Community psychology: linking individuals and communities
- 3rd ed.
- US Cengage Learning 2012
- xxxviii, 568p.
Helps students understand the concepts of community psychology and its history. Describe methods of community research and discusses how to understand communities from the perspectives of sense of community, coping, and social support. Also focuses on community programs and actions: preventing problem behavior and promoting social competence, citizen participation, organizing for community and social change, and program evaluation and development.