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Expanding community psychology's domain

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This paper has been enriched by discussions with and suggestions from Judd Allen, David M. Chavis, Barbara J. Felton, Judith Golz, Gregory A. Hinrichsen, James G. Kelly, David H. Krantz, Stanley Lehmann, Hanne Morch;, Richard H. Price, Tracey A. Revenson, Roger L. Shinn, and Roger P. Weissberg, and by writings of Emory L. Cowen, Kenneth Heller, and Julian Rappaport in ways that exceed any specific citation.

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Shinn, M. Expanding community psychology's domain. Am J Commun Psychol 15, 555–574 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00929909

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