Taking both social and clinical psychological perspectives, this volume examines pressing community problems such as homelessness, racism, delinquency, alcoholism, violence, unemployment and workplace health. The contributors, leaders in community and social psychology, present the results of their empirical research into these problems.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Addressing Community Problems: An Introduction - 1. STUART OSKAMP and XIMENA B. ARRIAGA - Part I: Discrimination and Violence - 2. Community Stressors and Racism: Structural and Individual Perspectives on Racial Bias. JAMES S. JACKSON and JULIE VOLCKENS - 3. Is Housing the Cure for Homelessness? MARYBETH SHINN and SAM TSEMBERIS - 4. Violence Among Urban African-American Adolescents: The Protective Effects of Parental Support. MARC A. ZIMMERMAN, KENNETH J. STEINMAN, and KAREN J. ROWE - 5. Involving Schools and Communities in Preventing Adolescent Dating Violence. VANGIE A. FOSHEE - Part II: Health and Work - 6. Life Contexts and Outcomes of Treated and Untreated Alcoholics. CHRISTINE TIMKO - 7. Promoting Health and Well-Being Through Work: Science and Practice. STEWART I. DONALDSON, LAURA E. GOOLER, and RACHEL WEISS - 8. Job Loss and Work Transitions in a Time of Global Economic Change: Necessity, Invention and Reinvention. RICHARD H. PRICE, DANIEL S. FRIEDLAND, JINNAM CHOI, and ROBERT D. CAPLAN - Part III: Community Empowerment - 9. The Art of Social Change: Community Narratives as Resources for Individual and Collective Identity. JULIAN RAPPAPORT
