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Using community-based participatory research to contextualize Latino exposure to community violence: A mixed qualitative and spatial analysis approach. 以社区为基础的参与性研究将拉丁裔暴露于社区暴力：一种混合定性和空间分析方法。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70003

Kyle C Deane, Maureen T S Burns, Maryse H Richards, Catherine DeCarlo Santiago, Ogechi Cynthia Onyeka, Amanda White, Felix K So

{"title":"Using community-based participatory research to contextualize Latino exposure to community violence: A mixed qualitative and spatial analysis approach.","authors":"Kyle C Deane, Maureen T S Burns, Maryse H Richards, Catherine DeCarlo Santiago, Ogechi Cynthia Onyeka, Amanda White, Felix K So","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70003","url":null,"abstract":"While the relationship between community violence exposure and maladaptive outcomes has been established, the dynamic between violence exposure and resilience factors in youth is not well understood. The current study utilizes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework and employs a novel mixed-methods approach integrating quantitative geographic information systems (GIS) data and semi-structured qualitative focus groups to examine violence exposure, family functioning, and neighborhood characteristics, such as community assets, as experienced and reported by Latino adolescents. Participants (N = 40; age 12-18) included Mexican American youth residing in an urban area and were recruited based on their involvement in a youth organization. The youth-made maps and focus groups revealed that participants identified friends and family, social capital, and community engagement as safe and protective. However, the characterization of schools was more complicated and inconsistent. While schools appear to be sources of refuge and places to process neighborhood stressors for some youth, exposure to violence within and around school made them unsafe for others. Future studies and interventions, especially school safe passage programs, should consider a similar CBPR mixed-methods approach due to the precision of the GIS data and the youth voice brought by the qualitative methods.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144697378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The "Best of Both Worlds": Building a community-academic partnership for research with legal system-impacted individuals. “两全其美”：与受法律制度影响的个人建立社区-学术合作伙伴关系。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70004

Talia R Cohen, Karen Reece, Aaron Hicks, Deborah Mejchar, Carmen Alonso, Anthony Cooper, Michael R Koenigs, Daniel W Grupe

{"title":"The \"Best of Both Worlds\": Building a community-academic partnership for research with legal system-impacted individuals.","authors":"Talia R Cohen, Karen Reece, Aaron Hicks, Deborah Mejchar, Carmen Alonso, Anthony Cooper, Michael R Koenigs, Daniel W Grupe","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70004","url":null,"abstract":"Equitable community-academic research partnerships provide an innovative way to advance health outcomes among criminal legal system-impacted individuals. The extant literature lacks accounts that detail the process for developing such partnerships, particularly in community-based (rather than carceral) settings and with community organizations (rather than system actors). This First-Person Account-co-written by members of a research team consisting of academic researchers and community partners, including formerly incarcerated individuals-details opportunities and challenges that emerged through a year-long pilot project intended to adapt a mental health intervention for correctional settings. The narrow focus of this project expanded dramatically over the course of the year as team members adapted to working together and realized the potential for the sustained impact of a long-term collaboration. Key elements allowing for successful partnership development included (1) devoting time to building relationships in addition to \"doing business\"; (2) flexibility regarding the project aims and approach, which allowed for more equitable decision-making; and (3) striving to understand and trust each other's respective expertise, whether based in academic training or lived experiences. Our experiences translate core principles of community-based participatory research into concrete actions and practical examples of how to center the perspective of criminal legal system-impacted individuals.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144697377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Linking the religious and social environment to sexual minority mental health. 宗教和社会环境与性少数群体心理健康的关系

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-07-20 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70002

Nathan R Todd, Daniel M Nguyễn, Allyson M Blackburn, Raymond La, Seungju Kim

{"title":"Linking the religious and social environment to sexual minority mental health.","authors":"Nathan R Todd, Daniel M Nguyễn, Allyson M Blackburn, Raymond La, Seungju Kim","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70002","url":null,"abstract":"In the United States, mental health disparities persist between sexual minorities - people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other nonheterosexual identifications - and heterosexuals. Although research shows that structural stigma in one's environment may contribute to such disparities, little research has examined religious environment as a source of structural stigma for sexual minorities. Given historic and ongoing religious-based sexual minority stigma, such research is needed. Thus, we conducted a secondary analysis of the Household Pulse Survey (n = 824,900) to test whether facets of the religious environment (i.e., presence of places of worship and conservative Christian adherents in one's U.S. state of residence) are associated with anxiety and depression. We test if associations are stronger for sexual minorities compared to heterosexuals and if associations remain significant after including other facets of the social environment (same-sex households, political conservatism, and urbanicity) and individual-level controls. We found that when considered separately, religious and social environmental factors demonstrated stronger associations with anxiety and depression for sexual minorities relative to heterosexuals, even after controlling for individual variables. Findings were more nuanced for integrated models. Overall, we address a gap in the literature by examining religion as a structural part of one's environment.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144673752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Using community-based system dynamics to understand connections between housing and education: A case study with implications for homelessness prevention school-housing partnership. 使用基于社区的系统动力学来理解住房与教育之间的联系：对预防无家可归的学校-住房伙伴关系的影响的案例研究。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.70000

Jessica K McCabe Johnson, Kelsey Werner, Sarah Bartley, Ellen Dickenson, Alicia Woodsby, Eva Rachel Tine, Gautam N Yadama

{"title":"Using community-based system dynamics to understand connections between housing and education: A case study with implications for homelessness prevention school-housing partnership.","authors":"Jessica K McCabe Johnson, Kelsey Werner, Sarah Bartley, Ellen Dickenson, Alicia Woodsby, Eva Rachel Tine, Gautam N Yadama","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70000","url":null,"abstract":"In some communities, schools and housing agencies are innovatively partnering to prevent family homelessness and protect students from the negative outcomes associated with housing hardship. While there is increasing interest in expanding the array of housing solutions via school-housing partnership, more research is needed to understand the complex experiences of families navigating the housing services sector to understand how housing agencies and schools can best partner to support families. In this case study, Greater Boston housing crisis response staff and school personnel were convened to build a shared understanding of the connections between housing and education using community-based system dynamics techniques. Participants illuminated that organizational capacity, foundational trusting relationships, and coordination between organizations are intertwined to shape the experiences of families and children navigating school. Findings suggest a need to further integrate the housing services sector and build system capacity, so as to facilitate school-housing partnership success in promoting family wellbeing and better housing and educational outcomes.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144658140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"I'm taking control of my body and my sexuality with birth control": Documenting the contraceptive experiences of unsheltered people capable of pregnancy. “我正在用节育控制我的身体和性”：记录有能力怀孕的没有庇护的人的避孕经历。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-06-29 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12819

Holly Brott, Greg Townley

{"title":"\"I'm taking control of my body and my sexuality with birth control\": Documenting the contraceptive experiences of unsheltered people capable of pregnancy.","authors":"Holly Brott, Greg Townley","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12819","url":null,"abstract":"Women account for over one-third of the unhoused population in the U.S. (United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2023) and oftentimes experience barriers when seeking to manage their fertility while unhoused (Begun et al., 2019; Kennedy et al., 2014). Previous research examining contraceptive experiences while homeless has, for the most part, failed to account for the experiences of individuals who report less engagement with homeless services, such as those living in encampments and other unsheltered environments. Therefore, the present study sought to document the contraceptive experiences of unsheltered individuals capable of pregnancy. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 15 individuals capable of pregnancy residing in unsheltered locations to identify meaning ascribed to contraceptive access and use and linkages between reproductive health practices and feelings of empowerment. Findings offer novel contributions to the literature and have implications for future research and service delivery with individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144526029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Advancing immigrant and refugee rights: Introduction to the special issue 推进移民和难民权利：特刊导论

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-06-17 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12818

Ashmeet Kaur Oberoi, Sara L. Buckingham, Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar

{"title":"Advancing immigrant and refugee rights: Introduction to the special issue","authors":"Ashmeet Kaur Oberoi, Sara L. Buckingham, Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12818","url":null,"abstract":"This introduction to the special issue Advancing Immigrant and Refugee Rights: Promoting Empowerment, Justice, Equity, and Liberation situates contemporary migration within a context of escalating global displacement, structural violence, and political backlash. It highlights the urgent need for community psychology to respond to these conditions through praxis that centers migrant voices, challenges exclusionary systems, protects human rights, and promotes social justice and migrant well-being. Drawing from empirical studies across diverse geographic and sociopolitical contexts, the special issue explores how culturally grounded, participatory, and community-based approaches affirm migrant dignity, expand access to opportunity, and foster community resilience. The articles collectively address the psychosocial impacts of hostile immigration policies, the significance of culturally responsive interventions, and the transformative potential of migrant-led advocacy. Through the interconnected themes of empowerment, social justice and equity, and liberation, this issue offers a roadmap for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers committed to co-creating systems rooted in dignity, inclusion, and collective thriving. It concludes with a call for community psychologists to reject neutrality and engage boldly, urgently, and collectively in scholarship and practice that advance migrant justice.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":"75 3-4","pages":"163-172"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144308661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-06-17 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12824

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Engaging and strengthening youth through international community-based research: Implementation and evaluation of an International Youth Advisory Board. 通过国际社区研究参与和加强青年：国际青年咨询委员会的实施和评价。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12821

Shelley L Craig, Ashley S Brooks, Gabriel Soto Cristobal, Jenny Hui, Hayley Pelletier, Rachael Pascoe, Lenin Zamorano

{"title":"Engaging and strengthening youth through international community-based research: Implementation and evaluation of an International Youth Advisory Board.","authors":"Shelley L Craig, Ashley S Brooks, Gabriel Soto Cristobal, Jenny Hui, Hayley Pelletier, Rachael Pascoe, Lenin Zamorano","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12821","url":null,"abstract":"Youth advisory boards are ubiquitous in community-based research, yet there is limited description of their development or direct benefits to participants within international research contexts. This convergent mixed-method study describes and evaluates the design and implementation of a bilingual International Youth Advisory Board (IYAB) of 10 sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) aged 15-21 from Canada, the USA, and Mexico. During a 1-year term, youth participated in six virtual meetings, each incorporating an affirming group check in activity, bespoke youth-development workshop requested by participants (e.g., maintaining healthy relationships, managing conflict), and a feedback session to review draft study materials (e.g., recruitment flyers, surveys, and infographics). Participants completed brief quantitative measures at pre- and posttest and reported increased hope, self-esteem, sense of SGD community, self-advocacy skills, access to supportive adults, groupwork skills, and research competence. Qualitative data collected during a focus group in the final meeting were analyzed using inductive content analysis, producing five content categories of growth, diversity, action, connection, and reciprocity. Integrating these findings, three recommendations for implementing an IYAB are described: (1) support youth development and impact, (2) integrate diverse perspectives, and (3) design a transparent feedback loop. Implications for community psychology and community-based participatory research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Expanding trauma-informed care: The case for a fifth 'R' - Reflect. 扩大创伤知情护理：第五个“R”的案例——反思。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12820

Kayleigh Izzo, Meg Credit, Hunter Gashi, Neha Shetty, Markella Vassil, Jaimie Harley, Thais Costa Macedo de Arruda, Laura Sinko

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Implementation evaluation of a community-based youth participatory action research program. 一项以社区为基础的青年参与行动研究计划的执行评估。

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American journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12815

Nicholas Szoko, Ebonie Slade, Alana Fields, Keona Blankenship, Elizabeth Miller, Alison J Culyba

{"title":"Implementation evaluation of a community-based youth participatory action research program.","authors":"Nicholas Szoko, Ebonie Slade, Alana Fields, Keona Blankenship, Elizabeth Miller, Alison J Culyba","doi":"10.1002/ajcp.12815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12815","url":null,"abstract":"Youth participatory action research (YPAR), a method in which young people are engaged as research partners and change agents, offers a powerful paradigm to promote empowerment and liberation. YPAR interventions have been applied in diverse settings to address various issues. Identifying barriers and facilitators to implementing YPAR programs may increase the scope and impact of this study. Implementation and dissemination science (IDS) utilizes structured evaluation frameworks to assess determinants of intervention uptake, utilization, and sustainability. IDS has long been utilized in community psychology; yet applications to YPAR are limited. In the present study, we use the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to evaluate a community-based YPAR intervention. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data collected from multiple informants (e.g., participants, facilitators, and research team members) throughout the implementation period, we describe key barriers and facilitators related to programming. In addition, we present preliminary implementation outcomes (e.g., feasibility, acceptability) from our intervention. In describing these analyses, we center IDS as a key approach for rigorous evaluation of YPAR and similar community-based programs.","PeriodicalId":7576,"journal":{"name":"American journal of community psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144092554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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