Emanuelle M. Dias, Timothy J. Walker, Derek W. Craig, Robert Gibson, Jacob Szeszulski, Heather M. Brandt, Hiluv Johnson, Andrea Lamont, Abraham Wandersman, Maria E. Fernandez
{"title":"Examining readiness for implementing practice changes in federally qualified health centers: A rapid qualitative study","authors":"Emanuelle M. Dias, Timothy J. Walker, Derek W. Craig, Robert Gibson, Jacob Szeszulski, Heather M. Brandt, Hiluv Johnson, Andrea Lamont, Abraham Wandersman, Maria E. Fernandez","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23041","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23041","url":null,"abstract":"Implementing evidence-based interventions remains slow in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). The purpose of this study is to qualitatively examine the R = MC2 (Readiness = motivation × innovation specific capacity × general capacity) heuristic subcomponents in the context of implementing general and colorectal cancer screening (CRCS)-related practice changes in FQHCs. We conducted 17 interviews with FQHC employees to examine (1) experiences with successful or unsuccessful practice change efforts, (2) using approaches to promote CRCS, and (3) opinions about R = MC2 subcomponents. We conducted a rapid qualitative analysis to examine the frequency, depth, and spontaneity of subcomponents. Priority, compatibility, observability (motivation), intra- and interorganizational relationships (innovation-specific capacity), and organizational structure and resource utilization (general capacity) emerged as highly relevant. For example, organizational structure was described as related to an organization's open communication during meetings to help with scheduling procedures. The results contribute to understanding organizational readiness in the FQHC setting and can be helpful when identifying and prioritizing barriers and facilitators that affect implementation.","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23041","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10322844","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":"Effect of social cohesion on crime control strategies among rural dwellers in Nigeria","authors":"Gbadebo Fatai Adeleke, Musediq Olufemi Lawal, Folake Olubunmi Lanre-Babalola, Temitayo Oluwakemi Akinpelu","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23042","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23042","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examined how social cohesion variables, SCV are associated with effective crime control strategies, CCS in Nigeria's rural areas. With mixed-methods, we collected data from 3408 participants and 12 interviewees in 48 rural areas; the results showed that strong SCV indirectly hindered an effective CCS. Significant correlation was found between SCV and CCS. The SCV are shared emotions, strong-family and religious-ties, mutual-trust, communal cohesion, well-articulated common information network, and longstanding age-group bond. The CCS adopted by the law enforcement agents were largely ineffective; these strategies are indiscriminate arrest or search with/without warrant, secret deployment of informants, liaising with local security guards and prompt documentation of cases. Other strategies include monitoring crime black-spots, collaboration among different security agencies, awareness programs and strong community-police relationship. There is a need for public awareness about the negative effects of communal bond on crime control to have a crime-free society in Nigeria.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10322842","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":"The complex role of the community in the determination of well-being and hope among divorced Muslim women","authors":"Ruba Abu-Ras, Yael Itzhaki-Braun","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23037","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23037","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on social capital theory, in the current study, we examined the contribution of background variables (education and living with/without parents), a personal resource (religiosity), and two communal resources (a sense of community, and both positive and negative societal conditional regard) to the well-being and hope of divorced women from the Muslim community in Israel. The study included 125 women between the ages of 20 and 60 (<i>M</i> = 36, SD = 9.10). A path analysis model indicated a sense of community as a protective factor that directly contributed to well-being and hope and also mediated positively between education and religiosity and between well-being and hope. However, societal conditional negative regard (SCNR) made a negative contribution to well-being and hope, both directly and indirectly via the sense of community. In the discussion, we highlight the conflict experienced by Muslim divorced women: between remaining part of the Muslim community and undergoing SCNR.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23037","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9968981","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}
Claudia Uebler, Kathrin J. Emmerdinger, Albert Ziegler, Heidrun Stoeger
{"title":"Dropping out of an online mentoring program for girls in STEM: A longitudinal study on the dynamically changing risk for premature match closure","authors":"Claudia Uebler, Kathrin J. Emmerdinger, Albert Ziegler, Heidrun Stoeger","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23039","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23039","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Premature closure of mentoring relationships decreases positive effects of mentoring or can even lead to negative effects for mentees. Past studies retrospectively investigated mechanisms of premature match closure. However, a deeper understanding of the dynamics that lead to premature match closure is still missing. In our study, we longitudinally examined the preprogram characteristics, program adherence, as well as program communication and networking behavior of girls (<i>N</i> = 901, <i>M</i> = 13.80 years) who took part in a 1-year online mentoring program in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), comparing girls who dropped out of the program prematurely (<i>N</i> = 598) with girls who were considered as non-dropouts (<i>N</i> = 303). We used survival analysis methods to simultaneously analyze time-independent characteristics and time-dependent dynamics of mentees' communication and networking behavior. Besides mentees' interest in STEM and compliance with program specifications, a frequent and steady communication with their mentors decreased the risk for premature match closure, especially, if it focused on STEM. Mentors' mentoring experience, mentees' program-wide networking and their networking with other mentees reduced the risk for premature match closure. Regarding the STEM focus of networking, we found competing influences, which need to be further explored in future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9288761","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}
Bianca Lafreniere, Élodie C. Audet, Frank Kachanoff, N. Keita Christophe, Anne C. Holding, Lauren Janusauskas, Richard Koestner
{"title":"Gender differences in perceived racism threat and activism during the Black Lives Matter social justice movement for Black young adults","authors":"Bianca Lafreniere, Élodie C. Audet, Frank Kachanoff, N. Keita Christophe, Anne C. Holding, Lauren Janusauskas, Richard Koestner","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23043","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23043","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A longitudinal study involving 455 Black young adults living in Canada investigated whether gender and autonomous motivation influenced the relationship between perceived racism threat and Black Lives Matter (BLM) activism, and whether BLM activism influenced life satisfaction over time. A moderated mediation analysis using PROCESS Macro Model 58 tested the indirect effect of autonomous motivation on the relationship between perceived racism threat and BLM activism varying by gender. Multiple linear regression assessed how well BLM activism predicted life satisfaction. Black women perceived greater racism threat than Black men related to increases in BLM activism via the influence of autonomous motivation. BLM activism had a positive influence on life satisfaction over time, regardless of gender. This research suggests Black young women are playing pivotal roles in the BLM movement and helps us understand how motivation may be influencing involvement and well-being in social justice issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9968982","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":"Exploring how naturally occurring mentorships emerge within a Mexican cultural context","authors":"Aaron Stewart Baker Cervantes, Tiffeny R. Jiménez","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23040","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23040","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Natural youth mentoring focuses on cross-age relationships that develop organically outside the construct of youth programs. In the United States, research has demonstrated the positive impact of these mentorships and scholars have applied natural concepts to formal mentoring schema. Little work has been done to examine how these relationships emerge and the factors that impact their development. This study, designed in partnership with a school in rural México, aimed to unpack these questions using grounded theory. Participants were students, alumni, and teachers. Data were collected through semistructured interviews. Findings indicate that despite adults' interest to create mentorships, adolescents and emerging adults will likely not be receptive until they are cognitively and emotionally ready. This study illuminated three factors of readiness—inhibitors, promoters, and activators—which contribute to this state of readiness at which point engagement with an adult seems to elevate from the typical bounds of youth–adult relationships to the natural mentorship level.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9288762","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":"Correction to Exploring social-emotional learning, school climate, and social network analysis","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23036","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23036","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Maria Xu, Marisa MacDonnell, Angela Wang, Maurice J. Elias. <i>Journal of Community Psychology</i>, 51, 84–102.</p><p>The authors of Xu et al. (<span>2023</span>) have supplied the following correction to their article.</p><p>The paper stated that Hypothesis 1 (Peer leaders will increase in Closeness and Indegree centrality) and that Hypothesis 2 (Students overall will increase in Closeness and Indegree centrality) were supported while Hypothesis 3 (Peer leaders will have greater centrality values than students overall at the end of the year) was not. This was an incorrect reporting of the conclusions. Hypothesis 1 was not supported while Hypothesis 2 and Hypothesis 3 were supported. The resulting change is reflected below in the corrected paragraph.</p><p>Hypothesis 2 and Hypothesis 3 were supported by the paired permutation <i>t</i>-tests and permutation <i>t</i>-tests. Hypothesis 1 was not. It makes sense that Ambassadors and students would have significantly different scores between them at the beginning of the intervention as well as the end of the intervention because Ambassadors were chosen by their peers to be student leaders. To be chosen as a student leader suggests that they were already influential students. Students over all did increase in influence as suggested by our theory of diffusion, but Ambassadors did not increase in influence overall. This may be due to a ceiling effect where student leaders could have not grown more in influence because they were already near the top of influence in the first place. The maintenance of higher influence suggests that even though they did not grow in influence, Ambassadors still maintained a critical role within the community even at the end of the year.</p><p>The authors sincerely apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10479969/pdf/JCOP-51-2319.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10178413","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}
Arturo Soto-Nevarez, Mary Abo, Mackenzie Hudson, Ted Bobak, Leonard A. Jason
{"title":"Lived experiences of Oxford House residents prescribed medication-assisted treatment","authors":"Arturo Soto-Nevarez, Mary Abo, Mackenzie Hudson, Ted Bobak, Leonard A. Jason","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23038","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23038","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Qualitative studies have examined the recovery experiences of individuals prescribed medication-assisted treatment (MAT), including their experiences within treatment facilities. However, the literature lacks qualitative studies exploring the recovery process of individuals prescribed MAT while living in recovery housing, such as Oxford House (OH). The purpose of this study was to explore how OH residents, who are prescribed MAT, make sense of recovery. The fact that OHs are drug-free recovery housing is what makes the issue of using MATs potentially contentious in these settings. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used to document the lived experiences of individuals prescribed MAT in OH. The sample included: five women and three men, prescribed either methadone or Suboxone, that were living in an OH in the United States. Participants were interviewed on four topics: their recovery process, their transition to OH, and their experience living in and outside of an OH. Analysis of results followed the recommendations for IPA from Smith, Flowers, and Larkin. Four general themes emerged from the data: Recovery Process, Managing Logistics of MAT Utilization, Personal Development, and Familial Values. In conclusion, individuals prescribed MAT did benefit from living in an OH to manage their recovery as well as stay compliant with their medication.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9968976","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}
Andrew Pomerville, Rachel E. Wilbur, Tony V Pham, Cheryl A. King, Joseph P. Gone
{"title":"Behavioral health services in Urban American Indian Health Programs: Results from six site visits","authors":"Andrew Pomerville, Rachel E. Wilbur, Tony V Pham, Cheryl A. King, Joseph P. Gone","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23035","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23035","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores behavioral health services for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) at six Urban Indian Health Programs (UIHPs). Interviews and focus groups with clinicians and staff inquired about behavioral health treatment available, service needs, client population, and financial and staffing challenges. Resulting site profiles were created based on focused coding and integrative memoing of site visit field notes and respondent transcripts. These six UIHPs evidenced diversity across multiple facets of service delivery even as they were united in their missions to provide accessible and effective behavioral health treatment to urban AIAN clients. Primary challenges to service provision included heterogenous client populations, low insurance coverage, limited provider knowledge, lack of resources, and incorporation of traditional healing. Collaborative research with UIHPs harbors the potential to recognize challenges, identify solutions, and share best practices across this crucial network of health care sites for improving urban AIAN well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9971945","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}
Shannon M. Varga, Mark Vincent B. Yu, Haley E. Johnson, Valerie Futch Ehrlich, Nancy L. Deutsch
{"title":"“It's going to help me in life”: Forms, sources, and functions of social support for youth in natural mentoring relationships","authors":"Shannon M. Varga, Mark Vincent B. Yu, Haley E. Johnson, Valerie Futch Ehrlich, Nancy L. Deutsch","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23045","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23045","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Social support is associated with positive physical and psychological health outcomes for youth. We took a qualitative approach to examine the sources, forms, and functions of social support youth receive from natural mentoring relationships in their lives. Based on in-depth interviews with 40 adolescents participating in a study of youth–adult relationships and natural mentoring processes, we found that (1) different types of adults had the capacity to provide different types of support and were likely to provide overlapping supports; (2) emotional, informational, and instrumental support qualitatively differed depending on the adult's role (e.g., teacher), while companionship and validation were consistent across adults; and (3) youth were able to identify benefits attached to the social support received from adults. Our findings contribute to a more nuanced understanding of aspects and characteristics of effective youth–adult mentoring processes and call for fuller assessments of social support in youths' lives so we may better meet their developmental needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9319433","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}