Addressing community problems : psychological research and interventions / Ximena B. Arriaga and Stuart Oskamp, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Arriaga, Ximena B.

Oskamp, Stuart.

Conference Name:

Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology (14th : 1997 : Claremont, Calif.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life--United States.

Community life.

United States.

Social problems--United States.

Social problems.

Community organization--United States.

Community organization.

Social psychology--United States.

Social psychology.

United States--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1998]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1. Addressing Community Problems: An Introduction / Stuart Oskamp, Ximena B. Arriaga 1

Part I Discrimination and Violence

2. Community Stressors and Racism: Structural and Individual Perspectives on Racial Bias / James S. Jackson, Julie Volckens 19

3. Is Housing the Cure for Homelessness? / Marybeth Shinn, Sam Tsemberis 52

4. Violence Among Urban African American Adolescents: The Protective Effects of Parental Support / Marc A. Zimmerman, Kenneth J. Steinman, Karen J. Rowe 78

5. Involving Schools and Communities in Preventing Adolescent Dating Abuse / Vangie A. Foshee 104

Part II Health and Work

6. Life Contexts and Outcomes of Treated and Untreated Alcoholics / Christine Timko 133

7. Promoting Health and Well-Being Through Work: Science and Practice / Stewart I. Donaldson, Laura E. Gooler, Rachel Weiss 160

8. Job-Loss and Work Transitions in a Time of Global Economic Change / Richard H. Price, Daniel S. Friedland, Jin Nam Choi, Robert D. Caplan 195

Part III Community Empowerment

9. The Art of Social Change: Community Narratives as Resources for Individual and Collective Identity / Julian Rappaport 225.

Notes:

"The Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology."

This volume originated from a session at the 1997 meeting of the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology in Claremont, Calif.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0761910778

0761910786

OCLC:

39007130