To Instructors

xxxi

About the Authors

xxxvii

PART I Introducing Community Psychology

What Is Community Psychology?

(32)

A Message to Readers

(1)

Suggestions to Students: How to Use This Textbook

(1)

Opening Exercise

(2)

Community Psychology: A Shift in Perspective

(3)

Homelessness as Musical Chairs

(1)

Elaine: Multiple Contexts of Clinical Depression

(3)

Persons, Contexts, and Change

(5)

Persons and Contexts

(2)

First-Order and Second-Order Change

(3)

What Is Community Psychology? A Definition

(2)

Ecological Levels of Analysis in Community Psychology

(5)

Individuals

(1)

Microsystems

(1)

Organizations

(1)

Localities

(1)

Macrosystems

(1)

Seven Core Values in Community Psychology

(8)

Individual and Family Wellness

(1)

Sense of Community

(1)

Respect for Human Diversity

(1)

Social Justice

(1)

Citizen Participation

(1)

Collaboration and Community Strengths

(1)

Empirical Grounding

(1)

Conclusion: Values in Context

(1)

Chapter Summary

(2)

Brief Exercises

(1)

Recommended Readings

(1)

Recommended Websites

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

(1)

How Has Community Psychology Developed?

(34)

Opening Exercise

(1)

Individualistic Science and Practice in Psychology

(2)

Psychology in Cultural Perspective

(1)

Individualistic Practice

(1)

Community Psychology Emerges in the United States

(11)

A Preventive Perspective on Problems in Living

(1)

Reforms in the Mental Health System

(3)

Group Dynamics and Action Research

(2)

Movements for Social Change and Liberation

(3)

The Undercurrent of Optimism

(1)

The Swampscott Conference

(1)

Community Psychology: Developing An Identity

(6)

Changes in Community Mental Health

(1)

The Limitations of Government-Mandated Social Change

(1)

Blaming the Victim: Thinking about Social Issues

(1)

Bottom-Up and Top-Down: Contrasting Approaches to Social Change

(1)

Conceptual Frameworks for Community Psychology

(2)

The Austin Conference

(1)

Broadening the Focus of the Field

(3)

An International Community Psychology

(1)

Empowerment and Related Perspectives

(1)

Collaborative, Participatory Research

(1)

Conservative Shifts in Social Contexts

(6)

Defining Social Issues in Progressive and Conservative Eras

(1)

Fair Play and Fair Shares: Contrasting Definitions of Equality

(1)

Opposing Viewpoints and Divergent Reasoning

(1)

Community Psychology Responses to Conservative Contexts

(2)

The Global Context of Community Psychology

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Brief Exercises

(1)

Recommended Readings

(1)

Recommended Readings

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

(1)

Methods of Community Psychology Research

(36)

Introduction

(1)

Qualitative Methods

(13)

Common Features of Qualitative Methods

(4)

Participant Observation

103

(2)

Qualitative Interviewing

105

(1)

Focus Groups

106

(1)

Case Studies

107

(2)

Two Concluding Issues

109

(2)

Quantitative Methods

111

(12)

Common Features of Quantitative Methods

111

(1)

Quantitative Description

112

(3)

Experimental Social Innovation and Dissemination

115

(1)

Randomized Field Experiments

116

(2)

Nonequivalent Comparison Group Designs

118

(2)

Interrupted Time-Series Designs

120

(3)

Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

123

(2)

Conclusions

125

(2)

Chapter Summary

127

(1)

Brief Exercises

128

(1)

Recommended Readings

128

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

128

(1)

Interchapter Exercise: Analyzing a Community Research Report

129

(3)

PART III Understanding Communities

Understanding Individuals within Environments

132

(36)

Opening Exercise and Introduction

133

(2)

Conceptual Models of Ecological Context

135

(16)

Ecological Psychology and Behavior Settings

135

(4)

Activity Settings

139

(1)

Four Ecological Principles

139

(4)

Social Climate Dimensions

143

(2)

Social Regularities

145

(2)

Environmental Psychology

147

(2)

Comparing the Perspectives: An Example

149

(2)

Research and Action in Neighborhoods

151

(5)

Research: Neighborhoods, Families, and Individuals

151

(4)

Promoting Neighborhood Quality of Life

155

(1)

Creating and Altering Settings

156

(3)

The Community Lodge: Creating an Alternative Setting

156

(2)

Step: Altering Social Regularities in School

158

(1)

Conclusion: Enduring Questions

159

(1)

Chapter Summary

160

(2)

Brief Exercises

162

(1)

Recommended Readings

163

(1)

Recommended Websites

163

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

164

(1)

Interchapter Exercise: Ecological Assessment of a Setting

165

(3)

Understanding Community

168

(34)

Opening Exercise: Communities in Your Life

169

(2)

What Is a Community?

171

(3)

Types of Communities

172

(1)

Levels of Communities

172

(1)

Who Defines Communities?

173

(1)

Sense of Community

174

(4)

Four Elements of Sense of Community

174

(3)

An Overview of Research on Sense of Community

177

(1)

Questions and Issues for Defining Sense of Community

178

(6)

Elements of Sense of Community

178

(1)

Levels of Sense of Community

179

(1)

Narratives and Sense of Community

180

(1)

Negative Psychological Sense of Community

180

(1)

Multiple Communities in a Person's Life

181

(1)

Conflict and Change within a Community

182

(1)

External Relationships

183

(1)

Concepts Related to Sense of Community

184

(3)

Competent Communities

184

(2)

Other Related Concepts

186

(1)

Social Capital

187

(4)

Putnam's Social Capital Concepts

188

(1)

Research on Social Capital

189

(1)

Strengths and Limitations of Putnam's Perspective

190

(1)

Building Communities: Three Examples

191

(8)

Spirituality, Religion, and Communities

191

(4)

Community Service Learning

195

(1)

Online Communities

196

(3)

Conclusion

199

(1)

Chapter Summary

199

(1)

Brief Exercises

200

(1)

Recommended Readings

201

(1)

Recommended Websites

201

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

201

(1)

Understanding Human Diversity

202

(38)

Opening Exercise

203

(2)

Key Dimensions of Human Diversity for Community Psychology

205

(5)

Culture

205

(1)

Race

206

(1)

Ethnicity

207

(1)

Gender

208

(1)

Sexual Orientation

208

(1)

Social Class, Socioeconomic Status

208

(1)

Ability/Disability

208

(1)

Age

209

(1)

Localities

209

(1)

Spirituality and Religion

210

(1)

Other Dimensions, Intersectionality

210

(1)

Individualism--Collectivism: A Spectrum of Cultures

210

(4)

Examples of Individualism-Collectivism Contrasts

212

(1)

Limitations of Individualism-Collectivism Concepts

213

(1)

Concepts of Liberation and Oppression

214

(10)

Oppression: Initial Definitions

215

(2)

Oppression: Multiple Ecological Levels

217

(4)

The Liberation Perspective: A Call to Action

221

(1)

When Culture and Liberation Conflict

222

(2)

Contributions and Limitations of the Liberation Perspective

224

(1)

Identities and Acculturation

224

(8)

Identity Development Models

225

(1)

Acculturation Models

226

(3)

Bicultural Competence

229

(1)

The Need for a Contextual Perspective

230

(2)

Implications for Community Psychologists

232

(2)

Individual Cultural Competence

232

(1)

Designing Culturally Sensitive Community Programs

233

(1)

Conclusion

234

(1)

Chapter Summary

235

(2)

Brief Exercises

237

(1)

Recommended Readings

238

(1)

Recommended Websites

238

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

239

(1)

Understanding Coping in Context

240

(44)

Opening Exercise

241

(1)

Coping: An Ecological-Contextual Framework

242

(22)

Risk and Protective Processes

245

(1)

Distal Factors

246

(2)

Proximal Stressors

248

(4)

Stress Reactions

252

(1)

Resources Activated for Coping

253

(1)

Coping Processes

254

(2)

Coping Outcomes

256

(2)

Hurricane Katrina: A Disaster in Context

258

(2)

Interventions to Promote Coping

260

(4)

Social Support

264

(4)

Generalized and Specific Support

264

(1)

The Relationship Context of Support

265

(1)

Social Support Networks

266

(2)

Mutual Help Groups

268

(5)

Distinctive Features of Mutual Help Groups

269

(1)

Online Mutual Help

270

(1)

What Really Happens in a Mutual Help Group?

271

(1)

Mutual Help Outcomes

272

(1)

Spirituality and Coping

273

(2)

Empirical Research on Spirituality and Coping

274

(1)

Conclusion

275

(1)

Chapter Summary

275

(1)

Brief Exercises

276

(1)

Recommended Readings

277

(1)

Recommended Websites

277

(2)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

279

(1)

Interchapter Exercise: Mapping Your Social Support Network

280

(4)

PART IV Preventing Problem Behavior and Promoting Social Competence

Prevention and Promotion: Key Concepts

284

(30)

Opening Exercise: A Prevention Parable

285

(1)

Introduction: Prevention as a Field of Study

286

(3)

What Is Prevention?

288

(1)

A Focus on Competence: Bower's Model

289

(5)

Key Integrated Social Systems (KISS)

289

(3)

Ailing-in-Difficulty (AID) Institutions

292

(1)

Illness Correctional Endeavors (ICE)

292

(1)

Linkage to Social Ecology and Developmental Psychology

293

(1)

Concepts for Understanding Prevention and Promotion

294

(7)

Caplan: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention

294

(2)

The IOM Report: Universal, Selective, and Indicated Measures

296

(1)

Point/Counterpoint: Prevention of Disorder and Promotion of Wellness and Competence

297

(1)

Connecting Stress and Coping Concepts with Prevention and Promotion

298

(3)

The Prevention Equations: Integrative Guides for Research and Action

301

(5)

Two Prevention Equations

301

(2)

Defining the Terms in the Prevention Equations

303

(2)

Integrating Person and Environment

305

(1)

Applying the Concepts in the Real World: Some Caveats

306

(1)

Chapter Summary

307

(1)

Brief Exercises

308

(2)

Recommended Readings

310

(1)

Recommended Websites

310

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

310

(1)

Interchapter Exercise: Touring the Prevention/Promotion Literature

311

(3)

Prevention and Promotion: Current and Future Applications

314

(46)

Prevention and Promotion are All Around You

315

(1)

An Ecological Tour of Prevention/Promotion

316

(1)

Microsystem-Level Prevention/Promotion: Home, School, and Workplace

317

(8)

Family-Based Programs

317

(2)

Microsystem Programs in Schools

319

(5)

Microsystem Programs in Workplaces

324

(1)

Beyond Microsystems: Prevention/Promotion in Organizations, Communities, and Macrosystems

325

(9)

Altering Settings

325

(2)

Communitywide and Macrosystem Interventions

327

(2)

International Examples

329

(3)

The Importance of Context

332

(2)

Prevention/Promotion: A Family Example

334

(5)

How Do We Determine the Effectiveness of Prevention/Promotion Efforts?

339

(6)

Meta-Analyses of Research on Program Outcomes

339

(1)

Best Practices in Promoting Social-Emotional Learning

340

(1)

Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Prevention/Promotion Evaluations

341

(4)

Emerging Areas for Prevention/Promotion

345

(8)

School-Based Prevention of Bullying and Suicide

345

(4)

Preventing Youth Delinquency

349

(1)

Preventing Negative Impacts of Terrorism

350

(2)

HIV/AIDS Prevention

352

(1)

Implementation and Sustainability of Programs

353

(1)

Chapter Summary

353

(2)

Brief Exercises

355

(1)

Recommended Readings

356

(1)

Recommended Websites

356

(3)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

359

(1)

Prevention and Promotion: Implementing Programs

360

(38)

Opening Exercise: Lessons Learned from Success

361

(2)

What Really Happens When Prevention/Promotion Is Carried Out in Communities?

363

(1)

Have Well-Implemented Prevention/Promotion Innovations Been Sustained over Time?

364

(4)

The CASEL Model Site Sustainability Study

364

(2)

An Action Research Perspective on Program Development

366

(1)

The School Intervention Implementation Study

367

(1)

Why Are Prevention/Promotion Innovations Not Widely Adopted?

368

(7)

Seven Characteristics of Prevention/Promotion Innovations in Host Settings

370

(5)

Implementing Prevention/Promotion Initiatives Widely and Effectively

375

(6)

Ten Considerations for Praxis and Implementation

375

(2)

Applying the Ten Considerations: An Exercise

377

(1)

Historical Stages in the Process of Adapting Innovations to Settings

378

(3)

A Conductor's Guide to Enduring Implementation

381

(4)

Implementing a Prevention/Promotion Innovation: A Case Example

385

(8)

Evolution of the Elementary School Level Program

386

(1)

Adaptation to Middle School

387

(1)

Setting Up an Infrastructure to Support Widespread Implementation

388

(2)

Extension to Disadvantaged Urban Settings

390

(3)

Case Example: Concluding Perspectives

393

(1)

Final Thoughts, Future Thoughts

393

(1)

Chapter Summary

394

(1)

Brief Exercises

395

(1)

Recommended Readings

396

(1)

Recommended Websites

397

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

397

(1)

PART V Promoting Community and Social Change

Citizen Participation and Empowerment

398

(34)

Introduction

399

(3)

What are Citizen Participation and Empowerment?

402

(4)

Citizen Participation

402

(1)

Empowerment

403

(3)

Multiple Forms of Power

406

(6)

Power Over, To, and From

406

(1)

Integrative Power

407

(1)

Reward, Coercive, Legitimate, Expert, and Referent Power

408

(1)

Three Instruments of Social Power

409

(2)

Summary Thoughts on Power

411

(1)

How Do Citizen Participation, Empowerment, and Sense of Community Intertwine?

412

(6)

A Developmental Perspective

412

(2)

Personal Qualities for Citizen Participation and Empowerment

414

(3)

Sense of Community and Citizen Participation in Neighborhood Organizations

417

(1)

How Can Community Organizations Empower Their Members?

418

(10)

Empowering versus Empowered Community Organizations

419

(1)

Block Booster: Capacity Building in Neighborhood Organizations

420

(1)

Midwest ARC: Conflict and Coempowerment in a Community Organization

421

(1)

Qualities of Empowering Community Organizations

422

(4)

Dilemmas in Creating Empowering Organizations

426

(2)

Chapter Summary

428

(1)

Brief Exercises

429

(1)

Recommended Readings

430

(1)

Recommended Websites

430

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

431

(1)

Community and Social Change

432

(34)

Opening Exercise and Introduction

433

(1)

Case Examples of Community and Social Change

434

(10)

PICO: Community Organizing for Social Power

434

(2)

The Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers

436

(1)

Spanning Community: Networks

437

(2)

CINCH: A Community Health Coalition

439

(2)

The Lexington/Richland Coalition

441

(1)

Preventing Homelessness: Policy Research and Advocacy

442

(2)

Seven Approaches to Community and Social Change

444

(12)

Consciousness Raising

444

(2)

Social Action

446

(1)

Community Development

447

(1)

Community Coalitions

448

(3)

Organizational Consultation

451

(1)

Alternative Settings

451

(1)

Policy Research and Advocacy

452

(4)

Issues for Community and Social Change

456

(7)

Community Betterment and Community Empowerment

456

(1)

Elements of Effective Community Change Initiatives

457

(4)

Issues in Promoting Social Change

461

(1)

Conclusion

462

(1)

Chapter Summary

463

(1)

Brief Exercises

463

(1)

Recommended Readings

464

(1)

Recommended Websites

465

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

465

(1)

Program Evaluation and Program Development

466

(38)

Acting on Evaluation in Everyday Life

467

(4)

What Can Eating in Restaurants Teach Us about Evaluation?

467

(1)

What Can Football Teach Us about Evaluation?

468

(1)

What Can Project Dare Teach Us about Evaluation?

469

(1)

It Seemed Like a Good Idea, But Is It Really Working?

470

(1)

The Logic of Program Evaluation

471

(2)

A Four-Step Model of Program Evaluation

473

(9)

Step 1: Identify Goals and Desired Outcomes

474

(1)

Step 2: Process Evaluation

474

(3)

Step 3: Outcome Evaluation

477

(1)

Step 4: Impact Evaluation

478

(1)

Summary Illustration of the Four-Step Evaluation Model

478

(4)

Mentoring: A Program Evaluation Perspective

482

(4)

Mentoring: Applying the Four-Step Evaluation Method

484

(2)

Linking Program Evaluation to Program Development

486

(5)

Empowerment Evaluation

486

(4)

Case Examples of Empowerment Evaluation

490

(1)

Getting to Outcomes

491

(10)

The Ten GTO Accountability Questions

492

(4)

An Example of GTO in Action: The Winners Program

496

(5)

Conclusion

501

(1)

Chapter Summary

502

(1)

Brief Exercise

502

(1)

Recommended Readings

503

(1)

Recommended Websites

503

(1)

InfoTrac® College Edition Keywords

503

(1)

Looking Ahead

504

(17)

Emerging Trends in Community Psychology

505

(5)

Growing Awareness of the Global Diversity of Human Communities

505

(1)

Broadening Concern with Social Justice

506

(1)

Collaborative, Participatory Research and Action

507

(1)

Community Science

508

(2)

Community Psychology: A Conversation within a Big Tent

510

(1)

Time and Community and Social Change

510

(3)

Qualities for a Community Psychologist

512

(1)

Signs for Hope, Examples of Change

513

(5)

Social-Emotional Literacy/Character Education

514

(1)

Empowerment Evaluation in Schools

514

(2)

Meyerhoff Scholars

516

(1)

The Power of a Place

517

(1)

A Final Exercise: Visioning a Future Community and Society

518

(1)

Chapter Summary

519

(1)

Brief Exercise

520

(1)

References

521

(50)

Credits

571

(1)

Name Index

572

(13)

Subject Index

585

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