American Journal of Community Psychology

Description

The American Journal of Community Psychology publishes original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; theoretical papers; empirical reviews; reports of innovative community programs or policies; and first person accounts of stakeholders involved in research, programs, or policy.

This journal features research, theory, and descriptions of innovative interventions on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to:

• individual, family, peer, and community mental health, physical health, and substance use


• risk and protective factors for health and well being


• educational, legal, and work environment processes, policies, and opportunities


• social ecological approaches, including the interplay of individual family, peer, institutional, neighborhood, and community processes


• social welfare, social justice, and human rights


• social problems and social change


• program, system, and policy evaluations


• understanding people within their social, cultural, economic, geographic, and historical contexts