Handbook of Community Psychology

1. Intervention Strategies and Tactics

   1. Social Policy and Community Psychology

      • Deborah A. Phillips

      Pages 397-419

   2. Dissemination of Innovation as Social Change

      • Jeffrey P. Mayer, William S. Davidson II

      Pages 421-438

2. Social Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 439-443

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   2. Prospects for a Viable Community Mental Health System

      • Kenneth Heller, Richard A. Jenkins, Ann M. Steffen, Ralph W. Swindle Jr.

      Pages 445-470

   3. Community-Based Health Interventions

      • Tracey A. Revenson, Kathleen M. Schiaffino

      Pages 471-493

   4. Religion in American Life

      • Kenneth I. Pargament, Kenneth I. Maton

      Pages 495-522

   5. Community Change, Community Stasis, and the Law

      • Gary B. Melton

      Pages 523-540

   6. Helping Troubled Children and Families

      • Jane Knitzer

      Pages 541-563

   7. The School Reform Movement

      • Diana Oxley

      Pages 565-590

   8. Self-Help Groups

      • Leon H. Levy

      Pages 591-613

   9. Contributions from Organizational Psychology

      • Marybeth Shinn, Dennis N. T. Perkins

      Pages 615-641

3. Design, Assessment, and Analytic Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 643-645

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   2. Assessing Ecological Constructs and Community Context

      • Jean Ann Linney

      Pages 647-668

   3. Cross-Level Research without Cross-Ups in Community Psychology

      • Marybeth Shinn, Bruce D Rapkin

      Pages 669-695

   4. Statistical Models for Change

      • J. S. Tanaka

      Pages 697-723

   5. Thinking through Others

      • Eric Stewart

      Pages 725-736

4. Cross-Cutting Perspectives and Professional Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 737-739

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   2. Practitioners’ Perspectives

      • Thomas Wolff

      Pages 741-777

   3. Community Psychology in International Perspective

      • Sabine Wingenfeld, J. R. Newbrough

      Pages 779-810

   4. Psychology in the International Community

      • Ronald Roesch, Geoffrey Carr

      Pages 811-831

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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