Action Research, Methods and Measures in Community Psychology—2nd Edition
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 1981
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multidimensional well-being; gender issues; mattering; social justice; community psychology
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Interests: community trust; wellbeing; mattering; intimate partner violence; qualitative methodologies
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Interests: sense of responsible togetherness; civic engagement; social inclusion; migrants; climate changes; online-offline communities
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Interests: women’s and gender issues; migration; well-being
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In 2023, we launched a distinctive Special Issue, entitled “Action Research, Methods and Measures in Community Psychology”. This pioneering collection of seven papers provided insightful perspectives on various aspects of well-being within a community psychology context, addressing factors that bridge individual and collective dimensions, such as sense of community, trust, mattering, empowerment, hope, gender relations, and perceptions of justice.
To continue this momentum and further research within the community psychology framework, we are thrilled to announce the second edition of this Special Issue. This new edition is open to a wide variety of submissions, including empirical studies, reviews, meta-analyses, and brief reports. We welcome contributions employing any methodology and from researchers worldwide.
On these bases, this second Special Issue welcomes the submission of all contributions that, from the perspective of community psychology, offer research or intervention advances, such as the application of new measurement tools, correlational, longitudinal, and qualitative studies carried out with particular populations, and applications of intervention techniques aimed at the prevention and promotion of well-being.
Dr. Ciro Esposito
Dr. Immacolata Di Napoli
Prof. Dr. Fortuna Procentese
Prof. Dr. Caterina Arcidiacono
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- community psychology
- well-being
- empowerment
- trust
- mattering
- social justice
- gender issues
- hope
- civic engagement
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