Colleen S. Walsh, Terri N. Sullivan, Wendy L. Kliewer
{"title":"Longitudinal Associations Between Peer Risk and Promotive Factors and Exposure to Community Firearm Violence Among Black Adolescents","authors":"Colleen S. Walsh, Terri N. Sullivan, Wendy L. Kliewer","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70047","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Firearm violence is pervasive for Black early adolescents in disinvested urban communities. The current study used a subsample of a longitudinal school-based dataset (<i>N</i> = 479, ages 10–17, 100% Black), which included middle school students from three urban communities who completed surveys at two time points (Fall, Spring). Cross-lagged panel models were run to specify the directionality of relations between five firearm exposure items and four peer factors; multiple group models tested differences in paths by sex and by grade. Results indicated that community firearm violence exposure was associated with higher adolescent-reported peer delinquency and peer support for aggression; peer support for nonviolence with less exposure over time. Significant cross-lagged paths were identified for females and older adolescents, but less so for males and younger adolescents. Results may inform community-relevant firearm violence prevention, intervention efforts for middle-school adolescents living in disinvested communities with elevated community violence prevalence.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.70047","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145272354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Felipe Agudelo-Hernández, Helena Vélez-Botero, Laura Ines Plata-Casas
{"title":"Labour Inclusion for Recovery Among Individuals With Suicide Attempts in Colombia","authors":"Felipe Agudelo-Hernández, Helena Vélez-Botero, Laura Ines Plata-Casas","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70045","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To analyze the outcomes of a Community-Based Mental Health Rehabilitation intervention on loneliness, resilience, depressive symptoms, continuity of care, and psychosocial disability, and to compare the outcomes of municipalities that implemented labour inclusion strategies with those that employed alternative approaches. An analytical, longitudinal, quasi-experimental study with pre- and post-intervention design was conducted. 130 individuals participated in support groups and labour inclusion processes, framed within a community-based recovery strategy (community strengthening, QualityRights). The disability model explained 40.1% of the variance in psychosocial disability (adjusted R² = 0.401), while the labour disability model was refined through four iterations, with the final model explaining 12.6% of the total variance (adjusted R² = 0.120). At the intervention level, large to moderate effect sizes were observed across all proposed scales. Furthermore, municipalities that incorporated labour inclusion were associated with better outcomes. Psychosocial variables improved through community strengthening, system reinforcement, and recognition of human rights.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145272355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disentangling the Role of Migration Background and SES in Student-Expected Interpersonal Teacher Behavior","authors":"Iris Boer, Duco Veen, Fenella Fleischmann, Jochem Thijs","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70040","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We investigated student-expected differences in teachers' interpersonal behavior toward fictitious classmates with different migration and socioeconomic backgrounds, with teacher beliefs as potential moderators. Sixty-eight teachers (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 41.55, 70.6% female), and 1186 students in Grades 4–6 (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 10.17, 47.8% girls) participated. A conjoint experiment systematically investigated the relative effects of classmates' migration background and socioeconomic characteristics (parental income, education, and the child's favorite hobby) on students' expectations of teachers' nice and angry behavior toward those classmates. Bayesian posterior distributions of Marginal Means were calculated for each child characteristic. Students expected teachers to behave more positively toward children with poor (vs. rich) parents, high-educated (vs. low-educated) parents, and with reading (vs. playing games) as favorite hobby. A child's migration background and teachers' beliefs about multiculturalism and meritocracy were not linked to student-expected interpersonal behaviors. According to students, teachers mainly differentiate in their interpersonal behavior based on the socioeconomic characteristics of children.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.70040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145111141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceptions of Mental Health, Shame and Help-Seeking Among Sikhs in the UK: A National Survey","authors":"Supreet Uppal, Opinderjit Takhar, Ranjit Khutan, Niall Galbraith","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70043","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To understand UK Sikh community's perceptions of mental health shame, their attitudes towards mental health causes, treatments and help-seeking and the characteristics associated with these perceptions. An anonymous, online survey collected views from 1001 Sikh respondents on the causes and treatments for mental health (MH) difficulties and perceived barriers to help-seeking. The Attitudes to Mental Health Problems (ATMHP) questionnaire also measured respondents' perceptions of external, internal and reflected mental health-related shame. Respondents mostly endorsed biopsychosocial causes of MH difficulties and most viewed psychology/psychiatry/counselling, social and spiritual support as the main treatments. Shame, stigma and nonacceptance were seen as barriers to seeking help. Compared to previous UK surveys using the ATMHP, our Sikh respondents scored more strongly on most dimensions of MH shame compared to the general population or to students; they tended to score similarly or higher on MH shame compared to a previous ATMHP survey of UK South Asians. Internal shame was higher in single, younger people. Those inclined to help others perceived more negative MH attitudes within their community. Higher internal shame, higher perceived external family shame, and higher perceived negative community attitudes to MH were found in those who had had previous MH problems themselves. Within this generally young sample, perceptions of MH shame within communities/families were quite high, as was internalised shame. Such attitudes pose a significant barrier to MH help-seeking. These findings highlight the need for culturally sensitive MH services for the UK Sikh population.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.70043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145037961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily Lemon, Luis Serrano Laguna, Kathleen Mera Nieto, Jonathan Peraza-Campos, Kenia Lozado, Yesnely A. Flores, Jyoti Kaneria, Leticia Morales, Briana Woods-Jaeger
{"title":"“Just Being Connected, It's Like a Way of Resisting”: Latinx Youth Strengthening Cultural Ties as Resilience and Resistance in the Deep South","authors":"Emily Lemon, Luis Serrano Laguna, Kathleen Mera Nieto, Jonathan Peraza-Campos, Kenia Lozado, Yesnely A. Flores, Jyoti Kaneria, Leticia Morales, Briana Woods-Jaeger","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70041","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Over the last decade, a range of research has demonstrated the detrimental impacts of policies criminalizing migration (“crimmigration”) on Latinx mental health. In this study, we seek to examine youth perspectives on how crimmigration policies affect Latinx adolescents' connections to Latinx identity, culture, and communities and the implications for Latinx youth mental health. We explored how immigration enforcement policies affect Latinx youths' mental health using photovoice with ten youth in a high-deportation county in Atlanta in 2022. We held eight photo-elicited sessions using SHOWED/VENCER, a bilingual guide to elicit critical dialogue. Sessions were transcribed and coded for analysis, which included describing, comparing, and categorizing coded data into themes. We identified two parallel processes to describe how crimmigration policies affect Latinx youth cultural and community connections: (1) exclusionary spaces exert pressure to assimilate and bring emotional costs, (2) inclusive spaces for Latinx youth strengthen their cultural identity and connection to Latinx culture and community, promoting resilience and resistance. In their own words, youth described assimilation as a pressure that isolated them from their communities and included the adoption of a worldview that Latinx people have to prove they are worthy of citizenship and its benefits and explained how this was influenced by crimmigration policies. Furthermore, youth found resisting assimilation by preserving their culture was an important way of strengthening resilience against ongoing oppression. These important findings should shape future research and intervention in Latinx youth mental health by addressing crimmigration policies and promoting cultural assets for Latinx youth.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145022201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Community Connection and Loneliness in Canada","authors":"Kristi Baerg MacDonald, Julie Aitken Schermer","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70042","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The purpose of this study was to examine how loneliness relates to community size, participation and attitudes. We conducted two studies using three large-scale Canadian datasets (total <i>N</i> = 20,071). Community size was determined by census postal code areas, and loneliness, community participation and attitudes were evaluated by self-report ratings. In each cross-sectional study, we use correlations, multiple regression and one-way ANOVA analyses to evaluate the relationship of loneliness to urban–rural communities, group participation and ratings of connection and belongingness. In both studies, lower loneliness was predicted by higher feelings of connection in one's community. People who participated in groups were also less lonely, but the relationship was weak. Only Study 2 results showed a pattern of relationship between loneliness and urban/rural categories; participants living in urban communities identified higher loneliness. Attitudes about community connection are important predictors of loneliness where more physical variables of participation and size have a much smaller relationship. Measurement limitations and community characteristics are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.70042","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145012818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Religious-Tailoring of Mental Health Services in Ontario: A Qualitative Study Exploring Service User and Provider Recommendations","authors":"Syed Faruk, Muhammad Asadullah, A. Ka Tat Tsang","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70036","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aimed to explore the experiences of Muslim mental health service users and providers in Ontario, Canada. With a focus on understanding mental health service barriers and facilitators, the research also sought to identify service user and provider recommendations and highlight the capacity for addressing gaps within service utilization and delivery by adopting religious tailoring with the Muslim community. This was carried out through a CBPAR approach to conduct diverse focus groups with Muslim service users and service providers across Ontario, Canada. The results indicate mistrust towards Eurocentric models, cultural stigma, and insufficient provision of religiously and culturally congruent care significantly hinder engagement. Nevertheless, religious tailoring—incorporating elements such as Imams, faith-based counseling, and community-based interventions—emerges as an effective strategy to overcome these challenges. The study powerfully emphasizes the success of integrating mental health services within mosques and Muslim-led organizations, equipping Imams with skills in psychospiritual counseling, and weaving Islamic coping mechanisms into therapeutic practices. The study concludes with 11 practical recommendations based upon service user and provider suggestions that can empower policymakers, practitioners, and Muslim communities to enhance mental health accessibility and encourage meaningful engagement.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.70036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144935287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melissa A. Kull, Anne F. Farrell, Monette Ferguson, Arumani Coleman, Elizabeth DePentu
{"title":"Parent, Staff, and Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementation of a Housing Support Initiative in a Head Start Program","authors":"Melissa A. Kull, Anne F. Farrell, Monette Ferguson, Arumani Coleman, Elizabeth DePentu","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70038","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study used a qualitative research design to investigate the key components, infrastructure, processes, and facilitators involved in the implementation of <i>Pathways Home Early Childhood</i>, a housing support pilot program implemented within a Head Start grantee for families facing homelessness, as well as how participating parents experienced the program. We held parent interviews, a staff focus group, and stakeholder interviews with a total of 22 informants, followed by thematic analysis and a member-checking group. Findings include salient guidance for similar efforts to screen for homelessness and provide support and navigation to families. Themes included positive and negative experiences of families in obtaining housing; infrastructure needed to develop and sustain a housing program within Head Start; critical factors for successful implementation; and economic and psychological benefits for enrolled families. These findings are consistent with limited prior research on housing voucher programs for families with children and point to opportunities for program refinement and future evaluation efforts.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144934964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily McDougal, Ayesha Sheikh, Ediane Santana de Lima, S. Tanya Lereya, Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Jessica Deighton, Tim Hobbs, Peter Fonagy, Abigail Thompson
{"title":"Rural Community-Based Interventions to Improve the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People: A Rapid Scoping Review of the Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence","authors":"Emily McDougal, Ayesha Sheikh, Ediane Santana de Lima, S. Tanya Lereya, Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Jessica Deighton, Tim Hobbs, Peter Fonagy, Abigail Thompson","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70037","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study synthesised evidence on community-based interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in rural and remote locations. Scoping review methodology was employed. Searches of six databases were conducted. Titles and abstracts (<i>N</i> = 6457) were screened against inclusion and exclusion criteria, followed by full text screening (<i>N</i> = 61). Twelve publications reporting 10 unique interventions were identified. Interventions varied in design and delivery, with the majority targeting adolescents and focusing on either prevention (e.g., suicide) or improvement of mental health or wellbeing. Themes identified in the synthesis of intervention outcomes included mood and self-esteem, resilience and coping, and belonging and social connectedness. Barriers and facilitators to intervention implementation were also identified. Initial evidence suggests positive impacts on youth mental health, wellbeing, and community relationships. However, further research into rural community-based interventions is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.70037","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144920621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bailey Holmes Spencer, Terrinieka W. Powell, Nancy Adane, Andrea Hwang, Emily Davie, Tosheania M. Phoenix, Bianca D. Smith
{"title":"Acceptability and Improvement of a Library-Based Substance Use Prevention Intervention","authors":"Bailey Holmes Spencer, Terrinieka W. Powell, Nancy Adane, Andrea Hwang, Emily Davie, Tosheania M. Phoenix, Bianca D. Smith","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70035","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Youth affected by household challenges are more susceptible to early substance use and are more than twice as likely to develop a substance use disorder later in adulthood than their peers. Despite the considerable need, effective, community-based substance use prevention programs are limited and may not address the current needs of youth, specifically for Black youth. Better Together is an age-appropriate, culturally relevant intervention designed to prevent substance use among Black youth exposed to household challenges. The newly created intervention is intended to be delivered in partnership with libraries. This study describes the process used to assess the acceptability and improvement of the Better Together Intervention. A total of 23 individuals (i.e., 9 librarians, 6 parents, and 8 youth) participated in focus groups. In terms of acceptability, participants found Better Together to be clear, relatable, and well-organized. They made five recommendations for improvements. Steps to revise the intervention based on participant responses and assess feasibility are discussed.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144814657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}