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Author:   Levine ,  Perkins ,  Perkins
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.904kg
ISBN:  

9780195144178

ISBN 10:   0195144171
Pages:   562
Publication Date:   12 August 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

All chapters end with a summary. Foreword by Seymour B. Sarason Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: An Overview of Community Psychology What Is Community Psychology? What Isn't Community Psychology? Principles of Community Psychology Organization of Chapters PART 1. ORIGINS OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 1. Life Is a Soap Opera The Incidence and Prevalence of Problems in Living Institutionalized Population Outpatient Mental Health Care Alcohol and Substance Abuse Crime and Victims of Crime Problems of Children and Adolescents Medical Problems and Chronic Illnesses Box 1-1: Psychosocial Adaptation to Health Problems: The Case of Genital Herpes Disasters Marriage and Parenting Divorce Economics and Employment Leisure-Time and Value Changes Aloneness in American Society The Availability of Professional Care Problems of the Medical Model 2. The Origins of Community Psychology Origins of Mental Health Care in the Welfare System Community Mental Health Community Psychology Grows from Community Mental Health The Influence of Applied Social Psychology and the War on Poverty Current Issues in Community Mental Health Deinstitutionalization Box 2-1: Homelessness Community Alternatives to Hospitalization Box 2-2: Assertive Community Supports Minorities and Other Undeserved Groups Children and Adolescents PART 2. PERSPECTIVES IN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 3. A Conceptual Road Map of Community Psychology The Dohrenwend Model Stressful Life Events Person and Environment Outcomes Box 3-1: Poverty, Unemployment, and Social Problems Opportunities for Intervention Based on Dohrenwend's Model Crisis Intervention Intervention to Enhance Psychological Mediators Intervention to Enhance Situational Mediators Psychological Characteristics of the Person That Increase the Likelihood of a Stressful Life Event Situations That Increase the Risk of Stressful Events Preventing Stressful Life Events 4. The Ecological Analogy Ecology as a Paradigm A Paradigm Shift Box 4-1: Community Research from an Ecological Perspective Implications for the Research Enterprise Principles of Ecology Interdependence Cycling of Resources Adaptation; Niche Box 4-2: Behavior-Environment Congruence in Geel, Belgium Succession Box 4-3: The Boom in Hong Kong's Elderly Home Industry Mental Health and the Law Law as a Factor in the Ecological Analogy Adapting to Legal Change Box 4-4: Unforeseen Consequences of a Change in Child Protection Laws Ecology and Values Ecology and Practice 5. Five Psychological Conceptions of the Environment Social Environmental Influences on Behavior and Well-Being Perceived Social Climates Social Roles Social Capital: Community Cognitions, Behaviors, and Networks Physical Environmental Influences on Behavior and Well-Being The Socio-Physical Environment: Behavior Settings Box 5-1: The Fairweather Lodge Postscript: What Role Remains for Individual Differences? 6. Labeling Theory: An Alternative to the Illness Model The Social Context for the Development of Labeling Theory Principles of Labeling Theory Primary and Secondary Deviance Cultural Stereotypes and Labeling When is Residual Rule-Breaking Labeled? Diagnosis and Labeling Theory Behavior is Assimilated to the Label Stigma The Use of Law to Reduce Stigma Some Cautions 7. Adaptation, Crisis, Coping, and Support Adaptation Box 7-1: Research on Stressful Life Events Vulnerability: An Integrative Perspective Coping General Characteristics of Coping Box 7-2: Pollyanna and the Glad Game Stages in Crisis Situations Individual and Situational Differences in Coping Social Support Theory and Research Concerning Social Support Box 7-3: Coping and Support in the Context of Culture New Directions in Research on Social Support Box 7-4: Support Interventions for People with Disabilities PART 3. APPLICATIONS OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 8. Prevention Basic Concepts in Prevention Indicated (Secondary) Prevention The Primary Mental Health Project Box 8-1: Preventing Child Maltreatment: The Problem of False Positives Limitations of Indicated Prevention in Mental Health Universal and Selective (Primary) Prevention Competence Building Box 8-2: A Successful School Change Effort Prevention through Stepwise Risk Reduction Box 8-3: Head Start and Early Head Start: An Experiment in Selective Prevention Prevention of HIV/AIDS Schools as a Locus of Prevention Community-Based Health Promotion 9. Self-Help Groups Growth of Self-Help Groups Contemporary Reasons for Growth Types of Self-Help Groups The Nature of Self-Help Groups Dynamics of Self-Help Groups Self-Help and the Model of a Family How Self-Help Groups Work Self-Help and Ecological Concepts Are Self-Help Groups Effective? AA and Recovery from Alcoholism A Controlled Experiment Starting Self-Help Groups Advocacy Groups 10. The Problem of Change The Creation of New Settings Box 10-1: The Residential Youth Center (RYC) Change in Existing Settings Systems Theory First- and Second-Order Change Organizational Change, Development, and Learning Production and Satisfaction Goals The Social Context of Change Case Studies of Change in Existing Settings Changing a State Mental Hospital Court-Ordered Change in Caring for Persons with Mental Retardation Planned Change on a Statewide Level: The Texas Educational Miracle 11. School Desegregation: A Societal-Level Intervention Slavery, Segregation, and the Constitution The NAACP and Its Litigation Strategy Social Science Theory and Integration Successful Desegregation of the Schools--A Case Study After Desegregation Future Problems 12. Community Development and Social Action in Community Psychology The Politics of Problem Definition Blaming the Victim Paradox and Empowerment Competent Communities Community Development Social Action An Example of Social Action: The Love Canal Homeowners' Association Box 12-1: Center for Health, Environment, and Justice and the Environmental Justice Movement 13. Science, Ethics, and the Future of Community Psychology Ecology and Science The Ethics of Community Intervention Interdisciplinary Community Psychology Box 13-1: Applying the Ecological-Psychopolitical Model to One Domain: The Physical Environment Community Psychology Around the Globe References Names Index Subject Index

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Prior to this edition, this book was unrivaled for its scope and depth of the obvious and not-so-obvious psychological implications of what American communities are: what problems they face, how they do and do not change.This edition makes clearer than previous editions that this is more than a book about the American community. It is about America. --from the foreword by Seymour B. Sarason<br>

Author Information

Murray Levine is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. Douglas D. Perkins is Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. David V. Perkins is Professor of Psychology at Ball State University.

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