Effective engagement in interdisciplinary work is critical if community psychology is to achieve its promise as a field of ecological inquiry and social action. The purpose of this paper and special issue is to help make the benefits of interdisciplinary community research clearer and to identify and begin to address its challenges. Although some areas of psychology (e.g., biological, cognitive...

It begins by comparing the role of mainstream psychology and critical in pedagogy, where educational psychologists are often combined with neurological disciplines development research under influence psychology, while maintains a perspective to challenge existing thinking. Based on case Huaping girls' high school, literature from 1990 2021 is cited for review three areas: community discursive ...

This article presents an approach to training and professional practice in community psychology that dispenses with the dichotomy between research and practice. In this approach, problem definition is stimulated by community needs, research is seen as a tool for social action, value issues are made explicit, and research products are oriented toward use by community groups and agencies. Implica...

The author recounts his life and how it led to a career as an activist community psychology practitioner with a focus on issues of social justice. He tells of his upbringing, family and education as the background to a series of positions in various systems. The story shows an evolution from working with individuals to working with whole communities; and from working on issues of remediation an...

This paper discusses the chances and risks of self-presentation for atattachment and knowledge exchange in online communities. We distinguished between, on the one hand, extensive and individualizing self-presentation that enhances the chance to get in contact and facilitates interpersonal attraction between community members and, on the other hand, focused self-presentation that highlights the...