Su Yeong Kim, Yayu Du, Chantal Alvarado, Lester Sim, Wen Wen, Tianlu Zhang, Jingyi Shen
{"title":"Language Brokering Conditions the Indirect Association Between Mexican-Origin Adolescents' Academic Discrimination and Educational Expectations","authors":"Su Yeong Kim, Yayu Du, Chantal Alvarado, Lester Sim, Wen Wen, Tianlu Zhang, Jingyi Shen","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 <p>Mexican-origin adolescents, a significant portion of the US Latino population, often experience a decline in educational expectations from early to late adolescence. Contextual factors such as academic discrimination and language brokering for parents may contribute to this decline. This study investigates the indirect effect of academic discrimination experienced in middle school on educational expectations in young adulthood through high school grades and engagement, and the moderating role of language brokering experiences in these relations. Data were collected from 604 Mexican-origin adolescents across four waves from 2012 to 2023. Academic discrimination experiences in middle school were negatively associated with school grades in high school, which in turn were associated with lower educational expectations in young adulthood. A positive relationship with parents tied to language brokering functioned as a buffer, while stress from language brokering with parents exacerbated the association between academic discrimination and high school grades. The findings highlight the need to reduce academic discrimination experiences early in adolescence to prevent its long-term cascading adverse educational outcomes. Language brokering experiences offer new insights into how experiences in the family context converge with academic discrimination to have a lasting influence on academic outcomes in Mexican immigrant households.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.70033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144758524","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}
Amanda Isabel Osuna, Tiffany Williams, Jennifer M. Gómez, Estefania Grignon, Giulia Castaldelli, Joseph A. Hamm
{"title":"Examining the Generational Intersection of Interpersonal, Cultural, and Institutional Betrayal in Flint, Michigan","authors":"Amanda Isabel Osuna, Tiffany Williams, Jennifer M. Gómez, Estefania Grignon, Giulia Castaldelli, Joseph A. Hamm","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70032","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Betrayal, particularly within marginalized communities, is a complex experience with deep psychological and societal implications. This study explores the generational impacts of betrayal through the experiences of nine participants from three families in Flint, Michigan. Using a generational case study design, this study examines how interpersonal, cultural, and institutional betrayals coexist, evolve, and influence inter- and intra-personal community dynamics. Findings highlight the multilayered nature of betrayal, where systemic injustices affect cycles of mistrust and trauma across generations. Participants described institutional failures during the Flint Water Crisis as a pivotal betrayal, with subsequent experiences of racial and economic inequities compounding their pre-existing distrust. Despite these challenges, participants demonstrated resilience through personal faith, community initiatives, and efforts to promote inclusivity. This study contributes to our collective understanding of the dynamics of distrust and betrayal in marginalized communities and advocates for further research to explore broader, multi-city, and longitudinal perspectives.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144725629","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}
Joonyoung Park, Dawn P. Witherspoon, Mayra Y. Bámaca
{"title":"Exploring the Links Between Neighborhood Characteristics, Parental Monitoring, and Deviance Among Black and Latinx Adolescents in a New Destination Context","authors":"Joonyoung Park, Dawn P. Witherspoon, Mayra Y. Bámaca","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70031","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 <p>This study examined the moderating role of parental monitoring in the relation between neighborhood structural characteristics, social processes, and Black and Latinx youth's deviant behavior in new destination neighborhoods, areas with limited historical immigrant migration, and few co-ethnic immigrants reside. The study included 120 self-identified Black (<i>N</i> = 55) and Latinx (<i>N</i> = 65) youths and 120 corresponding caregivers. Path analysis and multi-group analysis were conducted to test the hypothesized relations. The results suggested that parental monitoring moderated the relation between adolescent neighborhood racial-ethnic concentration and adolescent deviant behavior (<i>β</i> = −0.21, <i>p</i> < 0.05). Furthermore, there was no difference in the relation between Black and Latinx youth's structural and perceived neighborhood characteristics, parental monitoring, and deviant behavior. Notably, parental monitoring had a stronger link to reducing Black youth's deviant behavior compared to Latinx youth. The findings provide a stepping stone for understanding Black and Latinx youth's development and the role of parenting and neighborhood social processes in new destination neighborhoods.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.70031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144725630","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}
José Sandoval-Díaz, Consuelo Suazo-Muñoz, Camila Navarrete-Valladares
{"title":"Community Resilience to Disaster Risk in Older Adults: Socio‑Community Attributes and Resilient Dimensions Produced via Participatory Strategies","authors":"José Sandoval-Díaz, Consuelo Suazo-Muñoz, Camila Navarrete-Valladares","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To analyze the relationship between the notion of community and community resilience of the elderly in the face of disaster risk processes. Community components and personal, contextual, and structural attributes of resilience were explored using a research-action design in seven communities of elderly people in Ñuble, Chile. Four key components were identified (objectives, resources, organization, and needs), with a remarkable diversity in the specific adaptive strategies of each community. While elderly people were revealed to have the capacity to cope with daily crises, they have limitations in their capacity to adapt to disasters. To understand community resilience of the elderly in the face of socio-natural disasters, it is crucial to precisely define the terms “community” and “community resilience,” taking a comprehensive and practical approach to disaster risk management that includes both crisis recovery as well as preparedness and adaptation to future disasters.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714863","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}
Miles Thompson, Ben Rosser, Eleanor Stone, Holly Parker, Eleanor Harrison-Wolff
{"title":"Exploring Participant-Generated Examples of Social Change: A Two-Stage, Mixed Methods, Delphi Study","authors":"Miles Thompson, Ben Rosser, Eleanor Stone, Holly Parker, Eleanor Harrison-Wolff","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Many of the critical challenges facing our world, especially concerning the climate and ecological emergencies, require social change. Community psychology has a longstanding relationship with social change, but our focus on it, frameworks around it, and ability to bring it about varies. This two-stage, mixed methods, Delphi study explores participant-generated examples of and responses to social change to help refocus our praxis at this time. The study gathered both participant-generated examples of social change (Stage 1, <i>n</i> = 190) and ratings of them (Stage 2, <i>n</i> = 232) in terms of significance and valence. A thematic analysis of the 52 examples from Stage 1 produced four themes: (i) Legal protections, rights and equality; (ii) technological impacts; (iii) global and domestic political events and governance; and (iv) societal beliefs and behaviour. In Stage 2, all 52 examples were viewed by participants as being significant. While most were viewed as positive, eight were neutral and six were negative. Meaningful differences were found between average scores across themes in terms of significance and valence. The discussion highlights the broad range of social changes, and their significance and valence variations. It then explores how these findings might build the potential contribution of community psychology in the arena of progressive social change against a global backdrop that needs such changes more than ever.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589597","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}
Louisa Anne Smyllie-Peters, Tim Gomersall, Mike Lucock
{"title":"Developing the Creative Communities Framework for Living Well With Serious Mental Illness: Findings From a Realist Evaluation","authors":"Louisa Anne Smyllie-Peters, Tim Gomersall, Mike Lucock","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To answer the research question how, why and in what context do community arts organisations establish a safe and empowering space that allows individuals with serious mental illness to engage with recovery processes. A realist evaluation was conducted between 2021 and 2023. This paper presents findings from primary data collection utilising arts elicitation interviews with 12 participants with serious mental illness at 2 time points. A further four realist interviews were conducted with workers from community organisations. Template analysis was the main analytical tool used to test and refine an initial programme theory, incorporating sub-analyses of visual and longitudinal data. Theory was developed that explains how the interactions between the lived experiences and community interventions creates a safe and empowering space. Six key ingredients were identified including (1) community setting; (2) creative activity; (3) consistent access; (4) choice over engagement; (5) shared lived experiences; (6) compassionate workers; forming the Creative Communities Framework. Creative communities present an alternative context to clinical spaces, to support individuals to live well with serious mental illness.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.70028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589592","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}
Linda Nesse, Bengt Eirik Karlsson, Marit Borg, Asbjørn Johannessen
{"title":"Everyone Is Welcome, Always: Self-Reported Benefits of Participation and Associations Between Sense of Engagement, Social Inclusion, and Life Satisfaction Among the Members of a Community Sports Team","authors":"Linda Nesse, Bengt Eirik Karlsson, Marit Borg, Asbjørn Johannessen","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Community sports teams are low-threshold arenas for involvement in physical activities with the potential to promote recovery among persons with experiences of mental health or substance use problems. This study focuses on a community sports team, Psykiatrialliansen (PA), based in Bergen, Norway, to explore how participation may relate to sense of engagement in everyday activities, social inclusion, and life satisfaction. A cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of members of PA (<i>N</i> = 57), with questions related to participation in activities, as well as measures of sense of engagement, social inclusion, and life satisfaction. In addition to descriptive statistics, the associations between sense of engagement, social inclusion, and life satisfaction were explored. Study participants reported being involved in a range of physical activities. Common self-reported benefits related to mental health, physical health, friendships, and leisure. Sense of engagement, social inclusion, and life satisfaction were significantly positively associated. The results indicate that participation in community sports may be linked with connectedness, belonging, and well-being.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589649","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":"Probing Social Support and Self-Disclosure Within Chinese Online Domestic Violence Support Groups: Leveraging Multiple Machine Learning Approaches","authors":"Zizhong Zhang","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines how domestic violence victims can effectively disclose their experiences in online support groups to receive meaningful support, and how community members can provide that support. Analyzing 3455 posts and 55,787 replies from Chinese domestic violence support groups using BERT model, it classifies support types and explores the relationship between disclosure topics, emotional expression, and support types through structural topic modeling and logistic regression. Findings suggest that verbal-violence disclosures receive more emotional support, and expressions of sadness and positive emotions foster empathy. The research provides practical insights for online domestic violence interventions by demonstrating how disclosure topics and emotional expressions influence social support dynamics in Chinese online communities, thereby extending understanding of domestic violence discourse beyond a Western context.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144482082","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}
Megha Garg, Mellissa S. Gordon, Christine McCauley Ohannessian
{"title":"Parent–Child Communication and Early Adolescents' Coping Strategies: Mediating Role of Sibling Relationship","authors":"Megha Garg, Mellissa S. Gordon, Christine McCauley Ohannessian","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70026","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To examine whether parent–child communication, measured separately for mothers and fathers, directly influences the coping strategies (active, distraction, and problem-focused) used by early adolescents, and whether this association was mediated by sibling support. Parent–child relationship has been found to influence the coping strategies that children use. Additionally, according to Family Systems theory, sibling relationships are an integral part of children's positive development. Therefore, it is possible that sibling support mediates the association between parent–child communication and children's coping strategies. Data for this project were taken from a large-scale longitudinal study and were collected from <i>N</i> = 1561 adolescents (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 12.75). Results suggested that parent–adolescent communication had a significant direct impact on all three coping strategies. Furthermore, sibling support partially mediated the relationship between parent–adolescent communication and all three coping strategies. Along with parents, siblings are also a source of socialization for adolescents and have implications for their development.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144367516","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":"How Intergenerational Social Capital Similarity Explains the Effects of Parental Socioeconomic Status on Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Examination Based on China Family Panel Studies Data","authors":"Haoran Wang, Mengtong Li, Dongmei Huang","doi":"10.1002/jcop.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although extensive research has supported the impact of parental socioeconomic status (SES) on adolescents' depression, the mechanisms underlying this process remain unclear. Social capital, the set of normative resources derived from social integration (including social trust, reciprocity, and social networks), is intergenerationally transmissible and has a significant influence on adolescent development. As such, we explored whether parent–child social capital similarity mediates the effects of family SES on depressive symptoms in adolescents (<i>i.e., family SES → parental social capital → adolescent social capital → adolescents' depressive symptoms</i>) across various indicators of SES. Data from the 2020 China Family Panel Studies survey spanning 2,671 adolescents (aged 10–18) and their parents were analyzed using the actor-partner interdependence mediation model. Results showed that the impact of family SES on adolescents' depressive symptoms was mediated by the social capital similarity between mothers and adolescents (<i>maternal social capital → adolescent social capital</i>), but not by the social capital similarity between fathers and adolescents. Overall, we found evidence supporting the said mediation mechanism of parent–child similarity in social beliefs (i.e., social capital) in mothers, but not fathers. The current findings suggest that mother–child similarity in social beliefs could serve as a potential explanatory mechanism and possible intervening target for depression during adolescence. Moreover, the findings have vital implications in that they could inform the development of targeted interventions to mitigate SES-related mental health disparities among the youth population, thus improving quality of life.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"53 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144292587","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}