AJCP as a vehicle for improving community life: An historic-analytic review of the journal's contents Journal Article
| Authors: | Martin, P. P.; Lounsbury, D. W.; Davidson, W. S. 2nd |
| Article Title: | AJCP as a vehicle for improving community life: An historic-analytic review of the journal's contents |
| Abstract: | The current article is an analysis of the research represented in American Journal of Community Psychology (AJCP) from 1993 to 1998, including a comparison to two previously published analytic reviews by Lounsbury et al. (J. W. Lounsbury, D. S. Leader, E. P. Meares, & M. P. Cook, 1980) and Speer et al. (P. Speer, A. Dey, P. Griggs, C. Gibson, B. Lubin, & J. Hughey, 1992), respectively. Observed trends are examined with references to major epistemological frameworks and methods used to define community psychology. Four guiding principles were examined to determine the representation of the epistemological frameworks of the articles published in the journal. The frameworks include social action, human diversity and cultural relativity, person-environmental fit, and methodological procedures. The results document the transition of community psychology from its early beginnings to an independent field conducting research consistent with the values articulated at the Swampscott Conference. This paper also comments on how well, after three decades of publication, the journal has served as a vehicle for improving community life. |
| Keywords: | review; united states; research design; methodology; quality of life; psychology; practice guideline; history, 20th century; publishing; medical research; information dissemination; community; medical literature; medical documentation; methods; environmental factor; social behavior; coding; cultural anthropology; cultural diversity; species diversity; analytic review; community psychology; epistemology; social change |
| Journal Title: | American Journal of Community Psychology |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Issue: | 3-4 |
| ISSN: | 0091-0562 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Date Published: | 2004-12-01 |
| Start Page: | 163 |
| End Page: | 173 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10464-004-7412-6 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 15663204 |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Am. J. Community Psychol. -- Cited By (since 1996):13 -- Export Date: 16 June 2014 -- CODEN: AJCPC -- Source: Scopus |
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