Community Psychology in Global Perspective publishes work that is of relevance to community psychologists as well as scholars and professionals from a diverse array of other backgrounds with shared interested in community-focused work.
Community Psychology in Global Perspective is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to research, theory and intervention, and review articles exploring human interactions in community settings across the globe. Its special focus is on making explicit the ways in which culture acts as a framework organizing and guiding our experiences, utilizing ecological perspectives to enhance our understanding and promotion of individual and community well-being, and advancing work aimed at the creation of positive social change and social justice.
The journal is international in scope, reflecting the main concerns of social scientists and community practitioners worldwide. Community Psychology in Global Perspective welcomes contributions from a variety of theoretical approaches across disciplines (psychology, sociology, political sciences, urban planning, social work and others), although it especially encourages submissions of field-based, culturally situated research and intervention.
The content of the journal includes:
Research articles that report empirical qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies relevant to community psychology theory, method, and practice. The focus on qualitative research within a psychological frame will be a specific innovative contribution to the social science research.
Review articles that survey theoretical developments or topics of major interest.
Practice issues that present brief reports by practitioners or action researchers, which describe interesting developments and interventions or which address matters of professional and public relevance.
Contributions are invited on all aspects of Community Psychology, including, but not limited to: Community research methods · Participatory action research · Prevention & Wellbeing · Community program evaluation · Community development · Power & Empowerment · Active citizenship & Collective action · Minorities & Social inclusion · Gender · Migration & Intercultural relations · Social justice · Critical community psychology · Ecological clinical intervention
Community Psychology is an open access journal, free of charge to authors, and published online twice per year.
Community Psychology in Global Perspective is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to research, theory and intervention, and review articles exploring human interactions in community settings across the globe. Its special focus is on making explicit the ways in which culture acts as a framework organizing and guiding our experiences, utilizing ecological perspectives to enhance our understanding and promotion of individual and community well-being, and advancing work aimed at the creation of positive social change and social justice.
The journal is international in scope, reflecting the main concerns of social scientists and community practitioners worldwide. Community Psychology in Global Perspective welcomes contributions from a variety of theoretical approaches across disciplines (psychology, sociology, political sciences, urban planning, social work and others), although it especially encourages submissions of field-based, culturally situated research and intervention.
The content of the journal includes:
Research articles that report empirical qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies relevant to community psychology theory, method, and practice. The focus on qualitative research within a psychological frame will be a specific innovative contribution to the social science research.
Review articles that survey theoretical developments or topics of major interest.
Practice issues that present brief reports by practitioners or action researchers, which describe interesting developments and interventions or which address matters of professional and public relevance.
Contributions are invited on all aspects of Community Psychology, including, but not limited to: Community research methods · Participatory action research · Prevention & Wellbeing · Community program evaluation · Community development · Power & Empowerment · Active citizenship & Collective action · Minorities & Social inclusion · Gender · Migration & Intercultural relations · Social justice · Critical community psychology · Ecological clinical intervention
Community Psychology is an open access journal, free of charge to authors, and published online twice per year.
Readership
Community Psychologists · Clinical Psychologists · Social Scientists · Social Workers · Social Psychologists · Administrators · Community and Health Professionals · Urban and Community Planners · Ethnographers · Sociologists · Community Activists·
Indexing & Abstracting
Community Psychology in Global Perspective is covered by following indexing and abstracting databases:
Vol 9, No 2 (2023): Community Psychology in Global Perspective
e-ISSN: 2421-2113
Editor in chief: Terri Mannarini (University of Salento, Italy)
Associate Editors: Caterina Arcidiacono (Federico II University of Naples, Italy) - Anne E. Brodsky (University of Maryland Baltimore County - United States) - Christopher Sonn (Victoria University, Australia)
Assistant Editors: Evelyn De Simone (University of Salento, Italy) - Serena Verbena (University of Salento, Italy)
Critical psychosocial interventions: A scoping review | Details PDF |
Noxolo Dumani, Jade Morkel, Nick Malherbe, Josephine Cornell, Shahnaaz Suffla | 1-36 |
ʻĀina (land) as a leader: A scoping review of contemporary native Hawaiian literature | Details PDF |
Juliana Nanea Alden, Jackie Ng-Osorio, Ishmael Gomes, Susana Helm | 37-60 |
Coping with racism: Exploring experiences of the post-apartheid generation of Black students at an historically Whites-only university in South Africa | Details PDF |
Esi Hufft, Sharon Babalwa Sibanda | 61-83 |
A phenomenological study on the experiences of parents of substance users from resource-constrained contexts in the Western Cape, South Africa | Details PDF |
Seneca James, Serena Isaacs | 84-104 |
The intergenerational memory of a cultural heritage as a means of promoting citizens’ sense of community | Details PDF |
Concetta Papapicco, Francesca D'Errico, Giuseppe Mininni, Giovanna Leone | 105-124 |
Critical community psychology: The perceptions of UK undergraduate psychology students | Details PDF |
Miles Thompson, Zoe Thomas | 125-146 |

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e-ISSN: 2421-2113