Psychology and the Community

Bennett, Chester C.; Anderson, Luleen S.; Cooper, Saul; Hassol, Leonard; Klein, Donald C.; Rosenblum, Gershen

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“…From its outset, the ecological perspective in community psychology intended to integrate research and action in the service of community-level impact. The community psychology goal was not to do better science per se but to develop scientific knowledge while simultaneously contributing to the local social good (Bennett et al, 1966). As such, scientific knowledge and local impact were not antithetical but mutually reinforcing.…”

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Ecology, Wicked Problems, and the Context of Community Interventions

Trickett

2019

Health Educ Behav

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The concept of ecology has, over time, become increasingly important as a frame for conducting community interventions. While multiple ecological frameworks have been proposed both within and outside public health, most have drawn on Bronfenbrenner’s work and the concern with multiple levels of the ecological context. The present article presents an ecological metaphor for community intervention developed in community psychology over the past 50 years. This perspective was specifically developed to conduct community research and intervention in the spirit of community development. The article begins with a brief discussion of social problems as “wicked problems” defying preordained and prescribed solutions. It then organizes the presentation of the ecological metaphor around five Cs that, together, provide an overview of the main points of the perspective: contextualist philosophy of science, community as a multilevel concept, culture and diversity as critical community-defining concepts, collaboration as a fundamental part of the ecology of intervention, and commitment (to community over time). Each of these five Cs adds to an appreciation of the differing aspects of the community intervention process as an ecological enterprise. Embedded in the five Cs are four ecological processes drawn from field biology that are metaphorically useful in providing a cognitive map for understanding community and assessing community impact: interdependence, cycling of resources, adaptation, and succession. Together, this ecological perspective both reflects and differs from extant perspectives in public health and, as such, is intended to contribute to furthering ecological thinking and acting more generally in community interventions.

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Section: Key Concepts Processes and Goals Of The Ecological Perspecmentioning

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Ecology, Wicked Problems, and the Context of Community Interventions

Trickett

2019

Health Educ Behav

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“…Dentre eles, são apontados, sobretudo James Kelly (1966, 1986), Edison Trickett (1972, e Julian Rapapport (1981), conforme Sarriera e Saforcada, 2010. A referência a esses autores assinala a tentativa de aproximação entre o passado norte-americano e o presente latino-americano na medida em que alguns autores da PSC se esforçam em distinguir o surgimento e as trajetórias da disciplina nos dois continentes.…”

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Análise Histórica Da Psicologia Social Comunitária No Brasil

Gonçalves

Portugal

2016

Psicol. Soc.

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. O mapeamento do conjunto de artigos, teses, dissertações e livros produzidos sob o signo PSC foi o procedimento utilizado para problematizar o que tem sido realizado por este movimento que se constitui como uma das versões contemporâneas da Psicologia Social. Contextualizamos as produções a partir das mudanças de rumo da profissão e da reivindicação por uma nova direção para a Psicologia Social produzida em território latino-americano. A exposição está centrada em dois pontos principais: as vinculações teórico-epistemológicas da PSC e a caracterização do trabalho do psicólogo comunitário. Concluímos o artigo indicando que as reflexões em torno da diversidade das vinculações teórico-epistemológicas e da tentativa de unificação da PSC nublaram a análise do problema central dos efeitos de sua prática e de seus compromissos éticos e políticos. palavras-chave: psicologia social comunitária; história da PSC no Brasil; teorias da PSC; trabalho do psicólogo. resumenEste articulo presenta debates sobre el campo de la Psicología Social Comunitaria (PSC) utilizando producciones textuales de las últimas décadas (1990-2010) como base de pesquisa. El mapeo del conjunto de la producción bajo el signo del PSC fue el procedimiento empleado para hablar de lo que ha hecho este movimiento que es una de las versiones contemporáneas de la psicología social. Contextualizamos las producciones a partir de los cambios en los rumbos de la profesión y de la reivindicación de una nueva dirección para la psicología social producida en territorio latinoamericano. La exposición se centra en los enlaces teóricos y epistemológicos de la PSC y la caracterización del trabajo del psicólogo comunitario. Se concluye que las reflexiones sobre la diversidad de los enlaces teóricos y epistemológicos y el intento de unificar el PSC nublaron el análisis del problema central de los efectos de su práctica y de sus compromisos éticos y políticos. palabras clave: psicología social comunitaria; história de la PSC en Brasil; teorias de la PSC; trabajo del psicólogo. ABstrActThis paper presents discussions on the field of Community Social Psychology (CSP) based on textual productions done over the last decades (1990-2010). The mapping of the set of articles, theses, dissertations and books produced under the CSP sign was the procedure used to discuss what has been done by this movement that has been conceived as one of the contemporary versions of Social Psychology. Those productions are contextualized considering the changes in the course of the profession and the demand for new direction for Social Psychology produced in Latin American territory. The exposition is focused on the theoretical and epistemological bindings of the CSP and the depiction of the community psychologist work. We conclude the work indicating that the diversity of theoretical and epistemological bindings of CSP and the attempt to unify it disregarded the central problem of the effects of their practice and their ethical and political commitments.

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“…In May 1965, a group of psychologists gathered in Swampscott, Massachusetts, for the Conference on the Education of Psychologists for Community Mental Health. By the time the conference concluded, the participants had decided that a new subfield of psychology, “community psychology,” was needed (Bennett et al, 1966). The roles of psychologists in the community mental health field were evolving in ways that made it increasingly clear that their clinical training had not adequately prepared them for this work.…”

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More Than the Beatles

Morris

2014

American Journal of Evaluation

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This essay explores the implications of the zeitgeist that emerged in the United States during the 1960s for the conceptualization of ethical issues in evaluation and community psychology, and how perspectives from the latter field might enhance ethical practice in the former. Special attention is paid to articulations of social justice, professional standards, and cultural competence, and how general exhortations for ethical, just behavior in evaluation can be translated into more specific,

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Psychology and the Community

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Ecology, Wicked Problems, and the Context of Community Interventions

Ecology, Wicked Problems, and the Context of Community Interventions

Análise Histórica Da Psicologia Social Comunitária No Brasil

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