Community Psychology

by Moritsugu, John Gr; Wong, Frank Y.; Duffy, Karen Grover

• ISBN13: 9780205627714
• ISBN10: 0205627714
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-11
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Community Psychologyprovides students with an introduction to the concepts, research and applications emerging from the field of community psychology. Community Psychologyfocuses on the prevention of problems, the promotion of well-being, empowerment of members within a community, the appreciation of diversity, and an ecological model for the understanding of human behavior. Stress, coping social support and Resilience; The Importance of Social Change; Community Intervention Strategies; The mental health system; Social and Human Services in the Community; Schools, Children, and Communities; Law, Crime, and The Community; The Health Care System; Community Health and Preventive Medicine; Community/Organizational Psychology; The Future of Community Psychology.

Author Biography

John Moritsugu received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.  He is Professor of Psychology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.   A co-editor of the text Preventive Psychology, he has also been on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Community Psychology, the Journal of Community Psychology, and Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.  He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Divisions 1 (General Psychology), 27 (Society for Community Research and Action) and 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues).

 

Frank Y. Wong, Ph.D. is a social psychologist in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University .   His expertise is in community-based research on HIV-related risk behaviors and alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) use/abuse among racial/ethnic and under-served populations. Dr. Wong currently has multiple NIH-funded R01 grants supporting his research programs. His NIH-funded research focuses on social epidemiology as well as prevention of ATOD and HIV targeting migrant and/or non-indigenous populations and sexual minorities and the effects of migration on ATOD use/ abuse and HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors in the U.S. and China. He also has conducted and published research in South Africa.

 

Karen Duffy holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Michigan State University. She is a Distinguished Service Professor — Emerita from State University of New York at Geneseo. Dr. Duffy taught community psychology for many years as well as social psychology and psychology of personality. She instituted and directed the service learning program at her college. She won two Fulbright Fellowships to St. Petersburg State University in Russia where she taught both community psychology and community mediation. She still teaches in Russia and continues her award-winning community service projects in the United States, Russia, and other countries, most recently Mongolia.

 

Table of Contents

Introduction to Community Psychology

Scientific Research Methods

Stress, coping social support and Resilience

The Importance of Social Change

Community Intervention Strategies

The mental health System

Social and Human Services in the Community

Schools, Children, and Communities

Law, Crime, and The Community

The Health Care System

Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Community/Organizational Psychology

The Future of Community Psychology

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