Citation

Trickett EJ. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2009; 60: 395-419.

Affiliation

Community & Prevention Research Division, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA. trickett@uic.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Annual Reviews)

DOI

10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163517

PMID

19035828

Abstract

Community psychology has historically focused on understanding individual behavior in sociocultural context, assessing high-impact contexts, and working in and with communities to improve their resources and influence over their futures. This review adopts an ecological perspective on recent developments in the field, beginning with philosophy of science and progressing through a series of substantive research and intervention domains that characterize current work. These domains include research on the ecology of lives, the assessment of social settings and their impact on behavior, culture and diversity as expressed in the community research process, and community intervention.

Language: en