APA Handbook of Community Psychology

Meg A. Bond, PhD, is a professor of psychology, director of the Center for Women and Work, and cocoordinator of the graduate program in community social psychology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is also a resident scholar at the Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center. Her publications have addressed sexual harassment, collaboration among diverse constituencies, and empowerment dynamics for underrepresented groups in community and organizational settings. Her book, Workplace Chemistry: Promoting Diversity Through Organizational Change, chronicles a long-term organizational change project focused on issues of gender, race, and ethnicity. Her ongoing scholarship focuses on diversity-related workplace dynamics in community health centers and challenges faced by women in STEM fields. Her particular emphasis is on the subtle interpersonal dynamics and qualities of work settings that present barriers to the full integration and thriving of members of non-dominant groups. Dr. Bond has served on the editorial boards of several psychology journals and is currently on the boards of the American Journal of Community Psychology and Advances in Community Psychology: The Book Series of the Society for Community Research and Action. Over the years, she has been elected to several positions on the executive committee of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), including serving as president in 1997–1998 and as the current chair of the publications committee. She has received two career awards from SCRA — a Special Contributions Award (2001) and the Ethnic Minority Mentoring Award (2009). She has also played leadership roles within the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), including as a member of the Executive Committee and as a founding cochair of the Public Policy Committee. Dr. Bond has also served as chair of the APA Committee on Women and as a member of the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest. Dr. Bond is a fellow of the APA, SCRA, SPSSI, and the Society for the Psychology of Women.   Irma Serrano-García, PhD, is a retired professor of the department of psychology at the University of Puerto Rico. She holds a post doctorate in public policy from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, a PhD in social-community psychology from the University of Michigan, and a BA and MA in psychology from the University of Puerto Rico. She was the first woman editor-in-chief of the Interamerican Journal of Psychology and has been on the editorial board of 12 peer reviewed journals both in the United States and abroad. She has more than 125 scholarly publications including journal articles, book chapters, and books, including Contribuciones Puertorriqueñas a la Psicología Social Comunitaria [Puerto Rican Contributions to Social Community Psychology] coedited with Wayne Rosario and Historias de Psicología Comunitaria en América Latina [Histories of Community Psychology in Latin America], coedited with Maritza Montero. Dr. Serrano-García has been on the Executive Committee of the Interamerican Society of Psychology, the Puerto Rico Psychology Association, and the Society for Community Research and Action. Dr. Serrano-García has been a member of various APA committees and boards, including the Committee of Ethnic Minority Affairs, the Committee of Women in Psychology, the Committee on International Relations in Psychology, the Committee on Psychology and AIDS, the Board of Ethnic Minority Affairs, and the Board of Social and Ethical Responsibility. Dr. Serrano-García has also represented APA Divisions 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) and 27 (Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology) on the APA council. She has coordinated many professional events among which the most notable are the Interamerican Congress of Psychology and the First International Conference of Community Psychology, both in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has presented her work across five continents. She has received various awards, including the Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology Award from APA, the Psychologist of the Year Award, and the Life-Time Achievement Award from the Puerto Rican Psychological Association and the Interamerican Psychologist of the Year Award from the Interamerican Society of Psychology. Dr. Serrano-García continues to publish about community psychology, social change, participatory research, public policy, program evaluation, and university teaching and learning and is a consultant to nonprofit organizations and universities.   Christopher B. Keys, PhD, is a professor emeritus and former chair of psychology departments at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and DePaul University. He has also been a founder and chair of the community psychology doctoral program in the psychology department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a professor and codirector of the advocacy and empowerment of minorities program in the department of disability and human development at University of Illinois at Chicago. He was the founding associate dean for research in the college of science and health at DePaul University. Dr. Keys's research has focused on organizational approaches to community psychology, organizational empowerment, community research issues, and the positive community psychology of disability. He coedited an issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology on organizational approaches to community psychology, and two issues of the Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community on community psychology and disability and on inclusion of students with disabilities in schools, all initial special issues on these topics in community psychology. He was one of the principal organizers for the two Chicago conferences on research methods and issues in community psychology, each of which yielded an edited book on the topic. He has mentored many community psychology students and colleagues over time. Working with them has been a major delight of his professional life. He contributed to the development of the first doctoral program in disability studies in the world at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has coauthored and coedited more than 125 articles, chapters, and books on community psychology and disability-related topics. Dr. Keys has lectured and conducted workshops in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Latin America. The World Bank selected him to lecture in China on organizational change in schools in 1991. The Australian Ministry on Human Services and Health invited him to be the international observer for the First Australian Conference on Disability Advocacy in 1994. For five decades he has consulted on organizational, management, and staff issues for academic, not-for-profit, and governmental organizations. Dr. Keys is a fellow of the Society for Community Research and Action and APA and a founding fellow of the Midwestern Psychological Association. He has served as president of the Society for Community Research and Action and as chair of the Council of Community Psychology Program Directors and of the Council of Training Directors. Dr. Keys has also been a member of the APA Committee on Accreditation. He was honored to receive the Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Research in Community Psychology Award from the Society for Community Research and Action in 2008.

Volume 1: Theoretical Foundations, Core Concepts, and Emerging Challenges
Editorial Board
About the Editors-in-Chief
Contributors
Foreword
Series Preface
Introduction
Part I: Orientation to Theory, Core Concepts, and Emerging Challenges
Chapter 1: Community Psychology for the 21st Century
Meg A. Bond, Irma Serrano-García, and Christopher B. Keys
Chapter 2: Catalysts and Connections: The (Brief) History of Community Psychology Throughout the World
Stephanie M. Reich, Brian Bishop, Ronelle Carolissen, Peta Dzidic, Nelson Portillo, Toshi Sasao, and Wolfgang Stark
Chapter 3: The Ethics of Community Psychology: Actors, Values, Options, and Consequences
Alipio Sánchez Vidal
Part II: Theoretical Foundations
Chapter 4: The Contribution of Social Ecological Thinking to Community Psychology: Origins, Practice, and Research
Penelope Hawe
Chapter 5: Positioning the Critical in Community Psychology
Scotney D. Evans, Paul Duckett, Rebecca Lawthom, and Natalie Kivell
Chapter 6: Feminism and Community Psychology: Compelling Convergences
Stephanie Riger
Chapter 7: Community Psychology and Liberation Psychology: A Creative Synergy for an Ethical and Transformative Praxis
Maritza Montero, Christopher C. Sonn, and Mark Burton
Chapter 8: Prospects for Synergies and Symbiosis: Relationships Between Community Psychology and Other Subdisciplines of Psychology
Bret Kloos and Rhonda L. Johnson
Chapter 9: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Community Psychology and Transdisciplinary Promise
Douglas D. Perkins and Jean J. Schensul
Part III: Core Concepts
Chapter 10: The What, the How, and the Who of Empowerment: Reflections on an Intellectual History
Christopher B. Keys, Elizabeth McConnell, Darnell Motley, C. Lynn Liao, and Kathleen McAuliff
Chapter 11: Prevention and Promotion: Toward an Improved Framework for Research and Action
David L. DuBois
Chapter 12: Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Inclusion
Sita G. Patel, Kevin Tabb, and Stanley Sue
Chapter 13: Community as a Multifaceted Concept
Mariane Krause and Cristian R. Montenegro
Chapter 14: Social Support and Social Capital: A Theoretical Synthesis Using Community Psychology and Community Sociology Approaches
Susan Saegert and Richard M. Carpiano
Chapter 15: On Participation and Participatory Practices
Arza Churchman, Esther Wiesenfeld, and Elisheva Sadan
Part IV: Expanding Our Understanding of Context
Chapter 16: A Community Psychology Approach to Structure and Culture in Family Interventions
Celia J. Gomez and Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Chapter 17: The Widening Economic Divide: Economic Disparities and Classism as Critical Community Context
Heather E. Bullock
Chapter 18: Gender as Context: A Framework for Understanding and Addressing Gendered Qualities of Settings
Meg A. Bond and Sharon M. Wasco
Chapter 19: Situating Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Diversity in Context and Communities
Gary W. Harper and Bianca D. M. Wilson
Chapter 20: A Call to Consciousness: Community Psychology and Disability
Katherine McDonald, Dora Raymaker, and Colleen M. Gibbons
Chapter 21: Development and Context Across the Lifespan: A Community Psychology Synthesis
Emily J. Ozer and Irene Russo
Chapter 22: A Community Psychology Perspective on Religion and Religious Settings
Nathan R. Todd
Part V: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Controversies
Chapter 23: Community Psychology Misdirected? The Case of Evidence-Based Interventions
Sarah Beehler and Edison J. Trickett
Chapter 24: Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities for Community Psychology
Heidi J. Figueroa Sarriera and Bárbara González Hilario
Chapter 25: A Critical Look at Globalization Processes and at the Internationalization of Community Psychology
Donata Francescato
Index

Volume 2: Methods for Community Research and Action for Diverse Groups and Issues
Editorial Board
Contributors
Part I: Orientation to Methods for Community Research and Action
Chapter 1: The Dynamic and Interactive Role of Theory in Community Psychology Research, Practice, and Policy
Emilie Phillips Smith, Dawn P. Witherspoon, Michelle Hart, and William S. Davidson
Chapter 2: Foundations for a Philosophy of Science of Community Psychology: Perspectivism, Pragmatism, Feminism, and Critical Theory
Jacob Kraemer Tebes
Part II: Research Methods
Chapter 3: Community-Based and Participatory Action Research: Community Psychology Collaborations Within and Across Borders
M. Brinton Lykes
Chapter 4: Methods for Multiple Levels of Analysis: Capturing Context, Change, and Changing Context
Patrick J. Fowler and Nathan R. Todd
Chapter 5: Kindred Spirits in Scientific Revolution: Qualitative Methods in Community Psychology
Anne E. Brodsky, Terri Mannarini, Sara L. Buckingham, and Jill E. Scheibler
Chapter 6: More Than Metaphor: Conceptualization and Measurement of Social Setting Characteristics
David Henry
Chapter 7: The Practice of Program Evaluation in Community Psychology: Intersections and Opportunities for Stimulating Social Change
Robin Lin Miller
Chapter 8: Meta-Analysis: Potentials and Limitations for Synthesizing Research in Community Psychology
Emily E. Tanner-Smith, Mark W. Lipsey, and Joseph A. Durlak
Chapter 9: Giving Voice — And the Numbers, Too: Mixed Methods Research in Community Psychology
Rebecca Campbell, Jessica Shaw, and Katie A. Gregory
Chapter 10: Methods and Methodology of Systems Analysis
Alan Shiell and Therese Riley
Part III: Methods for Community Change
Chapter 11: Empowering Interventions: Strategies for Addressing Health Inequities Across Levels of Analysis
Marc A. Zimmerman and Andria B. Eisman
Chapter 12: Advancing Prevention Intervention From Theory to Application: Challenges and Contributions of Community Psychology
W. LaVome Robinson, Molly Brown, Christopher R. Beasley, and Leonard A. Jason
Chapter 13: Community Building: Challenges of Constructing Community
Sandy Lazarus, Mohamed Seedat, and Tony Naidoo
Chapter 14: Social Settings as Loci of Intervention
Edward Seidman and Elise Cappella
Chapter 15: Understanding and Promoting Systems Change
Pennie Foster-Fishman and Erin Watson
Chapter 16: Community Psychology in the Policy Arena
Kenneth I. Maton, Keith Humphreys, Leonard A. Jason, and Marybeth Shinn
Chapter 17: Bringing Interventions to Scale: Implications and Challenges for the Field of Community Psychology
Allison B. Dymnicki, Abraham H. Wandersman, David M. Osher, and Allyson Pakstis
Part IV: Approaches to Social Issues
Chapter 18: Immigration, Migration, and Community Psychology
Dina Birman and Emily Bray
Chapter 19: Toward a Contextual Analysis of Violence: Employing Community Psychology to Advance Problem Definition, Solutions, and Future Directions
Nicole E. Allen and Shabnam Javdani
Chapter 20: Understanding and Alleviating Economic Hardship: Contributions From Community Psychology
Marybeth Shinn and Mark M. McCormack
Chapter 21: Promoting Healthy Communities for Population Health
Darcy A. Freedman
Chapter 22: Creating Transformative Change in Community Mental Health: Contributions From Community Psychology
Geoffrey Nelson, Bret Kloos, and José Ornelas
Chapter 23: Substance Use and Misuse: The Community Psychology of Prevention, Intervention, and Policy
Bradley D. Olson, James Emshoff, and Rafael Rivera
Chapter 24: Community Psychology and Educational Disparities: The Role of Social Settings and Status
Michael J. Strambler, Lance H. Linke, and Nadia L. Ward
Chapter 25: Disasters and Postdisasters: Lessons and Challenges for Community Psychology
Tesania Velázquez, Miryam Rivera-Holguin, and Roxanna Morote
Chapter 26: Environmental Degradation and Sustainability: A Community Psychology Perspective
Manuel Riemer and Niki Harré
Part V: Working With Diverse Groups
Chapter 27: Cultural Integrity and African American Empowerment: Insights and Practical Implications for Community Psychology
Robert J. Jagers, Faheemah N. Mustafaa, and Blake Noel
Chapter 28: A Contemporary Perspective on Working With Asian and Asian American Communities in the United States
Nellie Tran and Wing Yi Chan
Chapter 29: Community Psychology Interventions and U.S. Latinos and Latinas
Bernadette Sánchez, Claudio Rivera, C. Lynn Liao, and Alison L. Mroczkowski
Chapter 30: Wellness Interventions for Indigenous Communities in the United States: Exemplars for Action Research
Joseph P. Gone, William E. Hartmann, and Mallory G. Sprague
Chapter 31: Arab Americans in Context: A Sociocultural Ecological Perspective for Understanding the Arab American Experience
Sawssan R. Ahmed and Mouna Mana
Chapter 32: Community-Based Interventions to Improve the Lives of Women and Girls: Problems and Possibilities
Heather Gridley, Colleen Turner, Catherine D'Arcy, Emma Sampson, and Monica Madyaningrum
Chapter 33: Interventions With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Communities
Karen Nieves-Lugo, Cynthia A. Rohrbeck, Nadine Nakamura, and María Cecilia Zea
Chapter 34: Promoting Empowerment Among Individuals With Disabilities
Fabricio Balcazar and Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar
Chapter 35: Community Psychology Approaches to Intervention With Children and Adolescents
Kathryn E. Grant, Darius Tandon, Sharon Lambert, Farahnaz K. Farahmand, Katherine Ross, Charlynn Odahl-Ruan, and Patrick Tolan
Chapter 36: Toward a Community Psychology of Aging: A Lifespan Perspective
Andrew J. Hostetler and Susan E. Paterson
Part VI: Becoming and Being a Community Psychologist
Chapter 37: Educating Community Psychologists in a Changing World
Irma Serrano-García, David Pérez-Jiménez, and Soélix M. Rodríguez Medina
Chapter 38: Career Opportunities for Community Psychologists
Susan D. McMahon and Susan M. Wolfe
Index