An important implication for community psychology is that knowledge in human psychology is contextual and best obtained in the everyday settings of communities
(cf. Price & Behrens, 2003; Stokes, 1997).
Community Psychology is a domain, which is concerned with how the individual effects and relates to the community. Community psychology creates an alternative view to how psychology was originally studied; it was developed in the 1960s as a result of disillusionment with the way psychology was treating mental health as they concentrated on treatment rather than prevention.
It is through collaborative research and action they gain to seek to understand and enhance quality of life. Community psychologists (CP) want to be able to apply what they …show more content…
Although there is a ‘Mature’ updated theory, which includes the proximal process developed in 1994. Jonathon R. H. (2009) et al found that out of 25 papers published between 2001 and 2008, only 4 used the mature form of the theory and appeared to have used it appropriately in their research. Campbell et al. (2002) and Tudge and his colleagues (2003) were examples of this. In the research conducted by Tudge proximal processes were assessed by observing each child in the study for a total of 20 hours. Personal characteristics, specifically developmentally instigative characteristics, were also assessed in parents and children. However Jonathon found misuses of Bronfenbrenners theory in those by (Weigel, Martin, & Bennett, 2005; Ying & Han, 2006; Yu & Stiffman, 2007). These focused primarily on contextual influences on development, although they also discussed individual influences. Some would argue that there is perhaps some justification for researchers to be unaware of some book chapters (e.g., Bronfenbrenner, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999) because they may not be as easily accessible as articles published in peer-reviewed …show more content…
Social justice is one of these; they look at issues like equality, peace, freedom as well as stewardship which is helping people feel like they belong, they encourage contribution to your communities and also want to make things last. They focus on the feeling of ‘belonging’ and construction of identity, generating distinctions between ‘us’ and ‘them’. Clifford R. O’Donnell and Roland Tharp justified this and conducted research where the adults in a small Native-American community (population 8000) were concerned with the emergence of youth gangs (Tharp & O’Donnell, 1994). After interviews they were able to construct some culturally compatible recommendations to address the concerns of both the adults and the youth. O’Donnell argues that this illustrated the importance of qualitative methods to work with people from different cultures and their potential for the development of a cultural community psychology. However some may argue that this method is too subjective and that quantitative research is needed to make the findings reliable, also cultural diversity is given service by words only, and guidelines have been developed to guard against ‘bias’ in research and practice (Sampson 1991), (John
(cf. Price & Behrens, 2003; Stokes, 1997).
Community Psychology is a domain, which is concerned with how the individual effects and relates to the community. Community psychology creates an alternative view to how psychology was originally studied; it was developed in the 1960s as a result of disillusionment with the way psychology was treating mental health as they concentrated on treatment rather than prevention.
It is through collaborative research and action they gain to seek to understand and enhance quality of life. Community psychologists (CP) want to be able to apply what they …show more content…
Although there is a ‘Mature’ updated theory, which includes the proximal process developed in 1994. Jonathon R. H. (2009) et al found that out of 25 papers published between 2001 and 2008, only 4 used the mature form of the theory and appeared to have used it appropriately in their research. Campbell et al. (2002) and Tudge and his colleagues (2003) were examples of this. In the research conducted by Tudge proximal processes were assessed by observing each child in the study for a total of 20 hours. Personal characteristics, specifically developmentally instigative characteristics, were also assessed in parents and children. However Jonathon found misuses of Bronfenbrenners theory in those by (Weigel, Martin, & Bennett, 2005; Ying & Han, 2006; Yu & Stiffman, 2007). These focused primarily on contextual influences on development, although they also discussed individual influences. Some would argue that there is perhaps some justification for researchers to be unaware of some book chapters (e.g., Bronfenbrenner, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999) because they may not be as easily accessible as articles published in peer-reviewed …show more content…
Social justice is one of these; they look at issues like equality, peace, freedom as well as stewardship which is helping people feel like they belong, they encourage contribution to your communities and also want to make things last. They focus on the feeling of ‘belonging’ and construction of identity, generating distinctions between ‘us’ and ‘them’. Clifford R. O’Donnell and Roland Tharp justified this and conducted research where the adults in a small Native-American community (population 8000) were concerned with the emergence of youth gangs (Tharp & O’Donnell, 1994). After interviews they were able to construct some culturally compatible recommendations to address the concerns of both the adults and the youth. O’Donnell argues that this illustrated the importance of qualitative methods to work with people from different cultures and their potential for the development of a cultural community psychology. However some may argue that this method is too subjective and that quantitative research is needed to make the findings reliable, also cultural diversity is given service by words only, and guidelines have been developed to guard against ‘bias’ in research and practice (Sampson 1991), (John