Handbook of Community Psychology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Concepts, Frameworks, Stories, and Maps

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-7

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   2. Prevention in Mental Health and Social Intervention

      • Robert D. Felner, Tweety Yates Felner, Morton M. Silverman

      Pages 9-42

   3. Empowerment Theory

      • Marc A. Zimmerman

      Pages 43-63

   4. Individualism, Collectivism, and Community Psychology

      • Collin van Uchelen

      Pages 65-78

   5. Community Psychology and Routes to Psychological Wellness

      • Emory L. Cowen

      Pages 79-99

   6. Toward an Integration of Behaviorism and Community Psychology

      • G. Anne Bogat, Leonard A. Jason

      Pages 101-114

   7. Cognition in Social Context

      • Patrick O’Neill

      Pages 115-132

   8. Understanding and Changing Social Systems

      • James G. Kelly, Ann Marie Ryan, B. Eileen Altman, Stephen P. Stelzner

      Pages 133-159

3. People in Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-163

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   2. Psychological Dysfunction and Well-Being

      • Alex J. Zautra, Kenneth M. Bachrach

      Pages 165-185

   3. Stress

      • Irwin N. Sandler, Sanford Braver, Leah Gensheimer

      Pages 187-213

   4. Social Support Research in Community Psychology

      • Manuel Barrera Jr.

      Pages 215-245

   5. Citizen Participation and Community Organizations

      • Abraham Wandersman, Paul Florin

      Pages 247-272

   6. Power and Participation in the Workplace

      • Katherine J. Klein, R. Scott Ralls, Virginia Smith-Major, Christina Douglas

      Pages 273-295

4. Intervention Strategies and Tactics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-301

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   2. Contextual Influences in Mental Health Consultation

      • Edison J. Trickett, Charles Barone, Roderick Watts

      Pages 303-330

   3. Community and Neighborhood Organization

      • Bill Berkowitz

      Pages 331-357

   4. The Creation of Alternative Settings

      • Cary Cherniss, Gene Deegan

      Pages 359-377

   5. Action-Oriented Mass Communication

      • Alfred Mcalister

      Pages 379-396

As a field progresses, people write about their own work in journals, chapters, and books; but periodically the work needs to be collected and organized. It needs to be brought together in a format that can both introduce new members to the field and reacquaint continuing members with the work of their colleagues. Such a collection also affords an opportunity for the growing number of people with particular expertise to provide a reference for others whose work is related, but differs in focus. This is the first Handbook of Community Psychology. It contains contributions from 106 different authors, in addition to our editorial introductions. Its thirty-eight chapters (including two that are divided into multiple, individually authored parts) are concerned with conceptual frameworks, empirically grounded constructs, intervention strategies and tactics, social sys­ tems, design, assessment and analysis, cross-cutting professional issues, and contemporary intersections with community psychology. Although interrelated, each chapter stands on its own as a statement about a particular part of the field, and the volume can serve as a reference for those who may want to explore an area about which they are not yet familiar. To some extent community psychologists eschew the distinction between researcher and practitioner; and regardless of one's primary work environment (university, small college, practice setting, government, or grassroots organiza­ tion), there is something of interest for anyone who wants to explore the community psychol­ ogy approach.

• Analysis
• Assessment
• Community Psychology
• Nation
• Prevention
• Public Health
• communication
• intervention
• psychology

"The book will be a useful reference for researchers working in the field of community psychology, and especially for those who need ready and convenient access to a state-of-the-art overview of community psychology research for grant applications and their own scholarly writing."
(Psychiatric Services, 52:11(2001)
"In short, this Handbook of Community Psychology is an exceptionally useful tool for mental health professionals, and especially for those involved in research or teaching. It is a handbook in the original sense of the word. That is, it is a book that many readers will want to keep close at hand."
(Psychiatric Services, 52:11(2001)

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

  Julian Rappaport

• New York University, New York, USA

  Edward Seidman

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