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Perkins DD, Sonn CC, Lenzi M, Xu Q, Carolissen R, Portillo N, Serrano-García I. The global development of community psychology as reflected in the American Journal of Community Psychology. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 72:302-316. [PMID: 37526574 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
Abstract
This commentary presents a virtual special issue on the global growth of community psychology (CP), particularly, but not exclusively, as reflected in the American Journal of Community Psychology (AJCP). CP exists in at least 50 countries all over the world, in many of those for over 25 years. Yet, aside from several early Israeli articles, AJCP rarely published work from or about countries outside the US and Canada until the early 2000s, when the number of international articles began to rise sharply. The focus of CP developed differently in different continents. CP in Australia and New Zealand initially followed North America's emphasis on improving social service systems, but has since focused more on environmental and indigenous cultural and decolonial issues that are as salient in those countries as in North America, but have drawn much more attention. CP came later to most of Asia, where it also tended to follow the North American path, but starting in Japan, India, and Hong Kong and now in China and elsewhere, it is establishing its own way. The other two global hotspots for CP for over 40 years have been Europe and Latin America. The level and focus of CP in Europe varies in each country, with some focused on applied developmental psychology and/or community services and others advancing critical and liberation psychology. CP in Latin America evolved from social psychology, but like CP in Sub-Saharan Africa, is also more explicitly political due to a history of political oppression, social activism, and the limitations of individualistic psychology to focus on social change, overcoming poverty, and interventions by (not just for) community members. Despite those differences, CP literature over the past 23 years suggests an increasingly common interest in social justice, multinational collaborations, and decoloniality. There is still a need for more truly (bidirectional) cross-cultural, comparative work for mutual learning, sharing of ideas, methods, and intervention practices, and for CP to develop in countries and communities throughout the globe where it could have the greatest impact.
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- Douglas D Perkins
- Human & Organizational Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
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- Department of Psychology, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Master of Social Work Program, New York University-Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Versey HS. Perceptions of community among suburban and urban-dwelling adults aging in place. J Aging Stud 2021; 59:100969. [PMID: 34794714 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Community is important for late-midlife adults, offering a sense of belonging and opportunities for social engagement during the transition to older age. The current study examines perceptions of community and geographical ties among a sample of older adults aging in place. Using data from the Foley Longitudinal Study of Adulthood (FLSA; N = 163; aged 61-64) and a qualitative GIS approach, major themes were categorized and mapped to create a comprehensive picture of how perceptions of community varied among respondents and neighborhoods. Core themes were connections to place, space, people, and relational benefits gained from community involvement. Residents of a suburban enclave more frequently noted connections to people as being important to community, compared to residents in more densely-populated areas. Implications for future research are discussed.
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- H Shellae Versey
- Department of Psychology, Fordham University, United States of America.
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Chen L, Zhang X, Fan S, Fu L, Zhao J. Effects of Counter-Stereotypes Cognitive Training on Aging Stereotypes in 12- to 13-Year Olds. Front Psychol 2021; 12:693979. [PMID: 34721144 PMCID: PMC8554086 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.693979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of counter-stereotypes cognitive training on adolescents' aging stereotypes and to further investigate the best training method to intervene in aging stereotypes by comparing the effect of single and multiple intervention training methods on aging stereotypes and their retention effects. Three experiments examined the different intervention outcomes of different counter-stereotypes cognitive training on adolescent aging stereotypes. The study used a randomized block group experimental design and recruited a total of 183 middle school students for testing. Experiment 1 verified the effect of counter-stereotypes cognitive training by taking a single training task (evaluative conditioning technique), randomly assigning subjects to different conditions (training task or unrelated drawing task), and administering a follow-up test 24h after the posttest. Experiment 2a compared the effects of multiple versus single cognitive training, where we took multiple (adding the counter-stereotypes situational storytelling method) versus single training tasks and administered a follow-up test 72h after the posttest. Experiment 2b increased the number of training sessions based on Experiment 2a, with a second intervention training 72h after the end of the posttest and a follow-up test 72h after the second training. Experimental results suggest that evaluative conditioning techniques are effective in weakening subjects' aging stereotypes, but are less effective in maintaining them. Compared to a single training task, multi-tasking is more effective and the effects of the intervention are maintained for up to a week by increasing the number of training sessions.
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- Li Chen
- School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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Di Martino S, Prilleltensky I. Happiness as fairness: The relationship between national life satisfaction and social justice in EU countries. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2020; 48:1997-2012. [PMID: 32627203 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Despite growing interest in the relation between social justice and life satisfaction, there is a paucity of quantitative investigations linking these two constructs, even in the field of Community Psychology. To bridge this gap, we tested the relationship between the EU Social Justice Index (SJI; 2008-2017) and life satisfaction across 28 European Union (EU) countries, in a series of multilevel multinomial logistic regression models with cumulative logit link function. The SJI proved one of the strongest predictors of national life satisfaction, after controlling for time variation and other well-established country-level determinants. Our findings lend support to the hypothesis that social justice is highly related to life satisfaction. We invite scholars to explore this relationship further. We also recommend that EU governments strive to promote fairer social conditions to increase national happiness.
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- Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
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In vitro characterization of 3D printed scaffolds aimed at bone tissue regeneration. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2018; 165:207-218. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Assessing age stereotypes in the German population in 1996 and 2011: socio-demographic correlates and shift over time. Eur J Ageing 2017. [PMID: 29531514 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-017-0432-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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The present study aimed to extend the knowledge regarding dimensionality, socio-demographic correlates and shifts in age stereotypes over the past 15 years using a time-sequential design. In 1996 and 2011, we assessed age stereotypes in two independent samples of the German population aged ≥ 45 years (N = 970 in sample 1, N = 1545 in sample 2). Three scales with six items each were assessed. Two scales cover negative (i.e., rigidity/isolation, burden), and one scale covers positive age stereotypes (wisdom/experience). Dimensionality of the scale, associations with socio-demographic variables and whether the stereotypes have shifted were tested using confirmatory factor analyses, structural equation modeling and analyses of variances. Three dimensions were identified and replicated following an exploratory as well as a confirmatory approach. Age stereotypes did shift between 1996 and 2011 in the dimension burden (i.e., becoming more negative). Our results further underpin the finding that age stereotypes are multifaceted and suggest that dimensions do not change over time. Additionally, our data provide some evidence that societal age stereotypes partly change over time.
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Bond MA. Leading the Way on Diversity: Community Psychology's Evolution from Invisible to Individual to Contextual. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2016; 58:259-268. [PMID: 27640986 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To take up the AJCP editor's call to think forward in this article, I offer up three challenges that revolve around further contextualizing our understandings of diversity, i.e., reconsidering the notion of "difference" between discrete categories; more fully emphasizing diversity as socially situated; and further delving into local, setting-specific practices that shape the meanings of diversity. Enhanced attention to these three challenges can transform theory, research, and action about diversity as we move into community psychology's next 50 years.
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- Meg A Bond
- Department of Psychology and Center for Women & Work, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
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Heese K. Ageing, dementia and society - an epistemological perspective. SPRINGERPLUS 2015; 4:135. [PMID: 26069868 PMCID: PMC4456604 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-0910-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Recent data show that as populations age, the number of people affected by neurodegenerative dementia is growing at an epidemic pace in various regions of the world. This cross-cultural study examined the relationships among age, gender, ethnicity, religion, and education as well as the attitudes and perceptions related to ageing and dementia. A random sample of 980 participants was selected to represent the multicultural population of Singapore. Data were collected using standardised questionnaires through online portals and by conducting interviews. These data were ultimately analysed by comparing percentage responses and correlation coefficients and by conducting a multiple regression analysis. The results indicate that the perceptions and attitudes of individuals toward ageing and dementia differ among different age groups. Moreover, the level of education attained was significantly correlated with understanding dementia; regardless of education level, Christians had the most positive mindset toward dementia, although most religious individuals did not believe in divine healing. In this study, it was determined that attitudes and perceptions about ageing and dementia are influenced by multiple factors, such as education, age, and religion, and that it is imperative that younger generations develop coping strategies, including healthy lifestyles and social and/or religious communities to provide quality care to the elderly, in general, and to dementia patients, in particular.
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- Klaus Heese
- Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791 Republic of Korea
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Shin JH. Living independently as an ethnic minority elder: a relational perspective on the issues of aging and ethnic minorities. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2014; 53:433-446. [PMID: 24722777 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-014-9650-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This study examines the residential experiences of Korean ethnic elders in affordable housing in the greater Chicago area, focusing on how patterns of social relationships that evolved around a geographical location and its urban infrastructure enabled the elders to achieve their desire for residential independence. Based on the theoretical concept of activity settings and social capital, the study suggests an integrated theoretical model where social capital is understood as an embedded asset of an activity setting. Methodologically, this study uses a combined method of qualitative interviews with 138 Korean elders in affordable housing in the greater Chicago area and a geographic analysis of their social relationships in order to present associations among social relationships, urban infrastructures, and the shared value of independence within their residential communities. The study findings indicate that the elders mobilized ethnic businesses, urban infrastructures, and the collective efficacy of groups to achieve the shared goal of maintaining residential independence. In each community, a cultural broker acted as an important bridge between the community of ethnic minorities and the larger social networks coexisting within the community boundary. The relational perspective as a potent ground for understanding and further solving the issues of aging and ethnicity is highlighted.
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- Jung-Hye Shin
- Design Studies Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA,
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Provencher C, Keating N, Warburton J, Roos V. Ageing and Community: Introduction to the Special Issue. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/casp.2171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Research on Aging, Policies and Practice; University of Alberta; Edmonton Alberta Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences; La Trobe University; Wodonga Australia
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- African Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Sciences; North-West University; Potchefstroom South Africa
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Li WW, Hodgetts D, Sonn C. Multiple Senses of Community Among Older Chinese Migrants to New Zealand. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/casp.2174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Wendy Wen Li
- Department of Psychology; James Cook University; Townsville Queensland 4818 Australia
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- School of Psychology; University of Waikato; Hamilton 3240 New Zealand
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- School of Social Sciences and Psychology; Victoria University; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Saïas T, Véron L, Lapierre V. Prévention du suicide de la personne âgée : la place des interventions communautaires. PRAT PSYCHOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prps.2013.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Tumminello M, Miccichè S, Dominguez LJ, Lamura G, Melchiorre MG, Barbagallo M, Mantegna RN. Happy aged people are all alike, while every unhappy aged person is unhappy in its own way. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23377. [PMID: 21931596 PMCID: PMC3169534 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2011] [Accepted: 07/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Aging of the world's population represents one of the most remarkable success stories of medicine and of humankind, but it is also a source of various challenges. The aim of the collaborative cross-cultural European study of adult well being (ESAW) is to frame the concept of aging successfully within a causal model that embraces physical health and functional status, cognitive efficacy, material security, social support resources, and life activity. Within the framework of this project, we show here that the degree of heterogeneity among people who view aging in a positive light is significantly lower than the degree of heterogeneity of those who hold a negative perception of aging. We base this conclusion on our analysis of a survey involving 12,478 people aged 50 to 90 from six West European countries. We treat the survey database as a bipartite network in which individual respondents are linked to the actual answers they provide. Taking this perspective allows us to construct a projected network of respondents in which each link indicates a statistically validated similarity of answers profile between the connected respondents, and to identify clusters of individuals independently of demographics. We show that mental and physical well-being are key factors determining a positive perception of aging. We further observe that psychological aspects, like self-esteem and resilience, and the nationality of respondents are relevant aspects to discriminate among participants who indicate positive perception of aging.
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- Michele Tumminello
- Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Socio Economic Research Centre, National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (I.N.R.C.A.), Ancona, Italy
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- Socio Economic Research Centre, National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (I.N.R.C.A.), Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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