Welcome Community Psychology Students!¶
What is Community Psychology?¶
Community Psychologists consider how community intersects with the well-being of people.
Approaches to the Field¶
The study or application of:¶
- the well-being of communities
- empowerment
- activism, organising
- social justice
- what people understand about their own well-being & the well-being of their communities
- participatory & community-based action research
- cultural humility
- how communities shape the well-being of people ↔ how people shape the well-being of communities
- ecological models
- relationships
- healing
- how people define and relate to their communities
- diversity
- inclusion
- equity
- marginalization
Common Concepts in the Field¶
(Click on concepts to learn more - links will open external sources in a new tab )
- psicología de la liberación / liberation psychology
- decolonization / descolonización
- pedagogy of the oppressed / pedagogia do oprimido
- intersectionality (& Black feminist theories)
- social & feminist models of disability
- transnational feminism
- critical race theories
- arts-based, solidarity, & participatory methodologies
- Indigenous epistemologies
- social constructivism
- ecological systems models
- praxis
- reflexivity
Quick links to learn more¶
CommunityPsychology.com
Read more at the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA)'s informational website.
InternationalCommunityPsychology.com
Check out the projects of International Community Psychologists (ICP), including a podcast, youtube channel, and website of resources.
Introduction to Community Psychology: Becoming an Agent of Change
Access a free, online book introducing the field by Leonard A. Jason; Olya Glantsman; Jack F. O'Brien; and Kaitlyn N. Ramian (Editors).
scra27.org
Get updates on conferences, job postings, and networking opportunities with other students and professionals of community psychology in SCRA (Division 27).
The British Psychological Society - Community Psychology Section
The Community Psychology section of the British Psychological Society has an interactive page on the field and history of community psychology.
Can I contribute content to this wiki?¶
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