American Journal of Community Psychology articles

Recent articles from American Journal of Community Psychology

Community-based interdisciplinary research: introduction to the special issue.(ORIGINAL PAPER)
September 1, 2006... Two of the most significant events in the history of community psychology in the United States were also ones with strong and explicit implications that the field must become more interdisciplinary. The first was the 1965 Conference on the Education of Psychologists for Community Mental...

Community psychology at the crossroads: prospects for interdisciplinary research.(ORIGINAL PAPER)
September 1, 2006... The importance of interdisciplinarity for community psychology Community psychology has been struggling to heed the call for interdisciplinary collaboration since the founding of the field. Those who met 40 years ago in Swampscott, MA, to launch and define the new field emphasized that...

At a crossroad: standing still and moving forward.(ORIGINAL PAPER)
September 1, 2006... In reading the article, I asked: who is the intended audience? Is it academics and researchers already committed to interdisciplinary community psychology but in need of further support, to provide a more firm foundation for their current work and a vision of what is needed to advance the...

External, not internal challenges to interdisciplinary research.(ORIGINAL PAPER)
September 1, 2006... Maton, Perkins, and Saegert (this issue) present a thoughtful analysis of benefits and the challenges of interdisciplinary research. I strongly endorse their discussion of the benefits of such work. In this admittedly idiosyncratic and anecdotal commentary, I draw on personal experiences to...

Placing community psychology in the context of the social, health and educational sciences: directions for interdisciplinary research and action.(ORIGINAL PAPER)
September 1, 2006... Maton, Perkins and Saegert (this issue) provide a provocative challenge to community psychology: Fulfill the interdisciplinary promise of the field posed by its founders in Swampscott, Massachusetts in 1965. They examine how interdisciplinary research presents unique challenges and rewards to...